Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

101

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-01-11

Deathday

2015-01-07 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney - New South Wales - Australia

Also Known As

Род Тейлор
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor
Rodney Sturt Taylor
راد تیلور

Rod Taylor

Biography

Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (born 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

8.2%

Inglourious Basterds

Aug 2, 2009

7.2%

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Jan 25, 1961

7.5%

The Birds

Mar 28, 1963

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

7.3%

The Time Machine

May 25, 1960

7.6%

Giant

Nov 8, 1956

7.0%

Walker, Texas Ranger

Apr 21, 1993

7.1%

Zabriskie Point

Mar 26, 1970

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

6.3%

The Train Robbers

Feb 1, 1973

6.9%

Separate Tables

Dec 18, 1958

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Acting

2017

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self

2009

Inglourious Basterds as Winston Churchill

2008

Not Quite Hollywood as Self

2007

Kaw as Doc

2006

Legends as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000

All About 'The Birds' as Self

1998

Welcome to Woop Woop as Daddy-O

1996		The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy as General Sorenson
1996		Water Rats as Coach

1995		Open Season as Billy Patrick
1995		The Point of Betrayal as Ted Kitteridge

1993		Time Machine: The Journey Back as Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles
1993		Walker, Texas Ranger as Gordon Cahill

1992

Grass Roots as Gen. Willoughby

1991

Palomino as Bill King

1986		Outlaws
1986		The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self

1985		Mask of Murder as Supt. Bob McLaine
1985		Marbella as Commander W.P. Anderson
1985		Half Nelson

1984		Murder, She Wrote as Tom Dempsey
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Inspector Rory Lanahan

1983		Masquerade as Lavender
1983		On the Run as Mr. Payatta

1982		Disney's Halloween Treat as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
1982		Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Edward Adeane
1982		A Time to Die as Jack Bailey

1981		Falcon Crest as Frank Agretti
1981		Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
1981		Hellinger's Law as Clint Tolliver

1980

Cry of the Innocent as Steve Donegin

1979		Jamaican Gold as Marian Casey
1979		Tales of the Unexpected as Paul Duveen

1977		The Oregon Trail as Evan Thorpe
1977		US Against the World as Self
1977		The Picture Show Man as Palmer

1976

Vortex as Christopher Tauling

1975

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

1974

Hell River as Marko

1973		The Deadly Trackers as Frank Brand
1973		Trader Horn as Trader Horn
1973		The Heroes as Lieutenant Bob Robson
1973		Wayne Train as Self
1973		The Train Robbers as Grady

1972

Family Flight as Jason Carlyle

1971		Bearcats! as Hank Brackett
1971		Powderkeg as Hank Brackett

1970		Darker Than Amber as Travis McGee
1970		The Man Who Had Power Over Women as Peter Reaney
1970		Zabriskie Point as Lee Allen

1968		The Hell with Heroes as Brynie MacKay
1968		Nobody Runs Forever as Scobie Malone
1968		Dark of the Sun as Curry

1967		Chuka as Chuka
1967		Hotel as Peter McDermott

1966		The Glass Bottom Boat as Bruce Templeton
1966		Every Girl's Dream as Self

1965		Do Not Disturb! as Mike Harper
1965		The Liquidator as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
1965		Young Cassidy as John Cassidy

1964		36 Hours as Major Walter Gerber
1964		Fate Is the Hunter as Captain Jack Savage

1963		Sunday in New York as Mike Mitchell
1963		The V.I.P.s as Les Mangrum
1963		A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Hollis Farr
1963		The Birds as Mitch Brenner

1962		Seven Seas to Calais as Sir Francis Drake
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1961		Bus Stop
1961		One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Pongo (voice)

1960		Colossus and the Amazon Queen as Pirro
1960		The Time Machine as H. George Wells
1960		Hong Kong

1959		The Twilight Zone as Clegg Forbes
1959		Ask Any Girl as Ross Taford

1958		Separate Tables as Charles
1958		Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958		Step Down to Terror as Mike Randall
1958		The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway

1957		Raintree County as Garwood B. Jones
1957		Suspicion as Jim

1956		Giant as Sir David Karfrey
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jed Harper
1956		The Catered Affair as Ralph Halloran
1956		World Without End as Herbert Ellis

1955		Hell on Frisco Bay as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
1955		Top Gun as Lem Sutter
1955		Cheyenne as Clancy
1955		The Virgin Queen as Cpl. Gwilym

1954		Long John Silver as Israel Hands
1954		Studio 57
1954		Studio 57 as Tommy Scarbrough
1954		King of the Coral Sea as Jack Janiero

1953		General Electric Theater as Sam Tipton
1953		General Electric Theater as Fred Gauman

1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Boyd Harland
1951		Inland with Sturt as George McLeay

1950		Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Gilbert
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Baxter

1948

Studio One as Anthony Fouche

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Accepting Award

Production

1967

Chuka as Producer

Writing

1979

Jamaican Gold as Screenplay