Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 5, 1911
Place of Birth:
Filley, Nebraska, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group |
| 1968 | The Day the Hot Line Got Hot | Anderson |
| 1967 | Hondo and the Apaches | Gallagher |
| 1967 | Return of the Gunfighter | Ben Wyatt |
| 1967 | The Glass Sphinx | Prof. Karl Nichols |
| 1966 | Savage Pampas | Captain Martín |
| 1966 | Johnny Tiger | George Dean |
| 1964 | The Night Walker | Barry Moreland |
| 1964 | A House Is Not a Home | Frank Costigan |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage) |
| 1963 | Miracle of the White Stallions | Col. Podhajsky |
| 1963 | Cattle King | Sam Brassfield |
| 1959 | The Hangman | Mackenzie Bovard |
| 1959 | The House of the Seven Hawks | John Nordley |
| 1959 | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Robert Adamson |
| 1958 | Party Girl | Tommy Farrell |
| 1958 | The Law and Jake Wade | Jake Wade |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Steve Sinclair |
| 1957 | Tip on a Dead Jockey | Lloyd Tredman |
| 1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June | Capt. Brad Parker |
| 1956 | The Last Hunt | Charlie Gilson |
| 1956 | The Power and the Prize | Cliff Barton |
| 1955 | Many Rivers to Cross | Bushrod Gentry |
| 1955 | Quentin Durward | Quentin Durward |
| 1954 | Rogue Cop | Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney |
| 1954 | Valley of the Kings | Mark Brandon |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! | Rio |
| 1953 | Knights of the Round Table | Lancelot |
| 1953 | Above and Beyond | Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets |
| 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Joel Shore |
| 1953 | I Love Melvin | Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream |
| 1952 | The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) |
| 1952 | Ivanhoe | Wilfred of Ivanhoe |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | Marcus Vinicius |
| 1951 | Westward the Women | Buck Wyatt |
| 1951 | Rome, the Eternal City | Self |
| 1950 | Devil's Doorway | Lance Poole |
| 1950 | Ambush | Ward Kinsman |
| 1950 | The Fighting Lady's Family | Narrator (voice) |
| 1950 | Screen Actors | Self (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Bribe | Rigby |
| 1949 | Conspirator | Major Michael Curragh |
| 1948 | The Secret Land | Narrator |
| 1947 | High Wall | Steven Kenet |
| 1947 | Performers arrive in Hampshire | Self |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Alan Garroway |
| 1945 | Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1 | Lt. Taylor |
| 1945 | Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2 | Lt. Taylor |
| 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1 | Lt. Taylor |
| 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly | Lt. Taylor |
| 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1 | Instructor |
| 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 | Lt. Taylor |
| 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Landings | Lt. Taylor |
| 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs | Instructor |
| 1944 | The Fighting Lady | Narrator |
| 1944 | Song of Russia | John Meredith |
| 1944 | Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense | Lt. Robert Taylor |
| 1943 | Bataan | Sgt. Bill Dane |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Robert Taylor |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Terry Trindale |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Lieut. Gregg Masterman |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | Johnny Eager |
| 1941 | When Ladies Meet | Jimmy Lee |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid | Billy Bonney |
| 1940 | Waterloo Bridge | Roy Cronin |
| 1940 | Trifles of Importance | Self (archive footage) |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Ens. Alan Drake |
| 1940 | Escape | Mark Preysing |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self |
| 1939 | Lady of the Tropics | William 'Bill' Carey |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Blake Cantrell |
| 1939 | Lucky Night | Bill Overton |
| 1939 | Remember? | Jeff Holland |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self |
| 1938 | Three Comrades | Erich Lohkamp |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford | Lee Sheridan |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars | 'Killer' McCoy |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self |
| 1937 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Steve Raleigh |
| 1937 | Personal Property | Raymond Dabney |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | Lt. Richard L. Perry |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) |
| 1937 | Lest We Forget | Himself |
| 1936 | Camille | Armand Duval |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl | Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | 'Bow' Timberlake |
| 1936 | His Brother's Wife | Chris Claybourne |
| 1936 | Private Number | Richard Winfield |
| 1935 | Broadway Melody of 1936 | Robert Gordon |
| 1935 | Magnificent Obsession | Dr. Robert Merrick |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | 'Jasky' Jaskarelli |
| 1935 | Buried Loot | Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Society Doctor | Dr. Ellis |
| 1935 | Murder in the Fleet | Lieutenant Tom Randolph |
| 1935 | Times Square Lady | Steve Gordon |
| 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self |
| 1934 | There's Always Tomorrow | Arthur White |
| 1934 | A Wicked Woman | Bill Renton |
| 1934 | The Spectacle Maker | The Duchess's Paramour |
| 1934 | Handy Andy | Lloyd Burmeister |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Hondo | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1959 | The Detectives | Captain Matt Holbrook |
| 1957 | The Thin Man | |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days | Self - Host |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days | Shanghai Kelly |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |