Rod Taylor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-01-11
Day of Death
2015-01-07 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
Rod Taylor
Biography
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (born January 11, 1930 – January 7, 2015) was an Australian-born American actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers.
Known For
Acting
(2017)
(2009)
Inglourious Basterds
as Winston Churchill
(2008)
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
(2007)
Kaw
as Doc
(2000)
All About 'The Birds'
as Self
(1998)
Welcome to Woop Woop
as Daddy-O
(1996)
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
as General Sorenson
(1995)
Open Season
as Billy Patrick
(1995)
The Point of Betrayal
as Ted Kitteridge
(1993)
Time Machine: The Journey Back
as Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles
(1992)
Grass Roots
as Gen. Willoughby
(1991)
Palomino
as Bill King
(1986)
(1985)
Mask of Murder
as Supt. Bob McLaine
(1985)
(1985)
Marbella
as Commander W.P. Anderson
(1983)
On the Run
as Mr. Payatta
(1982)
A Time to Die
as Jack Bailey
(1982)
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
(1982)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Edward Adeane
(1981)
Hellinger's Law
as Clint Tolliver
(1981)
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
(1980)
Cry of the Innocent
as Steve Donegin
(1979)
Jamaican Gold
as Marian Casey
(1977)
US Against the World
as Self
(1977)
The Picture Show Man
as Palmer
(1976)
Vortex
as Christopher Tauling
(1975)
A Matter of Wife... and Death
as Shamus McCoy
(1974)
Hell River
as Marko
(1973)
The Train Robbers
as Grady
(1973)
Trader Horn
as Trader Horn
(1973)
The Deadly Trackers
as Frank Brand
(1973)
The Heroes
as Lieutenant Bob Robson
(1973)
Wayne Train
as Self
(1972)
Family Flight
as Jason Carlyle
(1971)
Powderkeg
as Hank Brackett
(1970)
Zabriskie Point
as Lee Allen
(1970)
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
as Peter Reaney
(1970)
Darker Than Amber
as Travis McGee
(1968)
Dark of the Sun
as Curry
(1968)
Nobody Runs Forever
as Scobie Malone
(1968)
The Hell with Heroes
as Brynie MacKay
(1967)
Chuka
as Chuka
(1967)
Hotel
as Peter McDermott
(1966)
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Bruce Templeton
(1966)
Every Girl's Dream
as Self
(1965)
The Liquidator
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
(1965)
Do Not Disturb
as Mike Harper
(1965)
Young Cassidy
as John Cassidy
(1964)
36 Hours
as Major Walter Gerber
(1964)
Fate Is the Hunter
as Captain Jack Savage
(1963)
The Birds
as Mitch Brenner
(1963)
The V.I.P.s
as Les Mangrum
(1963)
Sunday in New York
as Mike Mitchell
(1963)
A Gathering of Eagles
as Col. Hollis Farr
(1962)
Seven Seas to Calais
as Sir Francis Drake
(1961)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Pongo (voice)
(1960)
The Time Machine
as H. George Wells
(1960)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
as Pirro
(1959)
Ask Any Girl
as Ross Taford
(1958)
Separate Tables
as Charles
(1958)
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
(1958)
Step Down to Terror
as Mike Randall
(1957)
Raintree County
as Garwood B. Jones
(1956)
Giant
as Sir David Karfrey
(1956)
World Without End
as Herbert Ellis
(1956)
The Catered Affair
as Ralph Halloran
(1955)
The Virgin Queen
as Cpl. Gwilym
(1955)
Hell on Frisco Bay
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
(1955)
Top Gun
as Lem Sutter
(1954)
Long John Silver
as Israel Hands
(1954)
King of the Coral Sea
as Jack Janiero
(1951)
Inland with Sturt
as George McLeay
Crew
(1979)
Jamaican Gold
Screenplay
(1967)
Chuka
Producer