
Robert Taylor
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.
Acting (95 movies)

Rogue Cop
1954

Quo Vadis
1951

The Bribe
1949

Party Girl
1958

Ivanhoe
1952

High Wall
1947

Devil's Doorway
1950

Johnny Eager
1941

The Night Walker
1964

Bataan
1943

Waterloo Bridge
1940

Broadway Melody of 1938
1937

Personal Property
1937

Camille
1936

Broadway Melody of 1936
1935

Undercurrent
1946

The Law and Jake Wade
1958

D-Day the Sixth of June
1956

Ride, Vaquero!
1953

Magnificent Obsession
1935

Trifles of Importance
1940

The Hangman
1959

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968

Knights of the Round Table
1953

Above and Beyond
1953

Many Rivers to Cross
1955

The House of the Seven Hawks
1959

When Ladies Meet
1941

Conspirator
1949

All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953

Quentin Durward
1955

Miracle of the White Stallions
1963

The Fighting Lady
1944

Saddle the Wind
1958

Flight Command
1940

Song of Russia
1944

Westward the Women
1951

Her Cardboard Lover
1942

Stand by for Action
1942

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972

Small Town Girl
1936

West Point of the Air
1935

Three Comrades
1938

The Youngest Profession
1943

Escape
1940

Savage Pampas
1966

Hondo and the Apaches
1967

The Gorgeous Hussy
1936

Lady of the Tropics
1939

Billy the Kid
1941

Ambush
1950

The Last Hunt
1956

A Yank at Oxford
1938

His Brother's Wife
1936

Cattle King
1963

The Secret Land
1948

Buried Loot
1935

Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957

This Is My Affair
1937

Stand Up and Fight
1939

Valley of the Kings
1954

Society Doctor
1935

The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
1968

Performers arrive in Hampshire
1947

The Power and the Prize
1956

Lucky Night
1939

There's Always Tomorrow
1934

Return of the Gunfighter
1967

A House Is Not a Home
1964

Remember?
1939

Murder in the Fleet
1935

Private Number
1936

The Crowd Roars
1938

Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959

Johnny Tiger
1966

Times Square Lady
1935

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940

I Love Melvin
1953

The Glass Sphinx
1967

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991

A Wicked Woman
1934

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940

The Romance of Celluloid
1937

Hollywood Goes to Town
1938

Rome, the Eternal City
1951

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935

The Spectacle Maker
1934

Handy Andy
1934

The Extraordinary Seaman
1969

Lest We Forget
1937

The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021

Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
Directing (9 movies)
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
1944
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
1945
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
1945
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
1945
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
1945
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
1945
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
1945
Primary Flight Training: Landings
1945
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
1945
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