Robert Taylor
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1911
Died: June 8, 1969
Place of birth: Filley, Nebraska, USA
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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Filmography
110 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
7.7
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
3.0
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
6.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
7.5
Yellowthread Street
1990
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.0
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
3.4
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
6.1
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
5.5
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
1968
7.2
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
6.9
Hondo
1967
7.0
The Glass Sphinx
1967
6.1
Return of the Gunfighter
1967
5.3
Savage Pampas
1966
7.0
Johnny Tiger
1966
6.4
The Night Walker
1964
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
4.9
A House Is Not a Home
1964
NR
Recoil
1963
6.3
Cattle King
1963
5.8
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.1
The House of the Seven Hawks
1959
6.7
The Detectives
1959
6.3
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
6.5
The Hangman
1959
6.8
Party Girl
1958
6.7
The Law and Jake Wade
1958
6.7
Saddle the Wind
1958
7.6
The Thin Man
1957
6.6
Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957
6.3
The Power and the Prize
1956
5.3
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956
6.9
The Last Hunt
1956
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
5.8
Quentin Durward
1955
6.5
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
5.7
Rogue Cop
1954
4.9
Valley of the Kings
1954
6.0
Knights of the Round Table
1953
6.1
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
6.1
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
6.2
I Love Melvin
1953
6.2
Above and Beyond
19535.3
The Hoaxters
1952
6.6
Death Valley Days
1952
6.8
Ivanhoe
1952
7.0
Westward the Women
1951
7.1
Quo Vadis
1951
NR
Rome, the Eternal City
1951
6.9
Devil's Doorway
1950NR
The Fighting Lady's Family
19506.3
Screen Actors
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
5.4
Ambush
1950
5.8
Conspirator
1949
6.3
The Bribe
1949
5.9
The Secret Land
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.4
High Wall
1947
NR
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947
5.9
Undercurrent
1946NR
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
1945NR
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
19458.0
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
1945NR
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
1945NR
Primary Flight Training: Landings
1945NR
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
19459.0
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
1945NR
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
1945
6.5
The Fighting Lady
1944NR
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
1944
6.2
Song of Russia
1944
6.4
Bataan
1943
5.3
The Youngest Profession
1943
7.0
Stand by for Action
1942
4.9
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
6.2
Johnny Eager
1941
6.9
When Ladies Meet
1941
5.3
Billy the Kid
1941
5.9
Flight Command
1940
7.5
Escape
1940
6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
7.5
Trifles of Importance
1940
5.8
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
7.5
Waterloo Bridge
1940
6.0
Remember?
1939
6.5
Lady of the Tropics
1939
5.0
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
6.8
Lucky Night
1939
6.0
Stand Up and Fight
1939
7.0
The Crowd Roars
1938
7.0
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
7.3
Three Comrades
1938
6.8
A Yank at Oxford
1938
7.0
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
6.6
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
7.3
This Is My Affair
1937
7.0
Lest We Forget
1937
6.9
Personal Property
1937
7.0
Camille
1936
5.5
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
5.8
His Brother's Wife
1936
6.7
Private Number
1936
6.0
Small Town Girl
1936
7.4
Magnificent Obsession
1935
6.1
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
6.5
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
6.6
Murder in the Fleet
1935
7.0
West Point of the Air
1935
7.0
Times Square Lady
1935
7.3
Society Doctor
1935
6.4
Buried Loot
1935
5.0
A Wicked Woman
1934
8.0
There's Always Tomorrow
1934
6.3
The Spectacle Maker
1934
5.5
Handy Andy
1934