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