Rod Taylor
Born: 1930-01-11 in Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
Died: 2015-01-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (January 11, 1930 – January 7, 2015) was an Australian-born American actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers.
Filmography
2022
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2017
- Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
2009
- Inglourious Basterds as Winston Churchill
2008
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
2007
- Kaw as Doc
2006
- Legends as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
- All About 'The Birds' as Self
1998
- Welcome to Woop Woop as Daddy-O
1996
- Water Rats as Coach
- The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy as General Sorenson
1995
- Open Season as Billy Patrick
- The Point of Betrayal as Ted Kitteridge
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Gordon Cahill
- Time Machine: The Journey Back as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
1992
- Grass Roots as Gen. Willoughby
1991
- Palomino as Bill King
1986
- Outlaws as John Grail
- The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
1985
- Half Nelson
- Mask of Murder as Supt. Bob McLaine
- Marbella as Commander W.P. Anderson
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Tom Dempsey
1983
- Masquerade as Lavender
- On the Run as Mr. Payatta
1982
- A Time to Die as Jack Bailey
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Edward Adeane
- Disney's Halloween Treat as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
1981
- Falcon Crest as Frank Agretti
- Hellinger's Law as Clint Tolliver
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
1980
- Cry of the Innocent as Steve Donegin
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Paul Duveen
- Jamaican Gold as Marian Casey
1977
- The Oregon Trail as Evan Thorpe
- US Against the World as Self
- The Picture Show Man as Palmer
1976
- Disney's Greatest Dog Stars as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
- Vortex as Christopher Tauling
1975
- A Matter of Wife... and Death as Shamus McCoy
1974
- Hell River as Marko
1973
- The Train Robbers as Grady
- The Deadly Trackers as Frank Brand
- The Heroes as Lieutenant Bob Robson
- Trader Horn as Trader Horn
- Wayne Train as Self
1972
- Family Flight as Jason Carlyle
1970
- Zabriskie Point as Lee Allen
- Darker Than Amber as Travis McGee
- The Man Who Had Power Over Women as Peter Reaney
1968
- Dark of the Sun as Curry
- The Hell with Heroes as Brynie MacKay
- Nobody Runs Forever as Scobie Malone
1967
- Chuka as Chuka
- Hotel as Peter McDermott
- Lionpower from MGM as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
- The Glass Bottom Boat as Bruce Templeton
- Every Girl's Dream as Self
- Catalina Island as Self
1965
- Do Not Disturb as Mike Harper
- The Liquidator as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
- Young Cassidy as John Cassidy
- Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland as self
1964
- 36 Hours as Major Walter Gerber
- Fate Is the Hunter as Captain Jack Savage
1963
- The Birds as Mitch Brenner
- A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Hollis Farr
- The V.I.P.s as Les Mangrum
- Sunday in New York as Mike Mitchell
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Seven Seas to Calais as Sir Francis Drake
1961
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Pongo (voice)
- Bus Stop
1960
- Hong Kong
- The Time Machine as H. George Wells
- Colossus and the Amazon Queen as Pirro
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Clegg Forbes
- Ask Any Girl as Ross Taford
1958
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- Separate Tables as Charles
- Step Down to Terror as Mike Randall
- The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway
1957
- Suspicion as Jim
- Raintree County as Garwood B. Jones
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jed Harper
- Giant as Sir David Karfrey
- The Catered Affair as Ralph Halloran
- World Without End as Herbert Ellis
1955
- Cheyenne as Clancy
- The Virgin Queen as Cpl. Gwilym
- Hell on Frisco Bay as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
- Top Gun as Lem Sutter
1954
- Studio 57 as Tommy Scarbrough
- Long John Silver as Israel Hands
- King of the Coral Sea as Jack Janiero
1953
- General Electric Theater as Sam Tipton
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Boyd Harland
- Inland with Sturt as George McLeay
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Gilbert
1948
- Studio One as Anthony Fouche
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Accepting Award