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Robert Taylor

Acting Born Aug 5, 1911 Filley, Nebraska, USA 24 credits

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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Known for

Film

The Italian Job

as Self - Co-Host

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self
Film

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989
Film

Quo Vadis

as Marcus Vinicius
Film

Birdy

as Det. Peter Marenta

Full filmography

  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • MGM Parade (1955)
  • MGM Parade (1955) as Self
  • MGM Parade (1955) as self
  • The Detectives (1959) as Captain Matt Holbrook
  • The Thin Man (1957)
  • Hondo (1967)
  • Waterloo Bridge (1940) as Roy Cronin
  • Quo Vadis (1951) as Marcus Vinicius
  • Ivanhoe (1952) as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
  • Death Valley Days (1952) as Self - Host
  • Death Valley Days (1952) as Shanghai Kelly
  • Party Girl (1958) as Tommy Farrell
  • Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 (1945) as Lt. Taylor
  • Camille (1936) as Armand Duval
  • Yellowthread Street (1990) as Det. Peter Marenta
  • The Night Walker (1964) as Barry Moreland
  • Westward the Women (1951) as Buck Wyatt
  • D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) as Capt. Brad Parker
  • Ride, Vaquero! (1953) as Rio
  • Cattle King (1963) as Sam Brassfield