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Eric Archdale Tayler (4 December 1921 – 6 August 1997) was a New Zealand-born television producer, director and actor, best known for his work for the BBC in the United Kingdom and the ABC in Australia.
Eric Tayler was born on 4 December 1921 in Hamilton, New Zealand. He was a producer and director, known for Certain Women (1973), Dead Men Running (1971) and Dynasty (1969). He was married to Lyn James. He died on 6 August 1997 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Eric Archdale Tayler (4 December 1921 – 6 August 1997) was a New Zealand-born television producer, director and actor, best known for his work for the BBC in the United Kingdom and the ABC in Australia.
Tayler was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and educated at Auckland Grammar School.[1] He served in the New Zealand Army during World War II as part of the second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.[2]
In 1947, Tayler moved to London, where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from 1947 to 1950, which was where he met his wife, Welsh-Australian actress Lyn James, with whom he had two children. In 1955, Tayler joined the drama department of the BBC, working on such programmes as Maigret, Z-Cars and a 1962 adaptation of Oliver Twist. In 1965, Tayler joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission as a producer,[1] where he produced several drama series including Contrabandits.[3]
•Eric Tayler at the Internet Movie Database
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Feb 11, 2009 · The great song "Joseph Cross" by Eric Taylor from his 1981 album "Shameless Love." I bought the album that year, and this song has been a favorite of mine ev...
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Eric Hardwick Tayler was a professional soldier. He left New Zealand the day before Britain declared war on Germany to take up a commission with the York and Lancaster Regiment of the Regular Army in India. 1 Soon after he arrived in India, the regiment was ordered back to England and sent to the Western Front.
New Live Album – Available Now. Fingerprints, he called them. Eric Taylor loved fingerprints. Those slight imperfections on a record or on a stage – a missed word, an errant note, seeing a song through after fingerpicks had come off.
Eric Taylor (September 25, 1949 – March 9, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter from Texas, known for his storytelling style, combining spoken word with anecdotal songs to create a theater-style performance.
