Rod Taylor
Acting • Born 1930-01-11 – Died 2015-01-07
Biography
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (January 11, 1930 – January 7, 2015) was an Australian-born American actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers.
Filmography
104 credits
The Birds
Movie • 1963
Mitch Brenner
The Time Machine
Movie • 1960
H. George Wells
Giant
Movie • 1956
Sir David Karfrey
Zabriskie Point
Movie • 1970
Lee Allen
Cry of the Innocent
Movie • 1980
Steve Donegin
Welcome to Woop Woop
Movie • 1998
Daddy-O
The Virgin Queen
Movie • 1955
Cpl. Gwilym
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Movie • 1961
Pongo (voice)
Dark of the Sun
Movie • 1968
Curry
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie • 1966
Bruce Templeton
The Liquidator
Movie • 1965
Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
Wayne Train
Movie • 1973
Self
The Train Robbers
Movie • 1973
Grady
The Picture Show Man
Movie • 1977
Palmer
The Great Gatsby
Movie • 1958
Nick Carraway
Separate Tables
Movie • 1958
Charles
The V.I.P.s
Movie • 1963
Les Mangrum
36 Hours
Movie • 1964
Major Walter Gerber
Sunday in New York
Movie • 1963
Mike Mitchell
Do Not Disturb
Movie • 1965
Mike Harper
Inglourious Basterds
Movie • 2009
Winston Churchill
Chuka
Movie • 1967
Chuka
Raintree County
Movie • 1957
Garwood B. Jones
Darker Than Amber
Movie • 1970
Travis McGee
Nobody Runs Forever
Movie • 1968
Scobie Malone
Hell on Frisco Bay
Movie • 1955
John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
Step Down to Terror
Movie • 1958
Mike Randall
Hell River
Movie • 1974
Marko
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Movie • 1960
Pirro
World Without End
Movie • 1956
Herbert Ellis
Ask Any Girl
Movie • 1959
Ross Taford
Hotel
Movie • 1967
Peter McDermott
Fate Is the Hunter
Movie • 1964
Captain Jack Savage
US Against the World
Movie • 1977
Self
The Catered Affair
Movie • 1956
Ralph Halloran
A Gathering of Eagles
Movie • 1963
Col. Hollis Farr
Young Cassidy
Movie • 1965
John Cassidy
All About 'The Birds'
Movie • 2000
Self
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
Movie • 1996
General Sorenson
The Deadly Trackers
Movie • 1973
Frank Brand
Seven Seas to Calais
Movie • 1962
Sir Francis Drake
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Movie • 1981
'Black Jack' Bouvier
Palomino
Movie • 1991
Bill King
Family Flight
Movie • 1972
Jason Carlyle
Top Gun
Movie • 1955
Lem Sutter
On the Run
Movie • 1983
Mr. Payatta
Marbella
Movie • 1985
Commander W.P. Anderson
Vortex
Movie • 1976
Christopher Tauling
Grass Roots
Movie • 1992
Gen. Willoughby
The Heroes
Movie • 1973
Lieutenant Bob Robson
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
Movie • 1970
Peter Reaney
The Hell with Heroes
Movie • 1968
Brynie MacKay
Trader Horn
Movie • 1973
Trader Horn
A Time to Die
Movie • 1982
Jack Bailey
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Movie • 1986
Self
King of the Coral Sea
Movie • 1954
Jack Janiero
The Point of Betrayal
Movie • 1995
Ted Kitteridge
Kaw
Movie • 2007
Doc
Long John Silver
Movie • 1954
Israel Hands
Half Nelson
Movie • 1985
A Matter of Wife... and Death
Movie • 1975
Shamus McCoy
Inland with Sturt
Movie • 1951
George McLeay
Mask of Murder
Movie • 1985
Supt. Bob McLaine
Powderkeg
Movie • 1971
Hank Brackett
Hellinger's Law
Movie • 1981
Clint Tolliver
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie • 2017
Self
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Movie • 1993
Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
Jamaican Gold
Movie • 1979
Marian Casey
Every Girl's Dream
Movie • 1966
Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie • 2008
Self
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Movie • 1982
Edward Adeane
Disney's Halloween Treat
Movie • 1982
Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
Open Season
Movie • 1995
Billy Patrick
Lionpower from MGM
Movie • 1967
Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie • 2022
Self - (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
Movie • 1976
Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Tom Dempsey
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Clancy
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Paul Duveen
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Gordon Cahill
Outlaws
TV • 1986
Studio One
TV • 1948
Anthony Fouche
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Sam Tipton
Water Rats
TV • 1996
Coach
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Clegg Forbes
Hong Kong
TV • 1960
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Lavender
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Mr. Gilbert
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Boyd Harland
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Jed Harper
The Oregon Trail
TV • 1977
Evan Thorpe
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Inspector Rory Lanahan
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Fred Gauman
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Baxter
Bearcats!
TV • 1971
Hank Brackett
Legends
TV • 2006
Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Studio 57
TV • 1954
Tommy Scarbrough
Suspicion
TV • 1957
Jim
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Frank Agretti
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Accepting Award
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Studio 57
TV • 1954
Dr. Don Dolby