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