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