Shaw Taylor
Acting
Biography
Eric Stanley Taylor MBE (26 October 1924 – 17 March 2015), known professionally as Shaw Taylor, was a British actor and television presenter, best known for presenting the long-running five-minute crime programme Police 5.
Born: October 26, 1924
Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
Known For
Ashes to Ashes
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
The Larkins
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 1964.
The Medusa Touch
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
Romany Jones
Romany Jones is a British sitcom created and written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe for LWT. Broadcast between 1973 and 1975, the programme follows the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Originally designed as a starring vehicle for James Beck (Dad's Army), the 1972 pilot and 1973 first series centred on Bert and Betty Jones (Jo Rowbottom), newlywed after seven years, who spend their wedding night in their rickety caravan, natural to Bert but distinctly alien to Betty, born and bred in Streatham. Most of the humour focused on life in theirs and a neighbouring caravan housing Lily and Wally Briggs (Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard, although Arthur English was cast in the pilot). Following Beck's death after completion on the second series, Bert and Betty were written out, and replaced with a city gentleman and his debutante wife, both of whom remain blissfully oblivious to the Briggs' antics.
The Best of the Adventures
A feature-length compilation of the funniest and naughtiest bits from the legendary 1970s’ Adventures of series!
Adventures of a Private Eye
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
Danny La Rue plays Cinderella's wicked stepmother in this grand tradition of a Christmas pantomime.
Time of Terror
Last Summer
A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.
Braces High
A parcel left on a bus causes concern when the bomb squad are called. Instead it contains a pair of trousers with braces and £370 in one pound notes. Scotland Yard decide to bring Inspector Hammond out of retirement to solve the mystery.
Filmography
as Himself
as Himself
as Palace 5 host
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as TV Space Reporter
as Self - Police 5 Presenter
as Himself
as Narrator (voice)
as Presenter
as Self
as The Newscaster
as Shaw Taylor