---
name: "Malcolm Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/malcolm-taylor"
fi1m_id: "malcolm-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0852817"
tmdb_id: 2379553
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 November 1937"
died: "30 January 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:27:06.431948+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Malcolm Taylor

## Identity

Malcolm Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/malcolm-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** malcolm-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0852817
- **TMDB ID:** 2379553
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2379553

Director. Born 8 November 1937 in Kendal, Cumbria, England, UK. Died 30 January 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 November 1937, Kendal, Cumbria, England, UK
- **Died:** 30 January 2012
- **Active:** 1962–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Barry Letts](https://film.one/person/barry-letts.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md), [Julia Smith](https://film.one/person/julia-smith.md), [Matthew Robinson](https://film.one/person/matthew-robinson.md), [Ronald Wilson](https://film.one/person/ronald-wilson.md), [Tony Holland](https://film.one/person/tony-holland.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2379553

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Malcolm Taylor (1937–2012) was an English director, actor, producer and writer. He trained at RADA and worked as an actor for around ten years, appearing in series including *Doctor Who* (1967) and *Z-Cars* (1962–1967), before directing full-time from the late 1970s.

He directed episodes of *Z-Cars* (1975–1977), *Crossroads* (1972–1977), *Coronation Street* (1979–1987, 44 episodes), *EastEnders* (1985, six episodes) and other series such as *Thriller* and *The Glamour Girls*. He was married to actress Anne Rutter.

*Sources: imdb.com, eastenders.fandom.com, theatricalia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Me & My Girl* (1984), series, Director
- *Only Fools and Horses: Licensed to Drill* (1984), Director
- *Foxy Lady* (1982), series, Director
- *The Glamour Girls* (1980), series, Director
- *The Duchess of Duke Street* (1976), series, as Lieutenant
- *Murder Motel* (1975), Director
- *A Killer in Every Corner* (1974), Director
- *Within These Walls* (1974), series, Director
- *Beryl's Lot* (1973), series, Director
- *Hunters Walk* (1973), series, Director
- *Thriller* (1973), series, Director
- *Counterstrike* (1969), series, Director
- *The Flag* (1968), Director
- *Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors* (1967), as Walters
- *Robbery* (1967), as Delta 1 Observer (uncredited)
- *Softly, Softly* (1966), series, Director
- *The Siege of Manchester* (1965), as Meadowcroft
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as George Douglas, Meadowcroft, Country Fellow, Police Sergeant
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Director
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Hooper — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

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