Robert Taylor

Acting August 5, 1911 (57 years old) June 8, 1969 Filley, Nebraska, USA

Biography

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.

Movies 110

7.1

Quo Vadis

as Marcus Vinicius

1951

7.5

Waterloo Bridge

as Roy Cronin

1940

6.5

Broadway Melody of 1936

as Robert Gordon

1935

7.0

Camille

as Armand Duval

1936

6.8

Party Girl

as Tommy Farrell

1958

6.8

Ivanhoe

as Wilfred of Ivanhoe

1952

6.0

Knights of the Round Table

as Lancelot

1953

7.0

Westward the Women

as Buck Wyatt

1951

5.9

Undercurrent

as Alan Garroway

1946

6.6

The Law and Jake Wade

as Jake Wade

1958

7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976

6.1

Return of the Gunfighter

as Ben Wyatt

1967

5.3

D-Day the Sixth of June

as Capt. Brad Parker

1956

6.5

Many Rivers to Cross

as Bushrod Gentry

1955

6.4

Buried Loot

as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)

1935

6.4

The Night Walker

as Barry Moreland

1964

7.7

The Real Charlie Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

2021

5.8

Miracle of the White Stallions

as Col. Podhajsky

1963

6.0

All the Brothers Were Valiant

as Joel Shore

1953

6.3

The Bribe

as Rigby

1949

6.1

Ride, Vaquero!

as Rio

1953

6.8

A Yank at Oxford

as Lee Sheridan

1938

7.2

Hondo and the Apaches

as Gallagher

1967

6.1

Above and Beyond

as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets

1953

6.6

Murder in the Fleet

as Lieutenant Tom Randolph

1935

5.3

Billy the Kid

as Billy Bonney

1941

5.8

His Brother's Wife

as Chris Claybourne

1936

4.9

Valley of the Kings

as Mark Brandon

1954

6.7

Saddle the Wind

as Steve Sinclair

1958

7.0

Hollywood Goes to Town

as Self

1938

6.9

Devil's Doorway

as Lance Poole

1950

7.2

Three Comrades

as Erich Lohkamp

1938

6.6

Broadway Melody of 1938

as Steve Raleigh

1937

6.9

The Last Hunt

as Charlie Gilson

1956

6.1

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group

1968

4.9

A House Is Not a Home

as Frank Costigan

1964

5.2

The Youngest Profession

as Robert Taylor

1943

6.5

Lady of the Tropics

as William 'Bill' Carey

1939

7.4

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1972

6.5

The Hangman

as Mackenzie Bovard

1959

5.8

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Self

1940

7.0

Stand by for Action

as Lieut. Gregg Masterman

1942

8.0

There's Always Tomorrow

as Arthur White

1934

7.3

This Is My Affair

as Lt. Richard L. Perry

1937

5.5

The Gorgeous Hussy

as 'Bow' Timberlake

1936

6.2

The Power and the Prize

as Cliff Barton

1956

6.2

Cattle King

as Sam Brassfield

1963

7.4

Escape

as Mark Preysing

1940

7.2

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)

1964

7.2

Society Doctor

as Dr. Ellis

1935

6.1

The House of the Seven Hawks

as John Nordley

1959

5.8

Conspirator

as Major Michael Curragh

1949

5.7

Rogue Cop

as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney

1954

7.0

The Romance of Celluloid

as Self (archive footage)

1937

6.6

Tip on a Dead Jockey

as Lloyd Tredman

1957

6.0

Stand Up and Fight

as Blake Cantrell

1939

5.8

Quentin Durward

as Quentin Durward

1955

6.2

Johnny Eager

as Johnny Eager

1941

6.8

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

as Self

1940

7.0

The Glass Sphinx

as Prof. Karl Nichols

1967

5.4

Ambush

as Ward Kinsman

1950

7.0

West Point of the Air

as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli

1935

6.7

Private Number

as Richard Winfield

1936

6.4

Bataan

as Sgt. Bill Dane

1943

Recoil

as Captain Matt Holbrook

1963

5.3

Savage Pampas

as Captain Martín

1966

6.1

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

as Self

1935

7.7

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

as Self (archive footage)

1997

6.5

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

1991

5.0

From the Ends of the Earth

as Self

1939

5.5

The Day the Hot Line Got Hot

as Anderson

1968

7.0

Times Square Lady

as Steve Gordon

1935

7.0

The Crowd Roars

as 'Killer' McCoy

1938

3.0

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

as Self (archive footage)

2014

6.4

High Wall

as Steven Kenet

1947

6.3

Killers of Kilimanjaro

as Robert Adamson

1959

3.4

The Extraordinary Seaman

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969

6.0

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

as Self (archive footage)

1969

6.0

Small Town Girl

as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin

1936

7.4

Magnificent Obsession

as Dr. Robert Merrick

1935

4.9

Her Cardboard Lover

as Terry Trindale

1942

6.5

The Fighting Lady

as Narrator

1944

5.5

The Secret Land

as Narrator

1948

5.9

Flight Command

as Ens. Alan Drake

1940

6.2

I Love Melvin

as Robert Taylor

1953

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

as Self

1947

Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs

as Instructor

1945

6.9

When Ladies Meet

as Jimmy Lee

1941

7.0

Johnny Tiger

as George Dean

1966

5.0

A Wicked Woman

as Bill Renton

1934

6.0

Remember?

as Jeff Holland

1939

6.8

Lucky Night

as Bill Overton

1939

5.3

The Hoaxters

as Narrator (voice)

1952

6.2

Song of Russia

as John Meredith

1944

Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2

as Lt. Taylor

1945

5.5

Handy Andy

as Lloyd Burmeister

1934

7.0

Lest We Forget

as Himself

1937

6.9

Personal Property

as Raymond Dabney

1937

7.5

Trifles of Importance

as Self (archive footage)

1940

Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly

as Lt. Taylor

1945

Rome, the Eternal City

as Self

1951

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

as Lt. Robert Taylor

1944

6.2

Screen Actors

as Self (uncredited)

1950

8.0

Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2

as Lt. Taylor

1945

Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1

as Lt. Taylor

1945

6.2

The Spectacle Maker

as The Duchess's Paramour

1934

The Fighting Lady's Family

as Narrator (voice)

1950

Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1

as Instructor

1945

9.0

Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1

as Lt. Taylor

1945

Primary Flight Training: Landings

as Lt. Taylor

1945

TV Shows 13

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961

6.8

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1962

7.1

What's My Line?

as Self

1950

6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

1948

6.7

The Detectives

as Captain Matt Holbrook

1959

7.6

The Thin Man

1957

7.5

MGM Parade

1955

7.5

MGM Parade

as Self

1955

7.5

MGM Parade

as self

1955

6.9

Hondo

1967

6.6

Death Valley Days

as Self - Host

1952

6.6

Death Valley Days

as Shanghai Kelly

1952

7.5

Yellowthread Street

as Det. Peter Marenta

1990