Eric Tayler
{{Short description|New Zealand television director and producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
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| birth_name = Eric Archdale Tayler
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1921|12|4}}
| birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1997|8|6|1921|12|4}}
| death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| nationality = New Zealand
| other_names =
| occupation = Television actor, director, producer
| spouse = Lyn James
| children = 2 (including Sally Tayler)
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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.
Biography
Tayler was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and educated at Auckland Grammar School.{{cite book|last1=McLintock|first1=A. H.|title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|date=1966|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/expatriates-biographies/page-3}} He served in the New Zealand Army during World War II as part of the second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.{{cite web|title=Eric Archdale Tayler|url=http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/102697|publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum|accessdate=1 June 2017}}
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, where he produced several drama series including Contrabandits.{{cite news|title=Four decades of Aussie cop shows|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/20/1095651239316.html|accessdate=1 June 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 September 2004}}
Select credits
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- The Affair (1965)
- The Pigeon (1966)
- Wall to Wall (1966)
- Getting along with the Government (1966)
- Nice n Jucy (1966)
- Contrabandits (1967–68) – won a Penguin for Contrabandits
- Australian Plays (1969–70)
- Dynasty (TV series) (1970–71)
- Dead Men Running (1971) – director, co writer
- The Far Country (1972)
- Over There (1972)
- Certain Women (1973)
- Three Men of the city (1973)
- The Fourth Wish (1975)
- You Just Can't Win (1976)
- Arena (1976)
- The Emigrants (1977)
- A Place in the Word (1978)
- Loss of Innocence (1978) – director
- Bit Part (1978)
- Timelapse (1980)
- Friends of the Family (1980)
- Levkas Man (1981)
- Jonah (1981)
- The Groom's Tale (1981)
- MPSIB (1981)
- Learned Friends (1982)
- City West (1984)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0851886}}
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Category:New Zealand television producers
Category:New Zealand television directors
Category:People educated at Auckland Grammar School
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:BBC television producers
Category:New Zealand expatriates in England
Category:New Zealand emigrants to Australia
Category:New Zealand military personnel of World War II
Category:People from Hamilton, New Zealand
Category:Military personnel from Hamilton, New Zealand
Category:New Zealand Army soldiers
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