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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 5, 1911
Died
June 8, 1969
Place of Birth
Filley, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As
- Роберт Тейлор
- Lieut Robert Taylor USNR
- Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R.
- Spangler Arlington Brugh
Robert Taylor
1.3 Popularity
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
7.5
Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
3.0
Self (archive footage)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
5.7
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
6.0
Det. Peter Marenta
Yellowthread Street
1990
6.9
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
4.0
Self (archive footage)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
2.6
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
6.0
Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
Credits
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.5
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
2014
3.0
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
5.7
Yellowthread Street
as Det. Peter Marenta
1990
6.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
1969
4.0
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
2.6
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
1968
6.0
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
as Anderson
1968
5.0
Hondo and the Apaches
as Gallagher
1967
6.8
Hondo
1967
6.5
The Glass Sphinx
as Prof. Karl Nichols
1967
6.3
Return of the Gunfighter
as Ben Wyatt
1967
6.1
Savage Pampas
as Captain Martín
1966
5.1
Johnny Tiger
as George Dean
1966
0.0
The Night Walker
as Barry Moreland
1964
6.6
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
1964
6.3
A House Is Not a Home
as Frank Costigan
1964
4.1
Cattle King
as Sam Brassfield
1963
6.2
Miracle of the White Stallions
as Col. Podhajsky
1963
5.8
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The House of the Seven Hawks
as John Nordley
1959
6.0
The Detectives
as Captain Matt Holbrook
1959
6.1
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Robert Adamson
1959
6.0
The Hangman
as Mackenzie Bovard
1959
6.3
Party Girl
as Tommy Farrell
1958
6.8
The Law and Jake Wade
as Jake Wade
1958
6.6
Saddle the Wind
as Steve Sinclair
1958
6.5
The Thin Man
1957
7.5
Tip on a Dead Jockey
as Lloyd Tredman
1957
6.1
The Power and the Prize
as Cliff Barton
1956
5.5
D-Day the Sixth of June
as Capt. Brad Parker
1956
5.2
The Last Hunt
as Charlie Gilson
1956
6.9
Quentin Durward
as Quentin Durward
1955
5.6
Many Rivers to Cross
as Bushrod Gentry
1955
6.2
Rogue Cop
as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
1954
5.3
Valley of the Kings
as Mark Brandon
1954
4.6
Knights of the Round Table
as Lancelot
1953
6.0
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Joel Shore
1953
5.9
Ride, Vaquero!
as Rio
1953
5.9
I Love Melvin
as Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream
1953
6.0
Above and Beyond
as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
1953
6.1
🎬
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
1952
4.2
Death Valley Days
as Self - Host
1952
6.4
Death Valley Days
as Shanghai Kelly
1952
6.4
Ivanhoe
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
1952
6.8
Westward the Women
as Buck Wyatt
1951
7.0
Quo Vadis
as Marcus Vinicius
1951
7.1
Rome, the Eternal City
as Self
1951
0.0
Devil's Doorway
as Lance Poole
1950
6.9
🎬
The Fighting Lady's Family
as Narrator (voice)
1950
0.0
🎬
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
1950
6.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Ambush
as Ward Kinsman
1950
5.2
Conspirator
as Major Michael Curragh
1949
5.7
The Bribe
as Rigby
1949
6.2
The Secret Land
as Narrator
1948
5.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
High Wall
as Steven Kenet
1947
6.3
Performers arrive in Hampshire
as Self
1947
0.0
Undercurrent
as Alan Garroway
1946
5.9
🎬
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
as Lt. Taylor
1945
0.0
🎬
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
as Lt. Taylor
1945
0.0
🎬
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
as Lt. Taylor
1945
0.0
🎬
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
as Instructor
1945
0.0
🎬
Primary Flight Training: Landings
as Lt. Taylor
1945
0.0
🎬
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
as Lt. Taylor
1945
0.0
🎬
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
as Instructor
1945
0.0
🎬
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
as Lt. Taylor
1945
0.0
The Fighting Lady
as Narrator
1944
6.2
🎬
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
as Lt. Robert Taylor
1944
0.0
Song of Russia
as John Meredith
1944
8.0
Bataan
as Sgt. Bill Dane
1943
6.4
The Youngest Profession
as Robert Taylor
1943
4.7
Stand by for Action
as Lieut. Gregg Masterman
1942
6.8
Her Cardboard Lover
as Terry Trindale
1942
4.4
Johnny Eager
as Johnny Eager
1941
6.1
When Ladies Meet
as Jimmy Lee
1941
6.7
Billy the Kid
as Billy Bonney
1941
5.0
Flight Command
as Ens. Alan Drake
1940
5.6
Escape
as Mark Preysing
1940
7.4
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
6.7
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.0
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
5.5
Waterloo Bridge
as Roy Cronin
1940
7.5
Remember?
as Jeff Holland
1939
5.8
Lady of the Tropics
as William 'Bill' Carey
1939
6.1
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
0.0
Lucky Night
as Bill Overton
1939
6.6
Stand Up and Fight
as Blake Cantrell
1939
5.8
The Crowd Roars
as 'Killer' McCoy
1938
6.5
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
7.0
Three Comrades
as Erich Lohkamp
1938
7.2
A Yank at Oxford
as Lee Sheridan
1938
6.7
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
1937
7.0
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Steve Raleigh
1937
6.2
This Is My Affair
as Lt. Richard L. Perry
1937
7.3
Lest We Forget
as Himself
1937
0.0
Personal Property
as Raymond Dabney
1937
6.9
Camille
as Armand Duval
1936
6.9
The Gorgeous Hussy
as 'Bow' Timberlake
1936
5.3
His Brother's Wife
as Chris Claybourne
1936
5.6
Private Number
as Richard Winfield
1936
6.6
Small Town Girl
as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
1936
5.9
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Robert Merrick
1935
7.3
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
1935
5.9
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Robert Gordon
1935
6.4
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Tom Randolph
1935
5.0
West Point of the Air
as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli
1935
6.0
Times Square Lady
as Steve Gordon
1935
6.0
Society Doctor
as Dr. Ellis
1935
6.3
Buried Loot
as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
1935
6.0
A Wicked Woman
as Bill Renton
1934
4.0
There's Always Tomorrow
as Arthur White
1934
8.0
The Spectacle Maker
as The Duchess's Paramour
1934
5.6
Handy Andy
as Lloyd Burmeister
1934
1.0