
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

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie · as Self - (archive footage)

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie · as Self

Inglourious Basterds
Movie · as Winston Churchill

Not Quite Hollywood
Movie · as Self

Kaw
Movie · as Doc

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

All About 'The Birds'
Movie · as Self

Welcome to Woop Woop
Movie · as Daddy-O
Death on the Oregon Trail
Movie

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
Movie · as General Sorenson

Water Rats
TV · as Coach · 1 ep

The Point of Betrayal
Movie · as Ted Kitteridge

Open Season
Movie · as Billy Patrick

Time Machine: The Journey Back
Movie · as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles

Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Gordon Cahill · 4 eps

Grass Roots
Movie · as Gen. Willoughby

Palomino
Movie · as Bill King

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Movie · as Self

Outlaws
TV · as John Grail · 12 eps

Marbella
Movie · as Commander W.P. Anderson

Half Nelson
Movie

Mask of Murder
Movie · as Supt. Bob McLaine

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Tom Dempsey, Inspector Rory Lanahan · 1 ep

On the Run
Movie · as Mr. Payatta

Masquerade
TV · as Lavender · 13 eps

A Time to Die
Movie · as Jack Bailey

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Movie · as Edward Adeane

Disney's Halloween Treat
Movie · as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Movie · as 'Black Jack' Bouvier

Hellinger's Law
Movie · as Clint Tolliver

Falcon Crest
TV · as Frank Agretti · 26 eps

Cry of the Innocent
Movie · as Steve Donegin

Jamaican Gold
Movie · as Marian Casey

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Paul Duveen · 1 ep

The Picture Show Man
Movie · as Palmer

US Against the World
Movie · as Self

The Oregon Trail
TV · as Evan Thorpe · 13 eps

Vortex
Movie · as Christopher Tauling

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
Movie · as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)

A Matter of Wife... and Death
Movie · as Shamus McCoy

Hell River
Movie · as Marko

Wayne Train
Movie · as Self

The Train Robbers
Movie · as Grady

The Deadly Trackers
Movie · as Frank Brand

The Heroes
Movie · as Lieutenant Bob Robson

Trader Horn
Movie · as Trader Horn

Family Flight
Movie · as Jason Carlyle

Powderkeg
Movie · as Hank Brackett

Bearcats!
TV · as Hank Brackett · 13 eps

Zabriskie Point
Movie · as Lee Allen

Darker Than Amber
Movie · as Travis McGee

The Man Who Had Power Over Women
Movie · as Peter Reaney

Dark of the Sun
Movie · as Curry

Nobody Runs Forever
Movie · as Scobie Malone

The Hell with Heroes
Movie · as Brynie MacKay

Chuka
Movie · as Chuka

Hotel
Movie · as Peter McDermott

Lionpower from MGM
Movie · as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie · as Bruce Templeton

Every Girl's Dream
Movie · as Self
Catalina Island
Movie · as Self

The Liquidator
Movie · as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes

Do Not Disturb
Movie · as Mike Harper

Young Cassidy
Movie · as John Cassidy

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Movie · as self

36 Hours
Movie · as Major Walter Gerber

Fate Is the Hunter
Movie · as Captain Jack Savage

The Birds
Movie · as Mitch Brenner

The V.I.P.s
Movie · as Les Mangrum

Sunday in New York
Movie · as Mike Mitchell

A Gathering of Eagles
Movie · as Col. Hollis Farr

Seven Seas to Calais
Movie · as Sir Francis Drake

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps

One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Movie · as Pongo (voice)

Bus Stop
TV · 1 ep

The Time Machine
Movie · as H. George Wells

Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Movie · as Pirro

Hong Kong
TV · as Glenn Evans · 27 eps

Ask Any Girl
Movie · as Ross Taford

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Clegg Forbes · 1 ep

The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Nick Carraway

Separate Tables
Movie · as Charles

Step Down to Terror
Movie · as Mike Randall

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep

Raintree County
Movie · as Garwood B. Jones

Suspicion
TV · as Jim · 1 ep

Giant
Movie · as David Karfrey

World Without End
Movie · as Herbert Ellis

The Catered Affair
Movie · as Ralph Halloran

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Jed Harper · 1 ep

The Virgin Queen
Movie · as Cpl. Gwilym

Hell on Frisco Bay
Movie · as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)

Top Gun
Movie · as Lem Sutter

Cheyenne
TV · as Clancy · 1 ep

King of the Coral Sea
Movie · as Jack Janiero

Long John Silver
Movie · as Israel Hands

Studio 57
TV · as Tommy Scarbrough, Dr. Don Dolby · 1 ep

General Electric Theater
TV · as Sam Tipton, Fred Gauman · 1 ep
Inland with Sturt
Movie · as George McLeay

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Boyd Harland · 1 ep

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Mr. Gilbert, Baxter · 1 ep

Studio One
TV · as Anthony Fouche · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Accepting Award · 1 ep