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