Larry Taylor

Larry Taylor

Actor

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
July 13, 1918

Biography

Larry Taylor was an English actor and stuntman. He spent twelve years in the British army before World War II. After demobilization he got a job in the film industry. He was the father of Rocky Taylor. Taylor mainly played villainous supporting roles in dozens of UK films and television episodes from the 1950s until the early 1970s, when he moved to South Africa in the mid-1970s, and from then on he appeared in a mixture of international movies filmed there and domestic South African films and television episodes.

Photo

Larry Taylor 1

Representative Works

Cleopatra
Cleopatra
7.1
/ English
Zulu
Zulu
7.4
/ English
Arabesque
Arabesque
6.3
/ English
Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn
6.1
/ English
The Last Valley
The Last Valley
6.5
/ English
Gor
Gor
3.8
/ English
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
5.3
/ English
The Criminal
The Criminal
6.4
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Cleopatra
1963Nominee

Best Performance

Cleopatra

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968Nominee

Best Performance

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Swiss Family Robinson
1960Nominee

Best Performance

Swiss Family Robinson

Career Highlights

Zulu
1964Highlight

Best Performance

Zulu

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951Highlight

Best Performance

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.