Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

Known for
Acting
Born
January 11, 1930
Died
January 7, 2015 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Sydney - New South Wales - Australia

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

Filmography

2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies poster

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

Movie · as Self - (archive footage)

2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches poster

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Movie · as Self

2009
Inglourious Basterds poster

Inglourious Basterds

Movie · as Winston Churchill

2008
Not Quite Hollywood poster

Not Quite Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2007
Kaw poster

Kaw

Movie · as Doc

2006
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

2000
All About 'The Birds' poster

All About 'The Birds'

Movie · as Self

1998
Welcome to Woop Woop poster

Welcome to Woop Woop

Movie · as Daddy-O

1998
Death on the Oregon Trail

Death on the Oregon Trail

Movie

1996
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy poster

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

Movie · as General Sorenson

1996
Water Rats poster

Water Rats

TV · as Coach · 1 ep

1995
The Point of Betrayal poster

The Point of Betrayal

Movie · as Ted Kitteridge

1995
Open Season poster

Open Season

Movie · as Billy Patrick

1993
Time Machine: The Journey Back poster

Time Machine: The Journey Back

Movie · as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Gordon Cahill · 4 eps

1992
Grass Roots poster

Grass Roots

Movie · as Gen. Willoughby

1991
Palomino poster

Palomino

Movie · as Bill King

1986
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal poster

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Movie · as Self

1986
Outlaws poster

Outlaws

TV · as John Grail · 12 eps

1985
Marbella poster

Marbella

Movie · as Commander W.P. Anderson

1985
Half Nelson poster

Half Nelson

Movie

1985
Mask of Murder poster

Mask of Murder

Movie · as Supt. Bob McLaine

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Tom Dempsey, Inspector Rory Lanahan · 1 ep

1983
On the Run poster

On the Run

Movie · as Mr. Payatta

1983
Masquerade poster

Masquerade

TV · as Lavender · 13 eps

1982
A Time to Die poster

A Time to Die

Movie · as Jack Bailey

1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story poster

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

Movie · as Edward Adeane

1982
Disney's Halloween Treat poster

Disney's Halloween Treat

Movie · as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)

1981
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy poster

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Movie · as 'Black Jack' Bouvier

1981
Hellinger's Law poster

Hellinger's Law

Movie · as Clint Tolliver

1981
Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest

TV · as Frank Agretti · 26 eps

1980
Cry of the Innocent poster

Cry of the Innocent

Movie · as Steve Donegin

1979
Jamaican Gold poster

Jamaican Gold

Movie · as Marian Casey

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Paul Duveen · 1 ep

1977
The Picture Show Man poster

The Picture Show Man

Movie · as Palmer

1977
US Against the World poster

US Against the World

Movie · as Self

1977
The Oregon Trail poster

The Oregon Trail

TV · as Evan Thorpe · 13 eps

1976
Vortex poster

Vortex

Movie · as Christopher Tauling

1976
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars poster

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars

Movie · as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)

1975
A Matter of Wife... and Death poster

A Matter of Wife... and Death

Movie · as Shamus McCoy

1974
Hell River poster

Hell River

Movie · as Marko

1973
Wayne Train poster

Wayne Train

Movie · as Self

1973
The Train Robbers poster

The Train Robbers

Movie · as Grady

1973
The Deadly Trackers poster

The Deadly Trackers

Movie · as Frank Brand

1973
The Heroes poster

The Heroes

Movie · as Lieutenant Bob Robson

1973
Trader Horn poster

Trader Horn

Movie · as Trader Horn

1972
Family Flight poster

Family Flight

Movie · as Jason Carlyle

1971
Powderkeg poster

Powderkeg

Movie · as Hank Brackett

1971
Bearcats! poster

Bearcats!

TV · as Hank Brackett · 13 eps

1970
Zabriskie Point poster

Zabriskie Point

Movie · as Lee Allen

1970
Darker Than Amber poster

Darker Than Amber

Movie · as Travis McGee

1970
The Man Who Had Power Over Women poster

The Man Who Had Power Over Women

Movie · as Peter Reaney

1968
Dark of the Sun poster

Dark of the Sun

Movie · as Curry

1968
Nobody Runs Forever poster

Nobody Runs Forever

Movie · as Scobie Malone

1968
The Hell with Heroes poster

The Hell with Heroes

Movie · as Brynie MacKay

1967
Chuka poster

Chuka

Movie · as Chuka

1967
Hotel poster

Hotel

Movie · as Peter McDermott

1967
Lionpower from MGM poster

Lionpower from MGM

Movie · as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966
The Glass Bottom Boat poster

The Glass Bottom Boat

Movie · as Bruce Templeton

1966
Every Girl's Dream poster

Every Girl's Dream

Movie · as Self

1966
Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Movie · as Self

1965
The Liquidator poster

The Liquidator

Movie · as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes

1965
Do Not Disturb poster

Do Not Disturb

Movie · as Mike Harper

1965
Young Cassidy poster

Young Cassidy

Movie · as John Cassidy

1965
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland poster

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland

Movie · as self

1964
36 Hours poster

36 Hours

Movie · as Major Walter Gerber

1964
Fate Is the Hunter poster

Fate Is the Hunter

Movie · as Captain Jack Savage

1963
The Birds poster

The Birds

Movie · as Mitch Brenner

1963
The V.I.P.s poster

The V.I.P.s

Movie · as Les Mangrum

1963
Sunday in New York poster

Sunday in New York

Movie · as Mike Mitchell

1963
A Gathering of Eagles poster

A Gathering of Eagles

Movie · as Col. Hollis Farr

1962
Seven Seas to Calais poster

Seven Seas to Calais

Movie · as Sir Francis Drake

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians poster

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Movie · as Pongo (voice)

1961
Bus Stop poster

Bus Stop

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Time Machine poster

The Time Machine

Movie · as H. George Wells

1960
Colossus and the Amazon Queen poster

Colossus and the Amazon Queen

Movie · as Pirro

1960
Hong Kong poster

Hong Kong

TV · as Glenn Evans · 27 eps

1959
Ask Any Girl poster

Ask Any Girl

Movie · as Ross Taford

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Clegg Forbes · 1 ep

1958
The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

Movie · as Nick Carraway

1958
Separate Tables poster

Separate Tables

Movie · as Charles

1958
Step Down to Terror poster

Step Down to Terror

Movie · as Mike Randall

1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV · 1 ep

1957
Raintree County poster

Raintree County

Movie · as Garwood B. Jones

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Jim · 1 ep

1956
Giant poster

Giant

Movie · as David Karfrey

1956
World Without End poster

World Without End

Movie · as Herbert Ellis

1956
The Catered Affair poster

The Catered Affair

Movie · as Ralph Halloran

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Jed Harper · 1 ep

1955
The Virgin Queen poster

The Virgin Queen

Movie · as Cpl. Gwilym

1955
Hell on Frisco Bay poster

Hell on Frisco Bay

Movie · as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)

1955
Top Gun poster

Top Gun

Movie · as Lem Sutter

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · as Clancy · 1 ep

1954
King of the Coral Sea poster

King of the Coral Sea

Movie · as Jack Janiero

1954
Long John Silver poster

Long John Silver

Movie · as Israel Hands

1954
Studio 57 poster

Studio 57

TV · as Tommy Scarbrough, Dr. Don Dolby · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Sam Tipton, Fred Gauman · 1 ep

1951
Inland with Sturt

Inland with Sturt

Movie · as George McLeay

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Boyd Harland · 1 ep

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as Mr. Gilbert, Baxter · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Anthony Fouche · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Accepting Award · 1 ep