Acting credits
108
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Robert Taylor
Acting
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Movies: 98Series: 10
TMDB ID: 82216
IMDb ID: nm0001791
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1911
Died: June 8, 1969
Age: 57
Place of birth: Filley, Nebraska, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 2021
Years active: 88
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q145132
Also known as
Lieut Robert Taylor USNR • Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R. • Spangler Arlington Brugh
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Robert Taylor.
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 • Movie
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969 • Movie
as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968 • Movie
as Anderson
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
1968 • Movie
as Gallagher
Hondo and the Apaches
1967 • Movie
as Prof. Karl Nichols
The Glass Sphinx
1967 • Movie
as Ben Wyatt
Return of the Gunfighter
1967 • Movie
as Captain Martín
Savage Pampas
1966 • Movie
as George Dean
Johnny Tiger
1966 • Movie
as Barry Moreland
The Night Walker
1964 • Movie
as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • Movie
as Frank Costigan
A House Is Not a Home
1964 • Movie
as Captain Matt Holbrook
Recoil
1963 • Movie
as Sam Brassfield
Cattle King
1963 • Movie
as Col. Podhajsky
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963 • Movie
as John Nordley
The House of the Seven Hawks
1959 • Movie
as Robert Adamson
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959 • Movie
as Mackenzie Bovard
The Hangman
1959 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robert Taylor.
as Det. Peter Marenta • 7 eps
Yellowthread Street
1990 • Series
2 eps
Hondo
1967 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 • Series
as Self - Co-Host • 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 • Series
as Captain Matt Holbrook • 97 eps
The Detectives
1959 • Series
1 eps
The Thin Man
1957 • Series
1 eps
MGM Parade
1955 • Series
as Self - Host • 104 eps
Death Valley Days
1952 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
What's My Line?
1950 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 • Series