About
Rod Taylor
Overview
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Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (born 11 January 1930 – 7 January 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.
Known for
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| 2017 | Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Actor | Winston Churchill | 81 Very good |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Kaw | Actor | Doc | 56 Average |
| 2000 | All About 'The Birds' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Welcome to Woop Woop | Actor | Daddy-O | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy | Actor | General Sorenson | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Open Season | Actor | Billy Patrick | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Point of Betrayal | Actor | Ted Kitteridge | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Time Machine: The Journey Back | Actor | Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Grass Roots | Actor | Gen. Willoughby | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Palomino | Actor | Bill King | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Outlaws | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1986 | The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Mask of Murder | Actor | Supt. Bob McLaine | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Marbella | Actor | Commander W.P. Anderson | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Half Nelson | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1983 | Masquerade | Actor | Lavender | 69 Fair |
| 1983 | On the Run | Actor | Mr. Payatta | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Disney's Halloween Treat | Actor | Pongo (voice) (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Actor | Edward Adeane | 58 Average |
| 1982 | A Time to Die | Actor | Jack Bailey | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Actor | 'Black Jack' Bouvier | 59 Average |
| 1981 | Hellinger's Law | Actor | Clint Tolliver | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Cry of the Innocent | Actor | Steve Donegin | 58 Average |
| 1979 | Jamaican Gold | Actor | Marian Casey | 58 Average |
| 1977 | The Oregon Trail | Actor | Evan Thorpe | 68 Fair |
| 1977 | US Against the World | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | The Picture Show Man | Actor | Palmer | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Vortex | Actor | Christopher Tauling | 58 Average |
| 1975 | A Matter of Wife... and Death | Actor | Shamus McCoy | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | Hell River | Actor | Marko | 59 Average |
| 1973 | The Deadly Trackers | Actor | Frank Brand | 58 Average |
| 1973 | Trader Horn | Actor | Trader Horn | 58 Average |
| 1973 | The Heroes | Actor | Lieutenant Bob Robson | 59 Average |
| 1973 | Wayne Train | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1973 | The Train Robbers | Actor | Grady | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Family Flight | Actor | Jason Carlyle | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Bearcats! | Actor | Hank Brackett | 69 Fair |
| 1971 | Powderkeg | Actor | Hank Brackett | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Darker Than Amber | Actor | Travis McGee | 59 Average |
| 1970 | The Man Who Had Power Over Women | Actor | Peter Reaney | 58 Average |
| 1970 | Zabriskie Point | Actor | Lee Allen | 64 Fair |
| 1968 | The Hell with Heroes | Actor | Brynie MacKay | 59 Average |
| 1968 | Nobody Runs Forever | Actor | Scobie Malone | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Dark of the Sun | Actor | Curry | 59 Average |
| 1967 | Chuka | Actor | Chuka | 59 Average |
| 1967 | Hotel | Actor | Peter McDermott | 58 Average |
| 1966 | The Glass Bottom Boat | Actor | Bruce Templeton | 59 Average |
| 1966 | Every Girl's Dream | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1965 | Do Not Disturb | Actor | Mike Harper | 58 Average |
| 1965 | The Liquidator | Actor | Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes | 59 Average |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy | Actor | John Cassidy | 58 Average |
| 1964 | 36 Hours | Actor | Major Walter Gerber | 60 Fair |
| 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Actor | Captain Jack Savage | 59 Average |
| 1963 | Sunday in New York | Actor | Mike Mitchell | 59 Average |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s | Actor | Les Mangrum | 59 Average |
| 1963 | A Gathering of Eagles | Actor | Col. Hollis Farr | 58 Average |
| 1963 | The Birds | Actor | Mitch Brenner | 73 Good |
| 1962 | Seven Seas to Calais | Actor | Sir Francis Drake | 58 Average |
| 1961 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Actor | Pongo (voice) | 70 Good |
| 1960 | Colossus and the Amazon Queen | Actor | Pirro | 58 Average |
| 1960 | The Time Machine | Actor | H. George Wells | 67 Fair |
| 1960 | Hong Kong | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Actor | Ross Taford | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | Actor | Charles | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | Step Down to Terror | Actor | Mike Randall | 58 Average |
| 1958 | The Great Gatsby | Actor | Nick Carraway | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Raintree County | Actor | Garwood B. Jones | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Giant | Actor | Sir David Karfrey | 68 Fair |
| 1956 | The Catered Affair | Actor | Ralph Halloran | 59 Average |
| 1956 | World Without End | Actor | Herbert Ellis | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Hell on Frisco Bay | Actor | John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor) | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Top Gun | Actor | Lem Sutter | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen | Actor | Cpl. Gwilym | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Long John Silver | Actor | Israel Hands | 58 Average |
| 1954 | King of the Coral Sea | Actor | Jack Janiero | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Inland with Sturt | Actor | George McLeay | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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| 1979 | Jamaican Gold | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 1967 | Chuka | Production | Producer | 59 Average |