Rod Taylor

Known for: Acting

Born: 1930-01-11 – 2015-01-07 (aged 84)

From: Sydney - New South Wales - Australia

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.

Filmography (103)

MOVIE★ 2.0
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
MOVIE
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.2
Inglourious Basterds
2009
as Winston Churchill
MOVIE★ 6.8
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.6
Kaw
2007
as Doc
TV★ 5.0
Legends
2006
as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Daddy-O
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996
as General Sorenson
TV★ 6.2
Water Rats
1996
as Coach
MOVIE★ 4.8
Open Season
1995
as Billy Patrick
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Point of Betrayal
1995
as Ted Kitteridge
MOVIE★ 7.0
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993
as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Gordon Cahill
MOVIE★ 8.0
Grass Roots
1992
as Gen. Willoughby
MOVIE★ 5.4
Palomino
1991
as Bill King
TV★ 7.1
Outlaws
1986
as John Grail
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.4
Mask of Murder
1985
as Supt. Bob McLaine
MOVIE★ 5.3
Marbella
1985
as Commander W.P. Anderson
MOVIE
Half Nelson
1985
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Tom Dempsey
TV★ 7.5
Masquerade
1983
as Lavender
MOVIE★ 8.0
On the Run
1983
as Mr. Payatta
MOVIE★ 6.5
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Edward Adeane
MOVIE★ 4.0
A Time to Die
1982
as Jack Bailey
TV★ 5.6
Falcon Crest
1981
as Frank Agretti
MOVIE★ 7.6
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
MOVIE★ 8.8
Hellinger's Law
1981
as Clint Tolliver
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cry of the Innocent
1980
as Steve Donegin
MOVIE★ 5.8
Jamaican Gold
1979
as Marian Casey
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Paul Duveen
TV★ 5.7
The Oregon Trail
1977
as Evan Thorpe
MOVIE
US Against the World
1977
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Picture Show Man
1977
as Palmer
MOVIE★ 8.0
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
1976
as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 3.8
Vortex
1976
as Christopher Tauling
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975
as Shamus McCoy
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hell River
1974
as Marko
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Deadly Trackers
1973
as Frank Brand
MOVIE★ 5.0
Trader Horn
1973
as Trader Horn
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Heroes
1973
as Lieutenant Bob Robson
MOVIE
Wayne Train
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Train Robbers
1973
as Grady
MOVIE★ 5.4
Family Flight
1972
as Jason Carlyle
TV★ 6.8
Bearcats!
1971
as Hank Brackett
MOVIE★ 8.5
Powderkeg
1971
as Hank Brackett
MOVIE★ 6.4
Darker Than Amber
1970
as Travis McGee
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
1970
as Peter Reaney
MOVIE★ 7.0
Zabriskie Point
1970
as Lee Allen
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Hell with Heroes
1968
as Brynie MacKay
MOVIE★ 6.0
Nobody Runs Forever
1968
as Scobie Malone
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dark of the Sun
1968
as Curry
MOVIE★ 6.3
Chuka
1967
as Chuka
MOVIE★ 6.0
Hotel
1967
as Peter McDermott
MOVIE★ 6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Bruce Templeton
MOVIE★ 6.0
Catalina Island
1966
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Every Girl's Dream
1966
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Do Not Disturb
1965
as Mike Harper
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Liquidator
1965
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
MOVIE★ 6.4
Young Cassidy
1965
as John Cassidy
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
as self
MOVIE★ 7.0
36 Hours
1964
as Major Walter Gerber
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
as Captain Jack Savage
MOVIE★ 6.8
Sunday in New York
1963
as Mike Mitchell
MOVIE★ 6.1
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Les Mangrum
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
as Col. Hollis Farr
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Birds
1963
as Mitch Brenner
MOVIE★ 5.5
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
as Sir Francis Drake
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 10.0
Bus Stop
1961
MOVIE★ 7.2
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Pongo (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
1960
as Pirro
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Time Machine
1960
as H. George Wells
TV
Hong Kong
1960
TV★ 8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Clegg Forbes
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Ross Taford
MOVIE★ 7.1
Separate Tables
1958
as Charles
TV★ 6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MOVIE★ 5.8
Step Down to Terror
1958
as Mike Randall
MOVIE
The Great Gatsby
1958
as Nick Carraway
MOVIE★ 6.4
Raintree County
1957
as Garwood B. Jones
TV★ 6.2
Suspicion
1957
as Jim
MOVIE★ 7.6
Giant
1956
as Sir David Karfrey
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jed Harper
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Catered Affair
1956
as Ralph Halloran
MOVIE★ 5.8
World Without End
1956
as Herbert Ellis
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Top Gun
1955
as Lem Sutter
TV★ 6.1
Cheyenne
1955
as Clancy
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Virgin Queen
1955
as Cpl. Gwilym
MOVIE★ 5.9
Long John Silver
1954
as Israel Hands
TV★ 7.5
Studio 57
1954
as Tommy Scarbrough
MOVIE★ 7.3
King of the Coral Sea
1954
as Jack Janiero
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Sam Tipton
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Boyd Harland
MOVIE
Inland with Sturt
1951
as George McLeay
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Gilbert
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Anthony Fouche
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Accepting Award
MOVIE
Death on the Oregon Trail
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