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Robert Taylor
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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 Robe…
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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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Robert Taylor's Filmography
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
as Anderson
Hondo and the Apaches
as Gallagher
The Glass Sphinx
as Prof. Karl Nichols
Return of the Gunfighter
as Ben Wyatt
Savage Pampas
as Captain Martín
Johnny Tiger
as George Dean
The Night Walker
as Barry Moreland
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
A House Is Not a Home
as Frank Costigan
Recoil
as Captain Matt Holbrook
Cattle King
as Sam Brassfield
Miracle of the White Stallions
as Col. Podhajsky
The House of the Seven Hawks
as John Nordley
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Robert Adamson
The Hangman
as Mackenzie Bovard
Party Girl
as Tommy Farrell
The Law and Jake Wade
as Jake Wade
Saddle the Wind
as Steve Sinclair
Tip on a Dead Jockey
as Lloyd Tredman
The Power and the Prize
as Cliff Barton
D-Day the Sixth of June
as Capt. Brad Parker
The Last Hunt
as Charlie Gilson
Quentin Durward
as Quentin Durward
Many Rivers to Cross
as Bushrod Gentry
Rogue Cop
as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
Valley of the Kings
as Mark Brandon
Knights of the Round Table
as Lancelot
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Joel Shore
Ride, Vaquero!
as Rio
I Love Melvin
as Robert Taylor
Above and Beyond
as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
No Poster
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
Ivanhoe
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Westward the Women
as Buck Wyatt
Quo Vadis
as Marcus Vinicius
Rome, the Eternal City
as Self
Devil's Doorway
as Lance Poole
No Poster
The Fighting Lady's Family
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
Ambush
as Ward Kinsman
Conspirator
as Major Michael Curragh
The Bribe
as Rigby
The Secret Land
as Narrator
High Wall
as Steven Kenet
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
as Self
Undercurrent
as Alan Garroway
No Poster
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
as Lt. Taylor
No Poster
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
as Lt. Taylor
No Poster
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
as Lt. Taylor
No Poster
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
as Instructor
No Poster
Primary Flight Training: Landings
as Lt. Taylor
No Poster
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
as Lt. Taylor
No Poster
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
as Instructor
No Poster
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
as Lt. Taylor
The Fighting Lady
as Narrator
No Poster
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
as Lt. Robert Taylor
Song of Russia
as John Meredith
Bataan
as Sgt. Bill Dane
The Youngest Profession
as Robert Taylor
Stand by for Action
as Lieut. Gregg Masterman
Her Cardboard Lover
as Terry Trindale
Johnny Eager
as Johnny Eager
When Ladies Meet
as Jimmy Lee
Billy the Kid
as Billy Bonney
Flight Command
as Ens. Alan Drake
Escape
as Mark Preysing
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Waterloo Bridge
as Roy Cronin
Remember?
as Jeff Holland
Lady of the Tropics
as William 'Bill' Carey
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
Lucky Night
as Bill Overton
Stand Up and Fight
as Blake Cantrell
The Crowd Roars
as 'Killer' McCoy
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
Three Comrades
as Erich Lohkamp
A Yank at Oxford
as Lee Sheridan
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Steve Raleigh
This Is My Affair
as Lt. Richard L. Perry
Lest We Forget
as Himself
Personal Property
as Raymond Dabney
Camille
as Armand Duval
The Gorgeous Hussy
as 'Bow' Timberlake
His Brother's Wife
as Chris Claybourne
Private Number
as Richard Winfield
Small Town Girl
as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Robert Merrick
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Robert Gordon
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Tom Randolph
West Point of the Air
as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli
Times Square Lady
as Steve Gordon
Society Doctor
as Dr. Ellis
Buried Loot
as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
A Wicked Woman
as Bill Renton
There's Always Tomorrow
as Arthur White
The Spectacle Maker
as The Duchess's Paramour
Handy Andy
as Lloyd Burmeister