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Richard Taylor

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

January 1, 1929(84)

Day of Death

January 1, 2013

Place of Birth

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Dick Taylor

Richard Taylor

Directing

Biography

Richard Taylor was a British animator. In the 1950s, he worked on many productions for the London-based W.M. Larkins Studio, including Peter Sachs's Balance 1950 (1951), River of Steel (1951), Without Fear (1953), and Shippam’s Guide to the Opera (1955). Taylor left Larkins Studio in 1965 and launched Richard Taylor Cartoons. He notably produced the Crystal Tipps and Alistair (1971) cartoon series, the Charlie Says (1973) cut-out public information series, and the Protect and Survive series on civil defence and nuclear bomb safety.