Robert Taylor
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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.
Known for
Credits
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
as Roy Cronin
Quo Vadis (1951)
as Marcus Vinicius
Ivanhoe (1952)
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Party Girl (1958)
as Tommy Farrell
The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
as Jake Wade
Return of the Gunfighter (1967)
as Ben Wyatt
Camille (1936)
as Armand Duval
Saddle the Wind (1958)
as Steve Sinclair
Westward the Women (1951)
as Buck Wyatt
Conspirator (1949)
as Major Michael Curragh
Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
as Bushrod Gentry
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
as Lancelot
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Robert Gordon
Buried Loot (1935)
as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
as Capt. Brad Parker
Valley of the Kings (1954)
as Mark Brandon
A House Is Not a Home (1964)
as Frank Costigan
Undercurrent (1946)
as Alan Garroway
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
as Steve Raleigh
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense (1944)
as Lt. Robert Taylor
Cattle King (1963)
as Sam Brassfield
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
as Lee Sheridan
Lady of the Tropics (1939)
as William 'Bill' Carey
Society Doctor (1935)
as Dr. Ellis
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
as Joel Shore
Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
as Col. Podhajsky
Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
as Rio
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
This Is My Affair (1937)
as Lt. Richard L. Perry
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Blake Cantrell
Murder in the Fleet (1935)
as Lieutenant Tom Randolph
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Stand by for Action (1942)
as Lieut. Gregg Masterman
Devil's Doorway (1950)
as Lance Poole
The Youngest Profession (1943)
as Robert Taylor
Billy the Kid (1941)
as Billy Bonney
Hondo and the Apaches (1967)
as Gallagher
Above and Beyond (1953)
as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
The Hangman (1959)
as Mackenzie Bovard
The Last Hunt (1956)
as Charlie Gilson
The Night Walker (1964)
as Barry Moreland
His Brother's Wife (1936)
as Chris Claybourne
The Hoaxters (1952)
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
Recoil (1963)
as Captain Matt Holbrook
There's Always Tomorrow (1934)
as Arthur White
Johnny Eager (1941)
as Johnny Eager
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
as Self
Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
as Lloyd Tredman
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
as Self
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
as Jimmy Lee
Quentin Durward (1955)
as Quentin Durward
The Glass Sphinx (1967)
as Prof. Karl Nichols
Song of Russia (1944)
as John Meredith
The Power and the Prize (1956)
as Cliff Barton
The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
as Self (archive footage)
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot (1968)
as Anderson
High Wall (1947)
as Steven Kenet
The Bribe (1949)
as Rigby
The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)
as John Nordley
Savage Pampas (1966)
as Captain Martín
Garbo, by Joan Crawford (1969)
as Self (archive footage)
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
as Robert Adamson
Bataan (1943)
as Sgt. Bill Dane
West Point of the Air (1935)
as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
as 'Bow' Timberlake
Ambush (1950)
as Ward Kinsman
Private Number (1936)
as Richard Winfield
Small Town Girl (1936)
as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
Rogue Cop (1954)
as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
Escape (1940)
as Mark Preysing
Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
as Terry Trindale
The Crowd Roars (1938)
as 'Killer' McCoy
Three Comrades (1938)
as Erich Lohkamp
I Love Melvin (1953)
as Robert Taylor
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
as Dr. Robert Merrick
The Secret Land (1948)
as Narrator
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly (1945)
as Lt. Taylor
Personal Property (1937)
as Raymond Dabney
The Fighting Lady (1944)
as Narrator
Flight Command (1940)
as Ens. Alan Drake
A Wicked Woman (1934)
as Bill Renton
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Tiger (1966)
as George Dean
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs (1945)
as Instructor
Times Square Lady (1935)
as Steve Gordon
Rome, the Eternal City (1951)
as Self
Screen Actors (1950)
as Self (uncredited)
Handy Andy (1934)
as Lloyd Burmeister
Lucky Night (1939)
as Bill Overton
Lest We Forget (1937)
as Himself
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 (1945)
as Lt. Taylor
Performers Arrive in Hampshire (1947)
as Self
Remember? (1939)
as Jeff Holland
Trifles of Importance (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Primary Flight Training: Landings (1945)
as Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1 (1945)
as Instructor
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2 (1945)
as Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1 (1945)
as Lt. Taylor
The Spectacle Maker (1934)
as The Duchess's Paramour
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1 (1945)
as Lt. Taylor
The Fighting Lady's Family (1950)
as Narrator (voice)