John Russell Taylor

John Russell Taylor
Born(1935-06-19)19 June 1935
Dover, Kent, England
Died18 August 2025(2025-08-18) (aged 90)
Alma materJesus College, Cambridge
Courtauld Institute of Art
OccupationsCritic, author

John Russell Taylor (19 June 1935 – 18 August 2025) was an English critic and author. He was the author of critical studies of British theatre; of critical biographies of such figures in film as Alfred Hitchcock, Alec Guinness, Orson Welles, Vivien Leigh, and Ingrid Bergman; of Strangers in Paradise: The Hollywood Emigres 1933–1950 (1983); and several books on art.