Robert Taylor
Acting
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.
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)
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 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 House of the Seven Hawks
John Nordley
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
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
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
Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream
Above and Beyond
Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
The Hoaxters
Narrator (voice)
Ivanhoe
Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Westward the Women
Buck Wyatt
Quo Vadis
Marcus Vinicius
Rome, the Eternal City
Self
Devil's Doorway
Lance Poole
The Fighting Lady's Family
Narrator (voice)
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Ambush
Ward Kinsman
Conspirator
Major Michael Curragh
The Bribe
Rigby
The Secret Land
Narrator
High Wall
Steven Kenet
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Self
Undercurrent
Alan Garroway
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
Instructor
Primary Flight Training: Landings
Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
Instructor
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
Lt. Taylor
The Fighting Lady
Narrator
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Lt. Robert Taylor
Song of Russia
John Meredith
Bataan
Sgt. Bill Dane
The Youngest Profession
Robert Taylor
Stand by for Action
Lieut. Gregg Masterman
Her Cardboard Lover
Terry Trindale
Johnny Eager
Johnny Eager
When Ladies Meet
Jimmy Lee
Billy the Kid
Billy Bonney
Flight Command
Ens. Alan Drake
Escape
Mark Preysing
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Waterloo Bridge
Roy Cronin
Remember?
Jeff Holland
Lady of the Tropics
William 'Bill' Carey
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Lucky Night
Bill Overton
Stand Up and Fight
Blake Cantrell
The Crowd Roars
'Killer' McCoy
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
Three Comrades
Erich Lohkamp
A Yank at Oxford
Lee Sheridan
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
Broadway Melody of 1938
Steve Raleigh
This Is My Affair
Lt. Richard L. Perry
Lest We Forget
Himself
Personal Property
Raymond Dabney
Camille
Armand Duval
The Gorgeous Hussy
'Bow' Timberlake
His Brother's Wife
Chris Claybourne
Private Number
Richard Winfield
Small Town Girl
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
Magnificent Obsession
Dr. Robert Merrick
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
Broadway Melody of 1936
Robert Gordon
Murder in the Fleet
Lieutenant Tom Randolph
West Point of the Air
'Jasky' Jaskarelli
Times Square Lady
Steve Gordon
Society Doctor
Dr. Ellis
Buried Loot
Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
A Wicked Woman
Bill Renton
There's Always Tomorrow
Arthur White
The Spectacle Maker
The Duchess's Paramour
Handy Andy
Lloyd Burmeister