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