Rod Taylor
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.
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Acting History
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
2009Inglourious Basterds as Winston Churchill
2008Not Quite Hollywood as Self
2007Kaw as Doc
2006Legends as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000All About 'The Birds' as Self
1998Welcome to Woop Woop as Daddy-O
1996The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy as General Sorenson
1996Water Rats as Coach
1995Open Season as Billy Patrick
1995The Point of Betrayal as Ted Kitteridge
1993Time Machine: The Journey Back as Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Gordon Cahill
1992Grass Roots as Gen. Willoughby
1991Palomino as Bill King
1986Outlaws
1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
1985Mask of Murder as Supt. Bob McLaine
1985Marbella as Commander W.P. Anderson
1985Half Nelson
1984Murder, She Wrote as Tom Dempsey
1984Murder, She Wrote as Inspector Rory Lanahan
1983Masquerade as Lavender
1983On the Run as Mr. Payatta
1982Disney's Halloween Treat as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Edward Adeane
1982A Time to Die as Jack Bailey
1981Falcon Crest as Frank Agretti
1981Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
1981Hellinger's Law as Clint Tolliver
1980Cry of the Innocent as Steve Donegin
1979Jamaican Gold as Marian Casey
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Paul Duveen
1977The Oregon Trail as Evan Thorpe
1977US Against the World as Self
1977The Picture Show Man as Palmer
1976Disney's Greatest Dog Stars as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
1976Vortex as Christopher Tauling
1975A Matter of Wife... and Death as Shamus McCoy
1974Hell River as Marko
1973The Deadly Trackers as Frank Brand
1973Trader Horn as Trader Horn
1973The Heroes as Lieutenant Bob Robson
1973Wayne Train as Self
1973The Train Robbers as Grady
1972Family Flight as Jason Carlyle
1971Bearcats! as Hank Brackett
1971Powderkeg as Hank Brackett
1970Darker Than Amber as Travis McGee
1970The Man Who Had Power Over Women as Peter Reaney
1970Zabriskie Point as Lee Allen
1968The Hell with Heroes as Brynie MacKay
1968Nobody Runs Forever as Scobie Malone
1968Dark of the Sun as Curry
1967Chuka as Chuka
1967Hotel as Peter McDermott
1967Lionpower from MGM
1966The Glass Bottom Boat as Bruce Templeton
1966Every Girl's Dream as Self
1965Do Not Disturb as Mike Harper
1965The Liquidator as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
1965Young Cassidy as John Cassidy
196436 Hours as Major Walter Gerber
1964Fate Is the Hunter as Captain Jack Savage
1963Sunday in New York as Mike Mitchell
1963The V.I.P.s as Les Mangrum
1963A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Hollis Farr
1963The Birds as Mitch Brenner
1962Seven Seas to Calais as Sir Francis Drake
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961Bus Stop
1961One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Pongo (voice)
1960Colossus and the Amazon Queen as Pirro
1960The Time Machine as H. George Wells
1960Hong Kong
1959The Twilight Zone as Clegg Forbes
1959Ask Any Girl as Ross Taford
1958Separate Tables as Charles
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958Step Down to Terror as Mike Randall
1958The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway
1957Raintree County as Garwood B. Jones
1957Suspicion as Jim
1956Giant as Sir David Karfrey
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jed Harper
1956The Catered Affair as Ralph Halloran
1956World Without End as Herbert Ellis
1955Hell on Frisco Bay as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
1955Top Gun as Lem Sutter
1955Cheyenne as Clancy
1955The Virgin Queen as Cpl. Gwilym
1954Long John Silver as Israel Hands
1954Studio 57 as Tommy Scarbrough
1954Studio 57 as Dr. Don Dolby
1954King of the Coral Sea as Jack Janiero
1953General Electric Theater as Sam Tipton
1953General Electric Theater as Fred Gauman
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Boyd Harland
1951Inland with Sturt as George McLeay
1950Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Gilbert
1950Lux Video Theatre as Baxter
1948Studio One as Anthony Fouche
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Accepting Award