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Rod Taylor

Actor

Rod Taylor

Born January 11, 1930 in Sydney - New South Wales - AustraliaDied January 7, 201566 films

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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Inglourious Basterds posterFirst watchInglourious Basterds20098.2as Winston ChurchillIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
One Hundred and One Dalmatians poster7.2One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961The Birds poster7.5The Birds1963Giant poster7.6Giant1956The Time Machine poster7.4The Time Machine1960Zabriskie Point poster7.0Zabriskie Point1970Separate Tables poster7.1Separate Tables1958The Train Robbers poster6.3The Train Robbers197336 Hours poster7.136 Hours1964

Filmography

66 films as actor
  1. 2009Inglourious BasterdsWinston Churchill
  2. 2007KawDoc
  3. 1998Welcome to Woop WoopDaddy-O
  4. 1998Death on the Oregon Trail
  5. 1996The Warlord: Battle for the GalaxyGeneral Sorenson
  6. 1995Open SeasonBilly Patrick
  7. 1995The Point of BetrayalTed Kitteridge
  8. 1992Grass RootsGen. Willoughby
  9. 1991PalominoBill King
  10. 1985Mask of MurderSupt. Bob McLaine
  11. 1985MarbellaCommander W.P. Anderson
  12. 1985Half Nelson
  13. 1983On the RunMr. Payatta
  14. 1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love StoryEdward Adeane
  15. 1982A Time to DieJack Bailey
  16. 1981Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy'Black Jack' Bouvier
  17. 1981Hellinger's LawClint Tolliver
  18. 1980Cry of the InnocentSteve Donegin
  19. 1979Jamaican GoldMarian Casey
  20. 1977The Picture Show ManPalmer
  21. 1976Disney's Greatest Dog StarsPongo (voice) (uncredited)
  22. 1976VortexChristopher Tauling
  23. 1975A Matter of Wife... and DeathShamus McCoy
  24. 1974Hell RiverMarko
  25. 1973The Deadly TrackersFrank Brand
  26. 1973Trader HornTrader Horn
  27. 1973The HeroesLieutenant Bob Robson
  28. 1973The Train RobbersGrady
  29. 1972Family FlightJason Carlyle
  30. 1971PowderkegHank Brackett
  31. 1970Darker Than AmberTravis McGee
  32. 1970The Man Who Had Power Over WomenPeter Reaney
  33. 1970Zabriskie PointLee Allen
  34. 1968The Hell with HeroesBrynie MacKay
  35. 1968Nobody Runs ForeverScobie Malone
  36. 1968Dark of the SunCurry
  37. 1967ChukaChuka
  38. 1967HotelPeter McDermott
  39. 1966The Glass Bottom BoatBruce Templeton
  40. 1965Do Not DisturbMike Harper
  41. 1965The LiquidatorBrian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
  42. 1965Young CassidyJohn Cassidy
  43. 196436 HoursMajor Walter Gerber
  44. 1964Fate Is the HunterCaptain Jack Savage
  45. 1963Sunday in New YorkMike Mitchell
  46. 1963The V.I.P.sLes Mangrum
  47. 1963A Gathering of EaglesCol. Hollis Farr
  48. 1963The BirdsMitch Brenner
  49. 1962Seven Seas to CalaisSir Francis Drake
  50. 1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansPongo (voice)
  51. 1960Colossus and the Amazon QueenPirro
  52. 1960The Time MachineH. George Wells
  53. 1959Ask Any GirlRoss Taford
  54. 1958Separate TablesCharles
  55. 1958Step Down to TerrorMike Randall
  56. 1958The Great GatsbyNick Carraway
  57. 1957Raintree CountyGarwood B. Jones
  58. 1956GiantDavid Karfrey
  59. 1956The Catered AffairRalph Halloran
  60. 1956World Without EndHerbert Ellis
  61. 1955Hell on Frisco BayJohn Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
  62. 1955Top GunLem Sutter
  63. 1955The Virgin QueenCpl. Gwilym
  64. 1954Long John SilverIsrael Hands
  65. 1954King of the Coral SeaJack Janiero
  66. 1951Inland with SturtGeorge McLeay