Robert Taylor

Acting • Born 1911-08-05 – Died 1969-06-08

Acting1Filley, 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.

Filmography

123 credits

Rogue Cop

Movie • 1954

Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney

Quo Vadis

Movie • 1951

Marcus Vinicius

The Hoaxters

Movie • 1952

Narrator (voice)

The Bribe

Movie • 1949

Rigby

Party Girl

Movie • 1958

Tommy Farrell

Ivanhoe

Movie • 1952

Wilfred of Ivanhoe

High Wall

Movie • 1947

Steven Kenet

Devil's Doorway

Movie • 1950

Lance Poole

Johnny Eager

Movie • 1941

Johnny Eager

The Night Walker

Movie • 1964

Barry Moreland

Bataan

Movie • 1943

Sgt. Bill Dane

Waterloo Bridge

Movie • 1940

Roy Cronin

Broadway Melody of 1938

Movie • 1937

Steve Raleigh

Personal Property

Movie • 1937

Raymond Dabney

Camille

Movie • 1936

Armand Duval

Broadway Melody of 1936

Movie • 1935

Robert Gordon

Undercurrent

Movie • 1946

Alan Garroway

The Law and Jake Wade

Movie • 1958

Jake Wade

D-Day the Sixth of June

Movie • 1956

Capt. Brad Parker

Ride, Vaquero!

Movie • 1953

Rio

Magnificent Obsession

Movie • 1935

Dr. Robert Merrick

Trifles of Importance

Movie • 1940

Self (archive footage)

The Hangman

Movie • 1959

Mackenzie Bovard

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

Movie • 1968

Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group

Knights of the Round Table

Movie • 1953

Lancelot

Above and Beyond

Movie • 1953

Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets

Many Rivers to Cross

Movie • 1955

Bushrod Gentry

The House of the Seven Hawks

Movie • 1959

John Nordley

When Ladies Meet

Movie • 1941

Jimmy Lee

Conspirator

Movie • 1949

Major Michael Curragh

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Movie • 1953

Joel Shore

Quentin Durward

Movie • 1955

Quentin Durward

Miracle of the White Stallions

Movie • 1963

Col. Podhajsky

The Fighting Lady

Movie • 1944

Narrator

Saddle the Wind

Movie • 1958

Steve Sinclair

Flight Command

Movie • 1940

Ens. Alan Drake

Song of Russia

Movie • 1944

John Meredith

Westward the Women

Movie • 1951

Buck Wyatt

Her Cardboard Lover

Movie • 1942

Terry Trindale

Stand by for Action

Movie • 1942

Lieut. Gregg Masterman

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Movie • 1972

Self (archive footage)

Small Town Girl

Movie • 1936

Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin

West Point of the Air

Movie • 1935

'Jasky' Jaskarelli

Three Comrades

Movie • 1938

Erich Lohkamp

The Youngest Profession

Movie • 1943

Robert Taylor

Escape

Movie • 1940

Mark Preysing

Savage Pampas

Movie • 1966

Captain Martín

Hondo and the Apaches

Movie • 1967

Gallagher

The Gorgeous Hussy

Movie • 1936

'Bow' Timberlake

Lady of the Tropics

Movie • 1939

William 'Bill' Carey

Billy the Kid

Movie • 1941

Billy Bonney

Ambush

Movie • 1950

Ward Kinsman

The Last Hunt

Movie • 1956

Charlie Gilson

A Yank at Oxford

Movie • 1938

Lee Sheridan

His Brother's Wife

Movie • 1936

Chris Claybourne

Cattle King

Movie • 1963

Sam Brassfield

The Secret Land

Movie • 1948

Narrator

Buried Loot

Movie • 1935

Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)

Tip on a Dead Jockey

Movie • 1957

Lloyd Tredman

This Is My Affair

Movie • 1937

Lt. Richard L. Perry

Stand Up and Fight

Movie • 1939

Blake Cantrell

Valley of the Kings

Movie • 1954

Mark Brandon

Society Doctor

Movie • 1935

Dr. Ellis

The Day the Hot Line Got Hot

Movie • 1968

Anderson

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

Movie • 1947

Self

The Power and the Prize

Movie • 1956

Cliff Barton

Lucky Night

Movie • 1939

Bill Overton

There's Always Tomorrow

Movie • 1934

Arthur White

Return of the Gunfighter

Movie • 1967

Ben Wyatt

A House Is Not a Home

Movie • 1964

Frank Costigan

Remember?

Movie • 1939

Jeff Holland

Murder in the Fleet

Movie • 1935

Lieutenant Tom Randolph

Private Number

Movie • 1936

Richard Winfield

The Crowd Roars

Movie • 1938

'Killer' McCoy

Killers of Kilimanjaro

Movie • 1959

Robert Adamson

Johnny Tiger

Movie • 1966

George Dean

Times Square Lady

Movie • 1935

Steve Gordon

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Movie • 1997

Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

Movie • 1976

(archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

Movie • 1964

Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Movie • 1940

Self

I Love Melvin

Self

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

Movie • 1935

Self

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

Movie • 1944

TV • 1948

Self

The Thin Man

TV • 1957

Hondo

TV • 1967

The Detectives

TV • 1959

Captain Matt Holbrook

The Mike Douglas Show

TV • 1961

Self - Co-Host

Death Valley Days

TV • 1952

Self - Host

What's My Line?

TV • 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

Death Valley Days

TV • 1952

Shanghai Kelly

Yellowthread Street

TV • 1990

Det. Peter Marenta

MGM Parade

TV • 1955

MGM Parade

TV • 1955

Self

MGM Parade

TV • 1955

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