Rod Taylor
Known for Acting · 103 credits
- Born
- 1930-01-11
- Died
- 2015-01-07
- Place of birth
- Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
- Also known as
- Род Тейлор · Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor · Rodney Sturt Taylor · راد تیلور
Biography
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (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
TV Shows (24)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Tom Dempsey / Inspector Rory Lanahan
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Accepting Award
Falcon Crest
1981
as Frank Agretti
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Clegg Forbes
Studio One
1948
as Anthony Fouche
Cheyenne
1955
as Clancy
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Paul Duveen
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Gordon Cahill
Water Rats
1996
as Coach
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jed Harper
Suspicion
1957
as Jim
Studio 57
1954
as Tommy Scarbrough / Dr. Don Dolby
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Gilbert / Baxter
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Legends
2006
as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hong Kong
1960
Masquerade
1983
as Lavender
Bus Stop
1961
The Oregon Trail
1977
as Evan Thorpe
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Boyd Harland
Bearcats!
1971
as Hank Brackett
Outlaws
1986
as John Grail
General Electric Theater
1953
as Sam Tipton / Fred Gauman
Movies (79)
Inglourious Basterds
2009
as Winston Churchill
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Pongo (voice)
The Birds
1963
as Mitch Brenner
Giant
1956
as Sir David Karfrey
The Time Machine
1960
as H. George Wells
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Train Robbers
1973
as Grady
The Heroes
1973
as Lieutenant Bob Robson
Chuka
1967
as Chuka
Zabriskie Point
1970
as Lee Allen
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
as Col. Hollis Farr
Powderkeg
1971
as Hank Brackett
Dark of the Sun
1968
as Curry
Jamaican Gold
1979
as Marian Casey
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Bruce Templeton
Raintree County
1957
as Garwood B. Jones
The Deadly Trackers
1973
as Frank Brand
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
as Captain Jack Savage
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
Trader Horn
1973
as Trader Horn
Kaw
2007
as Doc
Hotel
1967
as Peter McDermott
The Catered Affair
1956
as Ralph Halloran
Separate Tables
1958
as Charles
Open Season
1995
as Billy Patrick
All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
1960
as Pirro
Nobody Runs Forever
1968
as Scobie Malone
Do Not Disturb
1965
as Mike Harper
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Les Mangrum
World Without End
1956
as Herbert Ellis
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Ross Taford
The Hell with Heroes
1968
as Brynie MacKay
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
as self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
Sunday in New York
1963
as Mike Mitchell
The Virgin Queen
1955
as Cpl. Gwilym
Mask of Murder
1985
as Supt. Bob McLaine
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Daddy-O
The Liquidator
1965
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
The Picture Show Man
1977
as Palmer
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
36 Hours
1964
as Major Walter Gerber
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
Young Cassidy
1965
as John Cassidy
Cry of the Innocent
1980
as Steve Donegin
Darker Than Amber
1970
as Travis McGee
Hellinger's Law
1981
as Clint Tolliver
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
Hell River
1974
as Marko
Step Down to Terror
1958
as Mike Randall
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
1976
as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
Long John Silver
1954
as Israel Hands
US Against the World
1977
as Self
Death on the Oregon Trail
The Great Gatsby
1958
as Nick Carraway
Grass Roots
1992
as Gen. Willoughby
A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975
as Shamus McCoy
Family Flight
1972
as Jason Carlyle
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Edward Adeane
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
as Sir Francis Drake
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
Every Girl's Dream
1966
as Self
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996
as General Sorenson
Wayne Train
1973
as Self
A Time to Die
1982
as Jack Bailey
Half Nelson
1985
Palomino
1991
as Bill King
Top Gun
1955
as Lem Sutter
The Point of Betrayal
1995
as Ted Kitteridge
King of the Coral Sea
1954
as Jack Janiero
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993
as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
Catalina Island
1966
as Self
Vortex
1976
as Christopher Tauling
Marbella
1985
as Commander W.P. Anderson
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
1970
as Peter Reaney
Inland with Sturt
1951
as George McLeay
On the Run
1983
as Mr. Payatta
About Rod Taylor
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (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. With 103 credits spanning from 1944 to 2022, Rod Taylor has appeared in 79 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rod Taylor Movies
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) — as Winston Churchill
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) — as Pongo (voice)
- The Birds (1963) — as Mitch Brenner
- Giant (1956) — as Sir David Karfrey
- The Time Machine (1960) — as H. George Wells
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