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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