Rod Taylor
- Acting
- January 11, 1930 · Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
- January 7, 2015
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies · Self
- Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches · Self
- Inglourious Basterds · Winston Churchill
- Not Quite Hollywood · Self
- Kaw · Doc
- Legends · Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- All About 'The Birds' · Self
- Welcome to Woop Woop · Daddy-O
- Death on the Oregon Trail
- The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy · General Sorenson
- Water Rats · Coach
- Open Season · Billy Patrick
- The Point of Betrayal · Ted Kitteridge
- Time Machine: The Journey Back · Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
- Walker, Texas Ranger · Gordon Cahill
- Grass Roots · Gen. Willoughby
- Palomino · Bill King
- Outlaws · John Grail
- The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal · Self
- Mask of Murder · Supt. Bob McLaine
- Marbella · Commander W.P. Anderson
- Half Nelson
- Murder, She Wrote · Tom Dempsey, Inspector Rory Lanahan
- Masquerade · Lavender
- On the Run · Mr. Payatta
- Disney's Halloween Treat · Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story · Edward Adeane
- A Time to Die · Jack Bailey
- Falcon Crest · Frank Agretti
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy · 'Black Jack' Bouvier
- Hellinger's Law · Clint Tolliver
- Cry of the Innocent · Steve Donegin
- Jamaican Gold · Marian Casey, Screenplay
- Tales of the Unexpected · Paul Duveen
- The Oregon Trail · Evan Thorpe
- US Against the World · Self
- The Picture Show Man · Palmer
- Disney's Greatest Dog Stars · Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
- Vortex · Christopher Tauling
- A Matter of Wife... and Death · Shamus McCoy
- Hell River · Marko
- The Deadly Trackers · Frank Brand
- Trader Horn · Trader Horn
- The Heroes · Lieutenant Bob Robson
- Wayne Train · Self
- The Train Robbers · Grady
- Family Flight · Jason Carlyle
- Bearcats! · Hank Brackett
- Powderkeg · Hank Brackett
- Darker Than Amber · Travis McGee
- The Man Who Had Power Over Women · Peter Reaney
- Zabriskie Point · Lee Allen
- The Hell with Heroes · Brynie MacKay
- Nobody Runs Forever · Scobie Malone
- Dark of the Sun · Curry
- Chuka · Chuka, Producer
- Hotel · Peter McDermott
- Lionpower from MGM · Self
- The Glass Bottom Boat · Bruce Templeton
- Catalina Island · Self
- Every Girl's Dream · Self
- Do Not Disturb · Mike Harper
- The Liquidator · Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
- Young Cassidy · John Cassidy
- Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland · Self
- 36 Hours · Major Walter Gerber
- Fate Is the Hunter · Captain Jack Savage
- Sunday in New York · Mike Mitchell
- The V.I.P.s · Les Mangrum
- A Gathering of Eagles · Col. Hollis Farr
- The Birds · Mitch Brenner
- Seven Seas to Calais · Sir Francis Drake
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- Bus Stop
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians · Pongo (Voice)
- Colossus and the Amazon Queen · Pirro
- The Time Machine · H. George Wells
- Hong Kong · Glenn Evans
- The Twilight Zone · Clegg Forbes
- Ask Any Girl · Ross Taford