Robert Taylor
Acting
🎂 1911-08-05
Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh) 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.
Cast credits(116)
Self - Co-Host
1961
Captain Matt Holbrook
1959
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1962
1957
Ens. Alan Drake
1940
Marcus Vinicius
1951
1967
Robert Gordon
1935
Johnny Eager
1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
2021
Wilfred of Ivanhoe
1952
Ben Wyatt
1967
Lancelot
1953
Sam Brassfield
1963
Barry Moreland
1964
Self (archive footage)
1972
Frank Costigan
1964
Self - Host
1952
Shanghai Kelly
1952
Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
1964
Rio
1953
Captain MartÃn
1966
Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream
1953
Steve Raleigh
1937
Gallagher
1967
Jake Wade
1958
Lee Sheridan
1938
Alan Garroway
1946
Roy Cronin
1940
Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
1954
Billy Bonney
1941
George Dean
1966
(archive footage)
1976
Steve Sinclair
1958
Buck Wyatt
1951
Chris Claybourne
1936
Quentin Durward
1955
Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
1968
Major Michael Curragh
1949
Lance Poole
1950
Armand Duval
1936
William 'Bill' Carey
1939
Himself
1937
Steven Kenet
1947
Col. Podhajsky
1963
Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
1953
Self
1947
Steve Gordon
1935
Arthur White
1934
Bushrod Gentry
1955
Self
1938
Self
1939
Self
1940
Joel Shore
1953
Rigby
1949
Mackenzie Bovard
1959
Lieut. Gregg Masterman
1942
Charlie Gilson
1956
'Killer' McCoy
1938
Narrator
1948
Sgt. Bill Dane
1943
Bill Overton
1939
Lloyd Tredman
1957
Tommy Farrell
1958
Self (archive footage)
1937
Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
1935
Richard Winfield
1936
Ward Kinsman
1950
Lt. Richard L. Perry
1937
Mark Brandon
1954
Bill Renton
1934
Anderson
1968
Cliff Barton
1956
Lloyd Burmeister
1934
Lieutenant Tom Randolph
1935
'Bow' Timberlake
1936
Erich Lohkamp
1938
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
1935
Self
1940
'Jasky' Jaskarelli
1935
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
1936
Jeff Holland
1939
Self (archive footage)
1991
Dr. Ellis
1935
Terry Trindale
1942
Blake Cantrell
1939
Robert Taylor
1943
Mark Preysing
1940
Capt. Brad Parker
1956
Jimmy Lee
1941
Dr. Robert Merrick
1935
Raymond Dabney
1937
John Nordley
1959
Robert Adamson
1959
Self (archive footage)
1940
Lt. Robert Taylor
1944
Prof. Karl Nichols
1967
John Meredith
1944
Self (uncredited)
1950
The Duchess's Paramour
1934
Narrator (voice)
1952
Self
1951
Lt. Taylor
1945
Narrator
1944
Instructor
1945
Lt. Taylor
1945
Instructor
1945
Lt. Taylor
1945
Lt. Taylor
1945
Narrator (voice)
1950
Lt. Taylor
1945
Lt. Taylor
1945