Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 05, 1911
Died
Jun 08, 1969
Place of Birth
Filley, Nebraska, USA
Credits
120 titles
Robert Taylor
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Yellowthread Street
Det. Peter Marenta
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Seaman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
Anderson
Hondo
Hondo and the Apaches
Gallagher
The Glass Sphinx
Prof. Karl Nichols
Return of the Gunfighter
Ben Wyatt
Savage Pampas
Captain Martín
Johnny Tiger
George Dean
The Night Walker
Barry Moreland
The Big Parade of Comedy
Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
A House Is Not a Home
Frank Costigan
Recoil
Captain Matt Holbrook
Cattle King
Sam Brassfield
Miracle of the White Stallions
Col. Podhajsky
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The House of the Seven Hawks
John Nordley
The Detectives
Captain Matt Holbrook
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Robert Adamson
The Hangman
Mackenzie Bovard
Party Girl
Tommy Farrell
The Law and Jake Wade
Jake Wade
Saddle the Wind
Steve Sinclair
The Thin Man
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Lloyd Tredman
The Power and the Prize
Cliff Barton
D-Day the Sixth of June
Capt. Brad Parker
The Last Hunt
Charlie Gilson
MGM Parade
Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward
Many Rivers to Cross
Bushrod Gentry
Rogue Cop
Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
Valley of the Kings
Mark Brandon
Knights of the Round Table
Lancelot
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Joel Shore
Ride, Vaquero!
Rio
I Love Melvin
Robert Taylor
Above and Beyond
Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
The Hoaxters
Narrator (voice)
Death Valley Days
Self - Host
Ivanhoe
Wilfred of Ivanhoe