Quick Facts
Born:
1926-10-21
Birthplace:
Oregon City, Oregon, USA
Credits:
101 Total Roles
Jack Taylor
Acting
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Biography
George Brown Randall (October 21, 1926 – May 12, 2026), known professionally as Jack Taylor, was an American actor known best for featuring in many European low-budget exploitation films of the 1970s, particularly several directed by Spanish filmmaker Jesús Franco.
Born in Oregon City, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, Taylor began acting onstage as a child. During the 1950s, he began appearing in small roles for Los Angeles-based television series before relocating to Mexico and featuring in several films directed by Federico Curiel.
Taylor had several minor film roles during the early 1960s, including Cleopatra (1963) and Custer of the West (1966) before having a major role in Franco's Succubus (1968). Taylor relocated subsequently to Spain, and appeared in numerous exploitation and horror films there, including Count Dracula (1970), Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (also 1970), Female Vampire (1973), and Pieces (1982). Later roles include 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate (1999), Daryush Shokof's A2Z (filmed 2004), and Miloš Forman's Goya's Ghosts (2006).
Born in Oregon City, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, Taylor began acting onstage as a child. During the 1950s, he began appearing in small roles for Los Angeles-based television series before relocating to Mexico and featuring in several films directed by Federico Curiel.
Taylor had several minor film roles during the early 1960s, including Cleopatra (1963) and Custer of the West (1966) before having a major role in Franco's Succubus (1968). Taylor relocated subsequently to Spain, and appeared in numerous exploitation and horror films there, including Count Dracula (1970), Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (also 1970), Female Vampire (1973), and Pieces (1982). Later roles include 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate (1999), Daryush Shokof's A2Z (filmed 2004), and Miloš Forman's Goya's Ghosts (2006).
Known For
The Ninth Gate
Victor Fargas
Conan the Barbarian
Priest
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Vicuna
Goya's Ghosts
Chamberlain
Pieces
Prof. Arthur Brown
The Return of the Musketeers
Gentleman on Horseback
Count Dracula
Quincey Morris
The Ghost Galleon
Howard Tucker
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Call Me Paul MOVIE | Self |
| 2024 | Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S” MOVIE | Self |
| 2023 | Print the Legend MOVIE | Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | The Concavenator Valley MOVIE | Self |
| 2022 | Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film MOVIE | Self |
| 2019 | Abuelita / Granny MOVIE | Emperor of Evil |
| 2018 | Jack Taylor, testigo del fantástico MOVIE | Self |
| 2017 | Drácula Barcelona MOVIE | Himself |
| 2015 | The Simón's Jigsaw: A Trip to the Universe of Juan Piquer Simón MOVIE | Self |
| 2015 | Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert MOVIE | Himself |