Robert Taylor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-08-05
Day of Death
1969-06-08 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Filley, Nebraska, USA
Robert Taylor
Biography
Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor who was one of the most popular leading men of his time.
Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He won his first leading role the following year in Magnificent Obsession. His popularity increased during the late 1930s and 1940s with appearances in A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Bataan (1943). During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Air Corps, where he worked as a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the ABC series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. In 1966, he took over hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series Death Valley Days.
Taylor was married to actress Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951. He married actress Ursula Thiess in 1954, and they had two children. A chain smoker, Taylor was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 1968. He died of the disease on June 8, 1969 at the age of 57.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
(1997)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1968)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
(1968)
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
as Anderson
(1967)
Return of the Gunfighter
as Ben Wyatt
(1967)
Hondo and the Apaches
as Gallagher
(1967)
The Glass Sphinx
as Prof. Karl Nichols
(1966)
Savage Pampas
as Captain Martín
(1966)
Johnny Tiger
as George Dean
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
(1964)
The Night Walker
as Barry Moreland
(1964)
A House Is Not a Home
as Frank Costigan
(1963)
Cattle King
as Sam Brassfield
(1963)
Miracle of the White Stallions
as Col. Podhajsky
(1959)
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Robert Adamson
(1959)
The Hangman
as Mackenzie Bovard
(1959)
The House of the Seven Hawks
as John Nordley
(1958)
Saddle the Wind
as Steve Sinclair
(1958)
The Law and Jake Wade
as Jake Wade
(1958)
Party Girl
as Tommy Farrell
(1957)
Tip on a Dead Jockey
as Lloyd Tredman
(1956)
D-Day the Sixth of June
as Capt. Brad Parker
(1956)
The Power and the Prize
as Cliff Barton
(1956)
The Last Hunt
as Charlie Gilson
(1955)
Quentin Durward
as Quentin Durward
(1955)
Many Rivers to Cross
as Bushrod Gentry
(1954)
Rogue Cop
as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
(1954)
Valley of the Kings
as Mark Brandon
(1953)
Knights of the Round Table
as Lancelot
(1953)
I Love Melvin
as Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream
(1953)
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Joel Shore
(1953)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Rio
(1953)
Above and Beyond
as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
(1952)
Ivanhoe
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
(1952)
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
(1951)
Quo Vadis
as Marcus Vinicius
(1951)
Westward the Women
as Buck Wyatt
(1951)
Rome, the Eternal City
as Self
(1950)
Ambush
as Ward Kinsman
(1950)
Devil's Doorway
as Lance Poole
(1950)
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
(1950)
The Fighting Lady's Family
as Narrator (voice)
(1949)
Conspirator
as Major Michael Curragh
(1949)
The Bribe
as Rigby
(1948)
The Secret Land
as Narrator
(1947)
High Wall
as Steven Kenet
(1947)
(1946)
Undercurrent
as Alan Garroway
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
as Instructor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Landings
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
as Instructor
(1944)
Song of Russia
as John Meredith
(1944)
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
as Lt. Robert Taylor
(1944)
The Fighting Lady
as Narrator
(1943)
Bataan
as Sgt. Bill Dane
(1943)
The Youngest Profession
as Robert Taylor
(1942)
Stand by for Action
as Lieut. Gregg Masterman
(1942)
Her Cardboard Lover
as Terry Trindale
(1941)
Johnny Eager
as Johnny Eager
(1941)
Billy the Kid
as Billy Bonney
(1941)
When Ladies Meet
as Jimmy Lee
(1940)
Waterloo Bridge
as Roy Cronin
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
Escape
as Mark Preysing
(1940)
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
(1940)
Flight Command
as Ens. Alan Drake
(1939)
Lady of the Tropics
as William 'Bill' Carey
(1939)
Lucky Night
as Bill Overton
(1939)
Remember?
as Jeff Holland
(1939)
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Blake Cantrell
(1938)
A Yank at Oxford
as Lee Sheridan
(1938)
Three Comrades
as Erich Lohkamp
(1938)
The Crowd Roars
as 'Killer' McCoy
(1938)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1937)
Personal Property
as Raymond Dabney
(1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Steve Raleigh
(1937)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
(1937)
Lest We Forget
as Himself
(1937)
This Is My Affair
as Lt. Richard L. Perry
(1936)
Camille
as Armand Duval
(1936)
His Brother's Wife
as Chris Claybourne
(1936)
Private Number
as Richard Winfield
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as 'Bow' Timberlake
(1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Robert Gordon
(1935)
West Point of the Air
as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli
(1935)
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Tom Randolph
(1935)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
(1935)
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Robert Merrick
(1935)
Times Square Lady
as Steve Gordon
(1935)
Society Doctor
as Dr. Ellis
(1935)
Buried Loot
as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
(1934)
Handy Andy
as Lloyd Burmeister
(1934)
A Wicked Woman
as Bill Renton
(1934)
There's Always Tomorrow
as Arthur White
(1934)
The Spectacle Maker
as The Duchess's Paramour
Crew
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
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(1944)