Robert Taylor

from Filley, Nebraska, USA

Artwork for Quo VadisImage of Robert Taylor

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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.

Timeline

2021Aged 110

  • Poster for The Real Charlie Chaplin

    Self (archive footage)

2014Aged 103

  • Poster for Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

    Self (archive footage)

1997Aged 86

  • Poster for Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

    Self (archive footage)

1991Aged 80

  • Poster for Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

    Self (archive footage)

1976Aged 65

  • Poster for That's Entertainment, Part II

    (archive footage)

1972Aged 61

  • Poster for Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

1969Aged 58

  • Poster for The Extraordinary Seaman

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Garbo, by Joan Crawford

    Self (archive footage)

1968Aged 57

  • Poster for The Day the Hot Line Got Hot

    Anderson

  • Poster for Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

    Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group

1967Aged 56

  • Poster for Return of the Gunfighter

    Ben Wyatt

  • Poster for The Glass Sphinx

    Prof. Karl Nichols

  • Poster for Hondo and the Apaches

    Gallagher

1966Aged 55

  • Poster for Johnny Tiger

    George Dean

  • Poster for Savage Pampas

    Captain Martín

1964Aged 53

  • Poster for A House Is Not a Home

    Frank Costigan

  • Poster for The Big Parade of Comedy

    Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Night Walker

    Barry Moreland

1963Aged 52

  • Poster for Miracle of the White Stallions

    Col. Podhajsky

  • Poster for Cattle King

    Sam Brassfield

  • Poster for Recoil

    Captain Matt Holbrook

1959Aged 48

  • Poster for The Hangman

    Mackenzie Bovard

  • Poster for Killers of Kilimanjaro

    Robert Adamson

  • Poster for The House of the Seven Hawks

    John Nordley

1958Aged 47

  • Poster for Saddle the Wind

    Steve Sinclair

  • Poster for The Law and Jake Wade

    Jake Wade

  • Poster for Party Girl

    Tommy Farrell

1957Aged 46

  • Poster for Tip on a Dead Jockey

    Lloyd Tredman

1956Aged 45

  • Poster for The Last Hunt

    Charlie Gilson

  • Poster for D-Day the Sixth of June

    Capt. Brad Parker

  • Poster for The Power and the Prize

    Cliff Barton

1955Aged 44

  • Poster for Many Rivers to Cross

    Bushrod Gentry

  • Poster for Quentin Durward

    Quentin Durward

1954Aged 43

  • Poster for Valley of the Kings

    Mark Brandon

  • Poster for Rogue Cop

    Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney

1953Aged 42

  • Poster for Above and Beyond

    Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets

  • Poster for I Love Melvin

    Robert Taylor

  • Poster for Ride, Vaquero!

    Rio

  • Poster for All the Brothers Were Valiant

    Joel Shore

  • Poster for Knights of the Round Table

    Lancelot

1952Aged 41

1951Aged 40

  • Poster for Rome, the Eternal City

    Self

  • Poster for Quo Vadis

    Marcus Vinicius

  • Poster for Westward the Women

    Buck Wyatt

1950Aged 39

1949Aged 38

  • Poster for The Bribe

    Rigby

  • Poster for Conspirator

    Major Michael Curragh

1948Aged 37

  • Poster for The Secret Land

    Narrator

1947Aged 36

  • Poster for Performers Arrive in Hampshire

    Self

  • Poster for High Wall

    Steven Kenet

1946Aged 35

  • Poster for Undercurrent

    Alan Garroway

1944Aged 33

1943Aged 32

  • Poster for The Youngest Profession

    Robert Taylor

  • Poster for Bataan

    Sgt. Bill Dane

1942Aged 31

  • Poster for Her Cardboard Lover

    Terry Trindale

  • Poster for Stand by for Action

    Lieut. Gregg Masterman

1941Aged 30

  • Poster for Billy the Kid

    Billy Bonney

  • Poster for When Ladies Meet

    Jimmy Lee

  • Poster for Johnny Eager

    Johnny Eager

1940Aged 29

  • Poster for Waterloo Bridge

    Roy Cronin

  • Poster for Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Self

  • Poster for Trifles of Importance

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    Self

  • Poster for Escape

    Mark Preysing

  • Poster for Flight Command

    Ens. Alan Drake

1939Aged 28

  • Poster for Stand Up and Fight

    Blake Cantrell

  • Poster for Lucky Night

    Bill Overton

  • Poster for From the Ends of the Earth

    Self

  • Poster for Lady of the Tropics

    William 'Bill' Carey

  • Poster for Remember?

    Jeff Holland

1938Aged 27

  • Poster for A Yank at Oxford

    Lee Sheridan

  • Poster for Three Comrades

    Erich Lohkamp

  • Poster for Hollywood Goes to Town

    Self

  • Poster for The Crowd Roars

    'Killer' McCoy

1937Aged 26

  • Poster for Personal Property

    Raymond Dabney

  • Poster for Lest We Forget

    Himself

  • Poster for This Is My Affair

    Lt. Richard L. Perry

  • Poster for Broadway Melody of 1938

    Steve Raleigh

  • Poster for The Romance of Celluloid

    Self (archive footage)

1936Aged 25

  • Poster for Small Town Girl

    Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin

  • Poster for Private Number

    Richard Winfield

  • Poster for His Brother's Wife

    Chris Claybourne

  • Poster for The Gorgeous Hussy

    'Bow' Timberlake

  • Poster for Camille

    Armand Duval

1935Aged 24

  • Poster for Buried Loot

    Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)

  • Poster for Society Doctor

    Dr. Ellis

  • Poster for Times Square Lady

    Steve Gordon

  • Poster for West Point of the Air

    'Jasky' Jaskarelli

  • Poster for Murder in the Fleet

    Lieutenant Tom Randolph

  • Poster for Broadway Melody of 1936

    Robert Gordon

  • Poster for La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

    Self

  • Poster for Magnificent Obsession

    Dr. Robert Merrick

1934Aged 23

  • Poster for Handy Andy

    Lloyd Burmeister

  • Poster for The Spectacle Maker

    The Duchess's Paramour

  • Poster for There's Always Tomorrow

    Arthur White

  • Poster for A Wicked Woman

    Bill Renton