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: 6.44
Wikidata: Q145132
Also known as
Роберт Тейлор • 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
Movie credits linked with Robert Taylor.
7.5
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
3.0
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
7.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997 Movie
5.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991 Movie
6.9
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976 Movie
6.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972 Movie
4.0
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
1969 Movie
2.6
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969 Movie
6.0
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
1968 Movie
5.0
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
as Anderson
1968 Movie
6.8
Hondo and the Apaches
as Gallagher
1967 Movie
6.3
The Glass Sphinx
as Prof. Karl Nichols
1967 Movie
6.1
Return of the Gunfighter
as Ben Wyatt
1967 Movie
5.1
Savage Pampas
as Captain Martín
1966 Movie
Johnny Tiger
as George Dean
1966 Movie
6.6
The Night Walker
as Barry Moreland
1964 Movie
6.6
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
1964 Movie
4.1
A House Is Not a Home
as Frank Costigan
1964 Movie
Recoil
as Captain Matt Holbrook
1963 Movie
6.2
Cattle King
as Sam Brassfield
1963 Movie
5.8
Miracle of the White Stallions
as Col. Podhajsky
1963 Movie
6.0
The House of the Seven Hawks
as John Nordley
1959 Movie
6.0
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Robert Adamson
1959 Movie
6.4
The Hangman
as Mackenzie Bovard
1959 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robert Taylor.
6.0
Yellowthread Street
as Det. Peter Marenta • 7 eps
1990 Series
6.5
Hondo
2 eps
1967 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host • 2 eps
1961 Series
6.1
The Detectives
as Captain Matt Holbrook • 97 eps
1959 Series
7.5
The Thin Man
1 eps
1957 Series
MGM Parade
1 eps
1955 Series
6.4
Death Valley Days
as Self - Host • 104 eps
1952 Series
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest • 1 eps
1950 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 2 eps
1948 Series