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
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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.
Acting
(2015)
Trumbo
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(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 Night Walker
as Barry Moreland
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
(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)
The Hangman
as Mackenzie Bovard
(1959)
The House of the Seven Hawks
as John Nordley
(1959)
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Robert Adamson
(1958)
Party Girl
as Tommy Farrell
(1958)
The Law and Jake Wade
as Jake Wade
(1958)
Saddle the Wind
as Steve Sinclair
(1957)
Tip on a Dead Jockey
as Lloyd Tredman
(1956)
D-Day the Sixth of June
as Capt. Brad Parker
(1956)
The Last Hunt
as Charlie Gilson
(1956)
The Power and the Prize
as Cliff Barton
(1955)
Quentin Durward
as Quentin Durward
(1955)
Many Rivers to Cross
as Bushrod Gentry
(1954)
Valley of the Kings
as Mark Brandon
(1954)
Rogue Cop
as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
(1953)
Knights of the Round Table
as Lancelot
(1953)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Rio
(1953)
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Joel Shore
(1953)
I Love Melvin
as Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream
(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)
The Bribe
as Rigby
(1949)
Conspirator
as Major Michael Curragh
(1948)
The Secret Land
as Narrator
(1947)
High Wall
as Steven Kenet
(1947)
(1946)
Undercurrent
as Alan Garroway
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
as Instructor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
as Instructor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Training: Landings
as Lt. Taylor
(1945)
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
as Lt. Taylor
(1944)
The Fighting Lady
as Narrator
(1944)
Song of Russia
as John Meredith
(1944)
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
as Lt. Robert Taylor
(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)
Escape
as Mark Preysing
(1940)
Flight Command
as Ens. Alan Drake
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
(1939)
Lady of the Tropics
as William 'Bill' Carey
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Blake Cantrell
(1939)
Remember?
as Jeff Holland
(1939)
Lucky Night
as Bill Overton
(1939)
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1938)
Three Comrades
as Erich Lohkamp
(1938)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1938)
A Yank at Oxford
as Lee Sheridan
(1938)
The Crowd Roars
as 'Killer' McCoy
(1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Steve Raleigh
(1937)
Personal Property
as Raymond Dabney
(1937)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
(1937)
This Is My Affair
as Lt. Richard L. Perry
(1937)
Lest We Forget
as Himself
(1936)
Camille
as Armand Duval
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as 'Bow' Timberlake
(1936)
Private Number
as Richard Winfield
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
(1936)
His Brother's Wife
as Chris Claybourne
(1935)
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Tom Randolph
(1935)
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Robert Merrick
(1935)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
(1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Robert Gordon
(1935)
West Point of the Air
as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli
(1935)
Society Doctor
as Dr. Ellis
(1935)
Buried Loot
as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
(1935)
Times Square Lady
as Steve Gordon
(1934)
A Wicked Woman
as Bill Renton
(1934)
The Spectacle Maker
as The Duchess's Paramour
(1934)
There's Always Tomorrow
as Arthur White
(1934)
Handy Andy
as Lloyd Burmeister
Crew
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
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(1944)