
Robert Taylor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1911
- Died
- June 8, 1969 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Filley, Nebraska, USA
Biography
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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Filmography

The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Yellowthread Street
TV · as Det. Peter Marenta · 7 eps

That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Extraordinary Seaman
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Movie · as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group

The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
Movie · as Anderson

Hondo and the Apaches
Movie · as Gallagher

Return of the Gunfighter
Movie · as Ben Wyatt

The Glass Sphinx
Movie · as Prof. Karl Nichols

Hondo
TV · 2 eps

Savage Pampas
Movie · as Captain Martín

Johnny Tiger
Movie · as George Dean

The Night Walker
Movie · as Barry Moreland

A House Is Not a Home
Movie · as Frank Costigan

The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)

Miracle of the White Stallions
Movie · as Col. Podhajsky

Cattle King
Movie · as Sam Brassfield

Recoil
Movie · as Captain Matt Holbrook

The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host · 2 eps

The Hangman
Movie · as Mackenzie Bovard

The House of the Seven Hawks
Movie · as John Nordley

Killers of Kilimanjaro
Movie · as Robert Adamson

The Detectives
TV · as Captain Matt Holbrook · 97 eps

Party Girl
Movie · as Tommy Farrell

The Law and Jake Wade
Movie · as Jake Wade

Saddle the Wind
Movie · as Steve Sinclair

Tip on a Dead Jockey
Movie · as Lloyd Tredman

The Thin Man
TV · 1 ep

D-Day the Sixth of June
Movie · as Capt. Brad Parker

The Last Hunt
Movie · as Charlie Gilson

The Power and the Prize
Movie · as Cliff Barton

Many Rivers to Cross
Movie · as Bushrod Gentry

Quentin Durward
Movie · as Quentin Durward

MGM Parade
TV · as Self, self · 1 ep

Rogue Cop
Movie · as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney

Valley of the Kings
Movie · as Mark Brandon

Ride, Vaquero!
Movie · as Rio

Knights of the Round Table
Movie · as Lancelot

Above and Beyond
Movie · as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets

All the Brothers Were Valiant
Movie · as Joel Shore

I Love Melvin
Movie · as Robert Taylor
The Hoaxters
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Ivanhoe
Movie · as Wilfred of Ivanhoe

Death Valley Days
TV · as Self - Host, Shanghai Kelly · 104 eps

Quo Vadis
Movie · as Marcus Vinicius

Westward the Women
Movie · as Buck Wyatt

Rome, the Eternal City
Movie · as Self

Devil's Doorway
Movie · as Lance Poole

Ambush
Movie · as Ward Kinsman
The Fighting Lady's Family
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Screen Actors
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Bribe
Movie · as Rigby

Conspirator
Movie · as Major Michael Curragh

The Secret Land
Movie · as Narrator

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

High Wall
Movie · as Steven Kenet

Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Movie · as Self

Undercurrent
Movie · as Alan Garroway
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
Movie · as Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
Movie · as Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
Movie · as Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
Movie · as Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
Movie · as Instructor
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
Movie · as Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Landings
Movie · as Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
Movie · as Instructor

The Fighting Lady
Movie · as Narrator

Song of Russia
Movie · as John Meredith
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Movie · as Lt. Robert Taylor

Bataan
Movie · as Sgt. Bill Dane

The Youngest Profession
Movie · as Robert Taylor

Her Cardboard Lover
Movie · as Terry Trindale

Stand by for Action
Movie · as Lieut. Gregg Masterman

Johnny Eager
Movie · as Johnny Eager

When Ladies Meet
Movie · as Jimmy Lee

Billy the Kid
Movie · as Billy Bonney

Waterloo Bridge
Movie · as Roy Cronin

Trifles of Importance
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Flight Command
Movie · as Ens. Alan Drake

Escape
Movie · as Mark Preysing

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie · as Self

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Movie · as Self

Lady of the Tropics
Movie · as William 'Bill' Carey

Stand Up and Fight
Movie · as Blake Cantrell

Lucky Night
Movie · as Bill Overton

Remember?
Movie · as Jeff Holland

From the Ends of the Earth
Movie · as Self

Three Comrades
Movie · as Erich Lohkamp

A Yank at Oxford
Movie · as Lee Sheridan

The Crowd Roars
Movie · as 'Killer' McCoy

Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie · as Self

Broadway Melody of 1938
Movie · as Steve Raleigh

Personal Property
Movie · as Raymond Dabney

This Is My Affair
Movie · as Lt. Richard L. Perry

The Romance of Celluloid
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Lest We Forget
Movie · as Himself

Camille
Movie · as Armand Duval

Small Town Girl
Movie · as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin

The Gorgeous Hussy
Movie · as 'Bow' Timberlake

His Brother's Wife
Movie · as Chris Claybourne

Private Number
Movie · as Richard Winfield

Broadway Melody of 1936
Movie · as Robert Gordon

Magnificent Obsession
Movie · as Dr. Robert Merrick

West Point of the Air
Movie · as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli

Buried Loot
Movie · as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)

Society Doctor
Movie · as Dr. Ellis

Murder in the Fleet
Movie · as Lieutenant Tom Randolph

Times Square Lady
Movie · as Steve Gordon

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Movie · as Self

There's Always Tomorrow
Movie · as Arthur White

A Wicked Woman
Movie · as Bill Renton

The Spectacle Maker
Movie · as The Duchess's Paramour

Handy Andy
Movie · as Lloyd Burmeister






