credits of
Robert Taylor
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
November 19th, 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | Self (archive footage) | 7.6 | |
June 11th, 2014 | Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo | Self (archive footage) | 3 | |
May 12th, 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
July 15th, 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
May 16th, 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 7 | |
January 10th, 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
November 6th, 1969 | Garbo, by Joan Crawford | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
May 14th, 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 3.8 | |
April 10th, 1968 | Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group | 6.1 | |
January 1st, 1968 | The Day the Hot Line Got Hot | Anderson | 6.7 | |
September 8th, 1967 | Hondo and the Apaches | Gallagher | 7.4 | |
May 31st, 1967 | The Glass Sphinx | Prof. Karl Nichols | 7 | |
March 25th, 1967 | Return of the Gunfighter | Ben Wyatt | 6.1 | |
July 7th, 1966 | Savage Pampas | Captain Martín | 5.3 | |
June 15th, 1966 | Johnny Tiger | George Dean | 7 | |
December 30th, 1964 | The Night Walker | Barry Moreland | 6.6 | |
September 2nd, 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
August 12th, 1964 | A House Is Not a Home | Frank Costigan | 4.8 | |
December 13th, 1963 | Recoil | Captain Matt Holbrook | TBD | |
July 8th, 1963 | Cattle King | Sam Brassfield | 6.3 | |
March 29th, 1963 | Miracle of the White Stallions | Col. Podhajsky | 6 | |
October 29th, 1959 | The House of the Seven Hawks | John Nordley | 6.1 | |
October 1st, 1959 | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Robert Adamson | 6.3 | |
June 17th, 1959 | The Hangman | Mackenzie Bovard | 6.5 | |
October 28th, 1958 | Party Girl | Tommy Farrell | 6.8 | |
June 6th, 1958 | The Law and Jake Wade | Jake Wade | 6.6 | |
March 20th, 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Steve Sinclair | 6.7 | |
September 6th, 1957 | Tip on a Dead Jockey | Lloyd Tredman | 6.6 | |
September 26th, 1956 | The Power and the Prize | Cliff Barton | 6.3 | |
May 29th, 1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June | Capt. Brad Parker | 5.3 | |
April 30th, 1956 | The Last Hunt | Charlie Gilson | 6.9 | |
September 9th, 1955 | Quentin Durward | Quentin Durward | 5.8 | |
February 4th, 1955 | Many Rivers to Cross | Bushrod Gentry | 6.3 | |
September 17th, 1954 | Rogue Cop | Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney | 5.7 | |
July 21st, 1954 | Valley of the Kings | Mark Brandon | 4.9 | |
December 22nd, 1953 | Knights of the Round Table | Lancelot | 6 | |
November 13th, 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Joel Shore | 6.1 | |
July 17th, 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! | Rio | 6.1 | |
March 20th, 1953 | I Love Melvin | Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream | 6.2 | |
January 2nd, 1953 | Above and Beyond | Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets | 6.2 | |
December 5th, 1952 | The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) | 5.2 | |
July 31st, 1952 | Ivanhoe | Wilfred of Ivanhoe | 6.8 | |
December 16th, 1951 | Westward the Women | Buck Wyatt | 7 | |
November 8th, 1951 | Quo Vadis | Marcus Vinicius | 7.1 | |
January 21st, 1951 | Rome, the Eternal City | Self | TBD | |
August 18th, 1950 | Devil's Doorway | Lance Poole | 6.9 | |
August 13th, 1950 | The Fighting Lady's Family | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
May 13th, 1950 | Screen Actors | Self (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
January 13th, 1950 | Ambush | Ward Kinsman | 5.4 | |
July 28th, 1949 | Conspirator | Major Michael Curragh | 5.8 | |
February 3rd, 1949 | The Bribe | Rigby | 6.3 | |
October 22nd, 1948 | The Secret Land | Narrator | 5.9 | |
December 17th, 1947 | High Wall | Steven Kenet | 6.4 | |
December 12th, 1947 | Performers Arrive in Hampshire | Self | TBD | |
November 11th, 1946 | Undercurrent | Alan Garroway | 5.9 | |
December 12th, 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly | Lt. Taylor | TBD | |
December 12th, 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 | Lt. Taylor | TBD | |
November 16th, 1945 | Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2 | Lt. Taylor | 8 | |
October 4th, 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1 | Instructor | TBD | |
April 4th, 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Landings | Lt. Taylor | TBD | |
March 12th, 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1 | Lt. Taylor | TBD | |
January 1st, 1945 | Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1 | Lt. Taylor | 9 | |
January 1st, 1945 | Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs | Instructor | TBD | |
December 21st, 1944 | The Fighting Lady | Narrator | 6.5 | |
March 13th, 1944 | Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense | Lt. Robert Taylor | TBD | |
February 10th, 1944 | Song of Russia | John Meredith | 8.5 | |
June 3rd, 1943 | Bataan | Sgt. Bill Dane | 6.5 | |
February 26th, 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Robert Taylor | 5 | |
December 31st, 1942 | Stand by for Action | Lieut. Gregg Masterman | 7.1 | |
July 16th, 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Terry Trindale | 4.9 | |
December 9th, 1941 | Johnny Eager | Johnny Eager | 6.2 | |
August 29th, 1941 | When Ladies Meet | Jimmy Lee | 6.9 | |
May 30th, 1941 | Billy the Kid | Billy Bonney | 5.3 | |
December 27th, 1940 | Flight Command | Ens. Alan Drake | 5.9 | |
November 1st, 1940 | Escape | Mark Preysing | 7.5 | |
October 24th, 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 6.9 | |
July 13th, 1940 | Trifles of Importance | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
May 29th, 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 6 | |
May 17th, 1940 | Waterloo Bridge | Roy Cronin | 7.5 | |
December 19th, 1939 | Remember? | Jeff Holland | 6 | |
August 11th, 1939 | Lady of the Tropics | William 'Bill' Carey | 6.5 | |
May 28th, 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self | TBD | |
May 5th, 1939 | Lucky Night | Bill Overton | 6.8 | |
January 6th, 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Blake Cantrell | 6 | |
August 6th, 1938 | The Crowd Roars | 'Killer' McCoy | 7 | |
July 7th, 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 7 | |
June 2nd, 1938 | Three Comrades | Erich Lohkamp | 7.3 | |
February 18th, 1938 | A Yank at Oxford | Lee Sheridan | 6.7 | |
August 27th, 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
August 20th, 1937 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Steve Raleigh | 6.6 | |
May 28th, 1937 | This Is My Affair | Lt. Richard L. Perry | 7.3 | |
May 1st, 1937 | Lest We Forget | Himself | 8 | |
March 19th, 1937 | Personal Property | Raymond Dabney | 6.9 | |
December 26th, 1936 | Camille | Armand Duval | 7 | |
August 28th, 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | 'Bow' Timberlake | 5.5 | |
August 7th, 1936 | His Brother's Wife | Chris Claybourne | 5.8 | |
June 5th, 1936 | Private Number | Richard Winfield | 6.6 | |
April 10th, 1936 | Small Town Girl | Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin | 6 | |
December 30th, 1935 | Magnificent Obsession | Dr. Robert Merrick | 7.4 | |
December 7th, 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self | 6 | |
September 18th, 1935 | Broadway Melody of 1936 | Robert Gordon | 6.6 | |
May 24th, 1935 | Murder in the Fleet | Lieutenant Tom Randolph | 6.6 | |
March 23rd, 1935 | West Point of the Air | 'Jasky' Jaskarelli | 7 | |
March 8th, 1935 | Times Square Lady | Steve Gordon | 7 | |
January 25th, 1935 | Society Doctor | Dr. Ellis | 7.3 | |
January 19th, 1935 | Buried Loot | Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited) | 6.4 | |
December 7th, 1934 | A Wicked Woman | Bill Renton | 5 | |
November 1st, 1934 | There's Always Tomorrow | Arthur White | 8 | |
September 20th, 1934 | The Spectacle Maker | The Duchess's Paramour | 6.3 | |
July 19th, 1934 | Handy Andy | Lloyd Burmeister | 5.5 |