UK Work
Returning to the United Kingdom, Taylor worked on the long-running medical drama Emergency Ward 10. This led to plenty of work in character roles, from Anglia TV's soap opera Weavers Green and several Lew Grade-backed projects, including The Avengers, The Champions and The Troubleshooters. He was a Scots border chieftain in the BBC's 1968 colour costume drama The Borderers.
His most fondly-remembered role was in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series UFO, where he played sometime-ally, sometime-antagonist General Henderson. His last appearance in the series was in the penultimate episode 'Mindbender', where he also appears as himself, acting the role of Henderson in the studio.
On the movie side Taylor appeared in the big-screen adaptation of Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and opposite the kids in Calamity the Cow (with Phil Collins).
He died of cancer in 1971 aged 54.
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