[1] Taylor wrote for various pulp magazines in the 1920s and 30s, including Black Mask, Clues, and Dime Detective.
Taylor's first assignments under Darmour and Flothow were a number of action-adventure movies starring Jack Holt.
In 1942, Columbia replaced Ellery Queen with two other mystery series, both based on radio programs: The Crime Doctor and The Whistler.
From 1941 to 1946, Taylor also contributed to six Universal monster movies, including entries in the Frankenstein and Dracula series.
[1][3] In the early 1950s Taylor prolifically wrote many episodes for the American television series The Roy Rogers Show, The Adventures of Kit Carson and Ramar of the Jungle.