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Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Actor · 1911 – 1969 · Filley, Nebraska, USA

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.

Movies24

  • Movie7.5

    Waterloo Bridge

    1940 · 184 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Quo Vadis

    1951 · 470 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Ivanhoe

    1952 · 206 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Camille

    1936 · 157 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Westward the Women

    1951 · 85 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Undercurrent

    1946 · 53 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.1

    Return of the Gunfighter

    1967 · 69 votes

  • Movie5.8
  • Movie6.4

    Buried Loot

    1935 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Saddle the Wind

    1958 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Many Rivers to Cross

    1955 · 19 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Hangman

    1959 · 39 votes

  • Movie6.8
  • Movie6.5

    Broadway Melody of 1936

    1935 · 25 votes

  • Movie7.7

    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    2021 · 31 votes

  • Movie7.2
  • Movie4.9

    Valley of the Kings

    1954 · 23 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Law and Jake Wade

    1958 · 64 votes

  • Movie6.0
  • Movie6.3

    Cattle King

    1963 · 14 votes

  • Movie5.3

    D-Day the Sixth of June

    1956 · 31 votes

  • Movie6.8

    A Yank at Oxford

    1938 · 12 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Party Girl

    1958 · 70 votes

Series10

  • TV7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Detectives

    1959 · 10 votes

  • TV7.5

    MGM Parade

    1955 · 2 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Thin Man

    1957 · 9 votes

  • TV6.9

    Hondo

    1967 · 7 votes

  • TV6.6

    Death Valley Days

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV7.5

    Yellowthread Street

    1990 · 2 votes