Robert Taylor
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.
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- Born:
- Aug 5, 1911 In Filley, Nebraska, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 163
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Handy Andy 1934-07-19
- Latest Project:
- Movie Kid Snow 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Kid Snow | Ed | 2025 |
| Movie | We Are Still Here | Riley | 2023-02-02 |
| Series | Scrublands | Harley Reagan | 2023-11-16 |
| Series | The Newsreader | Geoff Walters | 2021-08-15 |
| Movie | Blood Vessel | Captain Malone | 2020-10-29 |
| Movie | Into the Ashes | Frank Parson | 2019-07-19 |
| Movie | The Meg | Heller | 2018-08-09 |
| Movie | Kong: Skull Island | Athena Captain | 2017-03-08 |
| Movie | Don't Tell | Robert Brewster | 2017-05-18 |
| Movie | Sing | Additional Voices (voice) | 2016-11-23 |
| Movie | The Menkoff Method | Clive Struthers | 2016-12-01 |
| Movie | Focus | McEwen | 2015-02-25 |
| Movie | What Lola Wants | Jed | 2015-06-12 |
| Movie | Downriver | Wayne | 2015-08-07 |
| Movie | Trumbo | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-10-27 |
| Movie | Healing | Vander | 2014-04-03 |
| Movie | Elimination Game | Ramrod | 2014-12-04 |
| Series | Longmire | Walt Longmire | 2012-06-03 |
| Movie | Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here | Deputy Commissioner | 2011-02-07 |
| Movie | Long Weekend | Barkeeper | 2009-08-14 |
| Movie | Coffin Rock | Rob Willis | 2009-09-04 |
| Movie | Storm Warning | Rob | 2007-10-19 |
| Movie | Rogue | Everett | 2007-11-08 |
| Series | Hercules | Kiron (the Centaur) | 2005-05-16 |
| Movie | The Mystery of Natalie Wood | Nicholas Ray | 2004-02-10 |
| Series | The Mystery of Natalie Wood | Nicholas Ray | 2004-03-01 |
| Movie | Ned Kelly | Sherrit Trooper | 2003-03-22 |
| Movie | The Hard Word | Frank | 2002-05-30 |
| Movie | After the Rain | Jack Behring | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Muggers | Det. Con. Porter | 2000-05-25 |
| Movie | Vertical Limit | Skip Taylor | 2000-12-08 |
| Movie | Curbside | Demon (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Agent Jones | 1999-03-31 |
| Movie | First Daughter | Mason | 1999-08-15 |
| Movie | A Further Gesture | Visiting Room Prison Officer | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
| Movie | Zombie Toxin | 1996-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years | Jack Cleary | 1996-01-01 |
| Series | Ballykissangel | Fr. Vincent Sheahan | 1996-02-11 |
| Movie | Some Mother's Son | Election Agent | 1996-09-13 |
| Movie | Steel Justice | Detective Lt. David Nash | 1992-11-11 |
| Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
| Series | Yellowthread Street | 1990-01-13 | |
| Series | Brotherhood of the Rose | Pollux | 1989-01-22 |
| Movie | Danger Down Under | King | 1988-03-14 |
| Movie | Barracuda | Constable Gottlieb | 1988-04-04 |
| Movie | Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer | Lt. Ellis | 1988-10-19 |
| Movie | The Clean Machine | Const. Ron Healy | 1988-05-22 |
| Movie | Avenging Force | Larry Richards Jr. | 1986-09-13 |
| Movie | Beat Street | Lee Kirkland | 1984-06-08 |
| Movie | The Bay Boy | Paddy O'Neil | 1984-09-06 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
| Movie | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
| Movie | Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group | 1968-04-10 |
| Movie | The Day the Hot Line Got Hot | Anderson | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Return of the Gunfighter | Ben Wyatt | 1967-07-09 |
| Movie | The Glass Sphinx | Prof. Karl Nichols | 1967-05-31 |
| Movie | Hondo and the Apaches | Gallagher | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | Hondo | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | Johnny Tiger | George Dean | 1966-06-15 |
| Movie | Savage Pampas | Captain MartÃn | 1966-07-07 |
| Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
| Movie | A House Is Not a Home | Frank Costigan | 1964-08-12 |
| Movie | The Night Walker | Barry Moreland | 1964-12-30 |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
| Movie | Miracle of the White Stallions | Col. Podhajsky | 1963-03-29 |
| Movie | Cattle King | Sam Brassfield | 1963-07-08 |
| Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Movie | The Hangman | Mackenzie Bovard | 1959-06-17 |
| Movie | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Robert Adamson | 1959-10-01 |
| Movie | The House of the Seven Hawks | John Nordley | 1959-10-29 |
| Series | The Detectives | Captain Matt Holbrook | 1959-10-16 |
| Movie | Saddle the Wind | Steve Sinclair | 1958-03-20 |
| Movie | The Law and Jake Wade | Jake Wade | 1958-06-06 |
| Movie | Party Girl | Tommy Farrell | 1958-10-28 |
| Movie | Tip on a Dead Jockey | Lloyd Tredman | 1957-09-06 |
| Series | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
| Movie | The Last Hunt | Charlie Gilson | 1956-04-30 |
| Movie | D-Day the Sixth of June | Capt. Brad Parker | 1956-05-29 |
| Movie | The Power and the Prize | Cliff Barton | 1956-09-26 |
| Movie | Many Rivers to Cross | Bushrod Gentry | 1955-02-04 |
| Movie | Quentin Durward | Quentin Durward | 1955-09-09 |
| Movie | Valley of the Kings | Mark Brandon | 1954-07-21 |
| Movie | Rogue Cop | Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney | 1954-09-17 |
| Movie | Above and Beyond | Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets | 1953-01-02 |
| Movie | I Love Melvin | Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream | 1953-03-20 |
| Movie | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Joel Shore | 1953-11-13 |
| Movie | Ride, Vaquero! | Rio | 1953-07-17 |
| Movie | Knights of the Round Table | Lancelot | 1953-12-22 |
| Movie | Ivanhoe | Wilfred of Ivanhoe | 1952-07-31 |
| Movie | The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) | 1952-12-05 |
| Series | Death Valley Days | Shanghai Kelly | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Quo Vadis | Marcus Vinicius | 1951-11-08 |
| Movie | Rome, the Eternal City | Self | 1951-01-21 |
| Movie | Westward the Women | Buck Wyatt | 1951-12-16 |
| Movie | Ambush | Ward Kinsman | 1950-01-13 |
| Series | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950-02-02 |
| Movie | Screen Actors | Self (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |
| Movie | Devil's Doorway | Lance Poole | 1950-09-15 |
| Movie | The Bribe | Rigby | 1949-02-03 |
| Movie | Conspirator | Major Michael Curragh | 1949-07-28 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self (archive footage) | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | The Secret Land | Narrator | 1948-10-22 |
| Movie | High Wall | Steven Kenet | 1947-12-17 |
| Movie | Undercurrent | Alan Garroway | 1946-11-11 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Training: Landings | Lt. Taylor | 1945-04-04 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1 | Lt. Taylor | 1945-01-01 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs | Instructor | 1945-01-01 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1 | Lt. Taylor | 1945-03-12 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 | Lt. Taylor | 1945-12-12 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1 | Instructor | 1945-10-04 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly | Lt. Taylor | 1945-12-12 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2 | Lt. Taylor | 1945-11-16 |
| Movie | Song of Russia | John Meredith | 1944-02-10 |
| Movie | Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense | Lt. Robert Taylor | 1944-03-13 |
| Movie | The Fighting Lady | Narrator | 1944-12-21 |
| Movie | The Youngest Profession | Robert Taylor | 1943-02-26 |
| Movie | Bataan | Sgt. Bill Dane | 1943-06-03 |
| Movie | Her Cardboard Lover | Terry Trindale | 1942-07-16 |
| Movie | Stand by for Action | Lieut. Gregg Masterman | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | Billy the Kid | Billy Bonney | 1941-05-30 |
| Movie | When Ladies Meet | Jimmy Lee | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | Johnny Eager | Johnny Eager | 1941-12-09 |
| Movie | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
| Movie | Waterloo Bridge | Roy Cronin | 1940-05-17 |
| Movie | Trifles of Importance | Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-13 |
| Movie | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
| Movie | Flight Command | Ens. Alan Drake | 1940-12-27 |
| Movie | Escape | Mark Preysing | 1940-11-01 |
| Movie | Lucky Night | Bill Overton | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Stand Up and Fight | Blake Cantrell | 1939-01-06 |
| Movie | From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
| Movie | Lady of the Tropics | William 'Bill' Carey | 1939-08-11 |
| Movie | Remember? | Jeff Holland | 1939-12-19 |
| Movie | A Yank at Oxford | Lee Sheridan | 1938-02-18 |
| Movie | Boy of the Streets | Gang Member (uncredited) | 1938-01-08 |
| Movie | Doctor Rhythm | Band Member (uncredited) | 1938-05-06 |
| Movie | Three Comrades | Erich Lohkamp | 1938-06-02 |
| Movie | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
| Movie | The Crowd Roars | 'Killer' McCoy | 1938-08-06 |
| Movie | This Is My Affair | Lt. Richard L. Perry | 1937-05-28 |
| Movie | Personal Property | Raymond Dabney | 1937-03-19 |
| Movie | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Steve Raleigh | 1937-08-20 |
| Movie | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Headin' East | Boy in Gym (uncredited) | 1937-12-13 |
| Movie | Black Gold | (uncredited) | 1936-01-19 |
| Movie | Small Town Girl | Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin | 1936-04-10 |
| Movie | Private Number | Richard Winfield | 1936-06-05 |
| Movie | Camille | Armand Duval | 1936-12-26 |
| Movie | The Gorgeous Hussy | 'Bow' Timberlake | 1936-08-28 |
| Movie | His Brother's Wife | Chris Claybourne | 1936-08-07 |
| Movie | Times Square Lady | Steve Gordon | 1935-03-08 |
| Movie | Society Doctor | Dr. Ellis | 1935-01-25 |
| Movie | Buried Loot | Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited) | 1935-01-19 |
| Movie | West Point of the Air | 'Jasky' Jaskarelli | 1935-03-23 |
| Movie | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self | 1935-12-07 |
| Movie | Murder in the Fleet | Lieutenant Tom Randolph | 1935-05-24 |
| Movie | Magnificent Obsession | Dr. Robert Merrick | 1935-12-30 |
| Movie | Broadway Melody of 1936 | Robert Gordon | 1935-09-18 |
| Movie | Handy Andy | Lloyd Burmeister | 1934-07-19 |
| Movie | The Spectacle Maker | The Duchess's Paramour | 1934-09-20 |
| Movie | A Wicked Woman | Bill Renton | 1934-12-07 |
| Movie | There's Always Tomorrow | Arthur White | 1934-11-01 |
