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Taylor, Don (ald) 1943-1999

PERSONAL:

Born 1943, in Jamaica; died 1999; mother's name Vernal Kidd.

CAREER:

Manager and writer.

WRITINGS:

Marley and Me: The Real Bob Marley Story, Barricade, 1995.

SIDELIGHTS:

Don Taylor was reggae superstar Bob Marley's manager from 1975 until Marley's death from cancer in 1981. Taylor's memoir Marley and Me: The Real Bob Marley Story details this period, as well as Taylor's own life, which in many ways parallels Marley's. Taylor and Marley were both born in Jamaica, and both of their fathers were white. Taylor was the son of a thirteen-year-old mother, Vernal Kidd, but when he was born, his mother named him for her current lover, a Mr. Taylor. When baby Donald's skin remained light, Mr. Taylor questioned his fatherhood; Taylor's mother finally turned her son over to his natural father. Taylor lived as Donald Kidd in many homes where he was placed by his absentee father, and by the time he was thirteen, he lived alone in Kingston, surviving as a pimp and a hustler. When he was sixteen, singer Jackie Wilson, who had been perform

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Born in Freeport, Pennsylvania, Don Taylor studied law, then speech and drama at Penn State University, where as a freshman he began taking part in college stage productions. Hitchhiking to Hollywood in 1942, the youthful Taylor screen-tested at Warner Brothers but was rejected because of his draft status. MGM, not as fussy, signed him to a contract and immediately put him to work, assigning him the minuscule role of a soldier in director Clarence Brown's sentimental slice of Americana, The Human Comedy (1943). More minor roles followed before Taylor enlisted in the Army; but even there he continued to act: Playwright/screenwriter Moss Hart chose him to play one of the leads in the United States Army Air Forces' production of Hart's play, "Winged Victory." Taylor met his first wife, actress Phyllis Avery, when she was also in Winged Victory. Returning to civilian life, Taylor resumed his work in pictures with a top role in the trend-setting crime drama The Naked City (1948). In later years Taylor became a film and TV director, being nominated for an Emmy fo

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Don Taylor (American filmmaker)

American actor and director (1920–1998)

For the English TV writer and director, see Don Taylor (English director and playwright).

For other people named Don Taylor, see Don Taylor (disambiguation).

Don Taylor
Don Taylor in Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Born	Donald Ritchie Taylor (1920-12-13)December 13, 1920 Freeport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 29, 1998(1998-12-29) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor and film director
Years active	1943–88
Spouses	Phyllis Avery (m. 1944; div. 1955)
Children	4
Relatives	Stephen Morehouse Avery (father-in-law)

Donald Ritchie Taylor (December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998) was an American actor and film director.^[1] He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including the 1948 film noirThe Naked City, Battleground, Father of the Bride, Father's Little Dividend and Stalag 17. He later turned to directing films such as Escape from the Planet of t