Eric Stanley Taylor, 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.
13 Facts About Shaw Taylor
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Shaw Taylor then acted on stage in the West End and on tour.
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Shaw Taylor was an announcer for Associated TeleVision when the normal announcer was not available.
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Shaw Taylor then had a variety of acting roles in film and television from the 1950s onwards, and presented various game shows including Password, Tell the Truth, Dotto, This Is Your Chance and The Law Game.
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Between 1960 and 1962, Shaw Taylor presented the quiz show Pencil and Paper.
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In 1970, Shaw Taylor was the original presenter of the Clunk Click public information films.
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Shaw Taylor was an occasional panellist on the popular talent show New Faces.
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Shaw Taylor was best known for presenting Police 5, a long-running five-minute television programme first broadcast in the London area in 1962 that appealed to the public to help solve crimes.
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Shaw Taylor presented and produced several regional versions of Police 5, including editions for ATV and Central in the Midlands, LWT for the London area and TVS in the South and South East of England, where the series ended its thirty-year run in December 1992.
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Shaw Taylor was involved with televised appeals for Crimestoppers UK.
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Shaw Taylor played bridge and presented a television series on the subject.
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Shaw Taylor died at his home in Totland on the Isle of Wight on 17 March 2015, aged 90.
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Shaw Taylor was survived by his partner Shirley and his son Richard.