Robert Taylor
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Detectives
Captain Matt Holbrook
1959
Series
MGM Parade
1955
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Series
MGM Parade
self
1955
Series
The Thin Man
1957
Series
Hondo
1967
Film
Waterloo Bridge
Roy Cronin
1940
Film
Quo Vadis
Marcus Vinicius
1951
Series
Death Valley Days
Self - Host
1952
Series
Death Valley Days
Shanghai Kelly
1952
Film
Ivanhoe
Wilfred of Ivanhoe
1952
Film
Westward the Women
Buck Wyatt
1951
Film
Camille
Armand Duval
1936
Film
Return of the Gunfighter
Ben Wyatt
1967
Film
Undercurrent
Alan Garroway
1946
Film
Miracle of the White Stallions
Col. Podhajsky
1963
Film
Party Girl
Tommy Farrell
1958
Film
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Knights of the Round Table
Lancelot
1953
Film
Cattle King
Sam Brassfield
1963
Series
Yellowthread Street
Det. Peter Marenta
1990
Film
Many Rivers to Cross
Bushrod Gentry
1955
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
Broadway Melody of 1938
Steve Raleigh
1937
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
Film
A Yank at Oxford
Lee Sheridan
1938
Film
The Law and Jake Wade
Jake Wade
1958
Film
Stand by for Action
Lieut. Gregg Masterman
1942
Film
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
A House Is Not a Home
Frank Costigan
1964
Film
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935
Film
D-Day the Sixth of June
Capt. Brad Parker
1956
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
1964
Film
The Bribe
Rigby
1949
Film
Valley of the Kings
Mark Brandon
1954
Film
Saddle the Wind
Steve Sinclair
1958
Film
Buried Loot
Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
1935
Film
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Film
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Lloyd Tredman
1957
Film
The Last Hunt
Charlie Gilson
1956
Film
The Hangman
Mackenzie Bovard
1959
Film
Conspirator
Major Michael Curragh
1949
Film
Broadway Melody of 1936
Robert Gordon
1935
Film
Ride, Vaquero!
Rio
1953
Film
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1938
Film
Hondo and the Apaches
Gallagher
1967
Film
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Joel Shore
1953
Film
Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward
1955
Film
Above and Beyond
Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
1953
Film
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
1968
Film
Lady of the Tropics
William 'Bill' Carey
1939
Film
Devil's Doorway
Lance Poole
1950
Film
The Night Walker
Barry Moreland
1964
Film
High Wall
Steven Kenet
1947
Film
Three Comrades
Erich Lohkamp
1938
Film
Stand Up and Fight
Blake Cantrell
1939
Film
The Power and the Prize
Cliff Barton
1956
Film
This Is My Affair
Lt. Richard L. Perry
1937
Film
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
His Brother's Wife
Chris Claybourne
1936
Film
Billy the Kid
Billy Bonney
1941
Film
The House of the Seven Hawks
John Nordley
1959
Film
Savage Pampas
Captain Martín
1966
Film
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1939
Film
Johnny Eager
Johnny Eager
1941
Film
West Point of the Air
'Jasky' Jaskarelli
1935
Film
Society Doctor
Dr. Ellis
1935
Film
Murder in the Fleet
Lieutenant Tom Randolph
1935
Film
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
1937
Film
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Robert Adamson
1959
Film
There's Always Tomorrow
Arthur White
1934
Film
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
Anderson
1968
Film
Small Town Girl
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
1936
Film
Flight Command
Ens. Alan Drake
1940
Film
Johnny Tiger
George Dean
1966
Film
Bataan
Sgt. Bill Dane
1943
Film
I Love Melvin
Robert Taylor
1953
Film
Escape
Mark Preysing
1940
Film
Rogue Cop
Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
1954
Film
Personal Property
Raymond Dabney
1937
Film
Ambush
Ward Kinsman
1950
Film
The Glass Sphinx
Prof. Karl Nichols
1967
Film
The Youngest Profession
Robert Taylor
1943
Film
Magnificent Obsession
Dr. Robert Merrick
1935
Film
When Ladies Meet
Jimmy Lee
1941
Film
Recoil
Captain Matt Holbrook
1963
Film
Lucky Night
Bill Overton
1939
Film
The Extraordinary Seaman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
Film
Her Cardboard Lover
Terry Trindale
1942
Film
Song of Russia
John Meredith
1944
Film
The Fighting Lady
Narrator
1944
Film
Lest We Forget
Himself
1937
Film
The Gorgeous Hussy
'Bow' Timberlake
1936
Film
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
1969
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Lt. Robert Taylor
1944
Film
Private Number
Richard Winfield
1936
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
1950
Film
A Wicked Woman
Bill Renton
1934
The Hoaxters
Narrator (voice)
1952
Film
The Crowd Roars
'Killer' McCoy
1938
Film
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Handy Andy
Lloyd Burmeister
1934
Film
The Secret Land
Narrator
1948
Film
Times Square Lady
Steve Gordon
1935
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
Lt. Taylor
1945
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
Instructor
1945
Film
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Self
1947
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
Lt. Taylor
1945
Film
Remember?
Jeff Holland
1939
Film
Rome, the Eternal City
Self
1951
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
Lt. Taylor
1945
Film
The Spectacle Maker
The Duchess's Paramour
1934
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
Lt. Taylor
1945
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
Lt. Taylor
1945
Primary Flight Training: Landings
Lt. Taylor
1945
The Fighting Lady's Family
Narrator (voice)
1950
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
Instructor
1945