Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

116

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-08-05

Deathday

1969-06-08 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Filley, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

Роберт Тейлор
Lieut Robert Taylor USNR
Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R.
Spangler Arlington Brugh

Robert Taylor

Biography

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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Acting

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage)

1991

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

1982

Annie as Armand Duval (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

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

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)

1969

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

1968		Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
1968		The Day the Hot Line Got Hot as Anderson

1967		Hondo
1967		Hondo and the Apaches as Gallagher
1967		The Glass Sphinx as Prof. Karl Nichols
1967		Return of the Gunfighter as Ben Wyatt

1966		Savage Pampas as Captain Martín
1966		Johnny Tiger as George Dean

1964		The Night Walker as Barry Moreland
1964		The Big Parade of Comedy as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
1964		A House Is Not a Home as Frank Costigan

1963		Cattle King as Sam Brassfield
1963		Miracle of the White Stallions as Col. Podhajsky

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1959		The House of the Seven Hawks as John Nordley
1959		The Detectives as Captain Matt Holbrook
1959		Killers of Kilimanjaro as Robert Adamson
1959		The Hangman as Mackenzie Bovard

1958		Party Girl as Tommy Farrell
1958		The Law and Jake Wade as Jake Wade
1958		Saddle the Wind as Steve Sinclair

1957		The Thin Man
1957		Tip on a Dead Jockey as Lloyd Tredman

1956		The Power and the Prize as Cliff Barton
1956		D-Day the Sixth of June as Capt. Brad Parker
1956		The Last Hunt as Charlie Gilson

1955		Quentin Durward as Quentin Durward
1955		Many Rivers to Cross as Bushrod Gentry

1954		Rogue Cop as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
1954		Valley of the Kings as Mark Brandon

1953		Knights of the Round Table as Lancelot
1953		All the Brothers Were Valiant as Joel Shore
1953		Ride, Vaquero! as Rio
1953		I Love Melvin as Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream
1953		Above and Beyond as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets

1952		The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
1952		Death Valley Days as Self - Host
1952		Death Valley Days as Shanghai Kelly
1952		Ivanhoe as Wilfred of Ivanhoe

1951		Westward the Women as Buck Wyatt
1951		Quo Vadis as Marcus Vinicius
1951		Rome, the Eternal City as Self

1950		Devil's Doorway as Lance Poole
1950		The Fighting Lady's Family as Narrator (voice)
1950		Screen Actors as Self (uncredited)
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950		Ambush as Ward Kinsman

1949		Conspirator as Major Michael Curragh
1949		The Bribe as Rigby

1948		The Secret Land as Narrator
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1947		High Wall as Steven Kenet
1947		Performers arrive in Hampshire as Self

1946

Undercurrent as Alan Garroway

1945		Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly as Lt. Taylor
1945		Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 as Lt. Taylor
1945		Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2 as Lt. Taylor
1945		Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1 as Instructor
1945		Primary Flight Training: Landings as Lt. Taylor
1945		Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1 as Lt. Taylor
1945		Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1 as Lt. Taylor
1945		Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs as Instructor

1944		The Fighting Lady as Narrator
1944		Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense as Lt. Robert Taylor
1944		Song of Russia as John Meredith

1943		Bataan as Sgt. Bill Dane
1943		The Youngest Profession as Robert Taylor

1942		Stand by for Action as Lieut. Gregg Masterman
1942		Her Cardboard Lover as Terry Trindale

1941		Johnny Eager as Johnny Eager
1941		When Ladies Meet as Jimmy Lee
1941		Billy the Kid as Billy Bonney

1940		Flight Command as Ens. Alan Drake
1940		Escape as Mark Preysing
1940		A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
1940		Trifles of Importance as Self (archive footage)
1940		Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
1940		Waterloo Bridge as Roy Cronin

1939		Remember? as Jeff Holland
1939		Lady of the Tropics as William 'Bill' Carey
1939		From the Ends of the Earth as Self
1939		Lucky Night as Bill Overton
1939		Stand Up and Fight as Blake Cantrell

1938		The Crowd Roars as 'Killer' McCoy
1938		Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
1938		Three Comrades as Erich Lohkamp
1938		A Yank at Oxford as Lee Sheridan

1937		The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)
1937		Broadway Melody of 1938 as Steve Raleigh
1937		This Is My Affair as Lt. Richard L. Perry
1937		Lest We Forget as Himself
1937		Personal Property as Raymond Dabney

1936		Camille as Armand Duval
1936		The Gorgeous Hussy as 'Bow' Timberlake
1936		His Brother's Wife as Chris Claybourne
1936		Private Number as Richard Winfield
1936		Small Town Girl as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin

1935		Magnificent Obsession as Dr. Robert Merrick
1935		La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self
1935		Broadway Melody of 1936 as Robert Gordon
1935		Murder in the Fleet as Lieutenant Tom Randolph
1935		West Point of the Air as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli
1935		Times Square Lady as Steve Gordon
1935		Society Doctor as Dr. Ellis
1935		Buried Loot as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)

1934		A Wicked Woman as Bill Renton
1934		There's Always Tomorrow as Arthur White
1934		The Spectacle Maker as The Duchess's Paramour
1934		Handy Andy as Lloyd Burmeister

Directing

1945		Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly as Director
1945		Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 as Director
1945		Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2 as Director
1945		Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1 as Director
1945		Primary Flight Training: Landings as Director
1945		Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1 as Director
1945		Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1 as Director
1945		Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs as Director

1944

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense as Director