Rod Taylor

ActorWriterProducer Jan 11 (died age 84) Sydney - New South Wales - Australia 1944–2022 (78 year career)

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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

Film

Inglourious Basterds

Winston Churchill

Film

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Pongo (voice)

Film

The Birds

Mitch Brenner

Film

Giant

Sir David Karfrey

Film

The Time Machine

H. George Wells

Film

Zabriskie Point

Lee Allen

Film

Separate Tables

Charles

Film

The Train Robbers

Grady

Filmography

Acting (101)

Movies (77)

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022

as Self - (archive footage)

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

2017

as Self

Inglourious Basterds

as Winston Churchill

Not Quite Hollywood

as Self

Kaw

as Doc

All About 'The Birds'

as Self

Welcome to Woop Woop

as Daddy-O

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

as General Sorenson

Open Season

as Billy Patrick

The Point of Betrayal

1995

as Ted Kitteridge

6.0

Time Machine: The Journey Back

1993

as Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles

7.0

Grass Roots

1992

as Gen. Willoughby

Palomino

1991

as Bill King

4.9

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

as Self

Half Nelson

Mask of Murder

as Supt. Bob McLaine

Marbella

as Commander W.P. Anderson

4.3

On the Run

1983

as Mr. Payatta

Disney's Halloween Treat

1982

as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)

5.9

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

as Edward Adeane

A Time to Die

as Jack Bailey

Hellinger's Law

as Clint Tolliver

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

1981

as 'Black Jack' Bouvier

Cry of the Innocent

as Steve Donegin

Jamaican Gold

as Marian Casey

The Picture Show Man

as Palmer

US Against the World

as Self

Vortex

1976

as Christopher Tauling

2.7

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars

1976

as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)

8.0

A Matter of Wife... and Death

as Shamus McCoy

Hell River

as Marko

The Train Robbers

as Grady

The Heroes

as Lieutenant Bob Robson

Trader Horn

as Trader Horn

The Deadly Trackers

as Frank Brand

Wayne Train

as Self

Family Flight

as Jason Carlyle

Powderkeg

as Hank Brackett

Zabriskie Point

as Lee Allen

Darker Than Amber

as Travis McGee

The Man Who Had Power Over Women

as Peter Reaney

Dark of the Sun

as Curry

Nobody Runs Forever

as Scobie Malone

The Hell with Heroes

as Brynie MacKay

Chuka

as Chuka

Hotel

as Peter McDermott

Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.5

The Glass Bottom Boat

as Bruce Templeton

Every Girl's Dream

as Self

Do Not Disturb

as Mike Harper

The Liquidator

as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes

6.2

Young Cassidy

1965

as John Cassidy

6.4

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland

1965

as self

36 Hours

1964

as Major Walter Gerber

7.0

Fate Is the Hunter

1964

as Captain Jack Savage

6.6

The Birds

1963

as Mitch Brenner

7.5

A Gathering of Eagles

as Col. Hollis Farr

The V.I.P.s

as Les Mangrum

Sunday in New York

as Mike Mitchell

Seven Seas to Calais

as Sir Francis Drake

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

as Pongo (voice)

The Time Machine

as H. George Wells

Colossus and the Amazon Queen

as Pirro

Ask Any Girl

as Ross Taford

The Great Gatsby

as Nick Carraway

Separate Tables

as Charles

Step Down to Terror

as Mike Randall

Raintree County

as Garwood B. Jones

Giant

as Sir David Karfrey

The Catered Affair

as Ralph Halloran

World Without End

as Herbert Ellis

Top Gun

as Lem Sutter

The Virgin Queen

as Cpl. Gwilym

Hell on Frisco Bay

as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)

4.8

King of the Coral Sea

as Jack Janiero

Long John Silver

as Israel Hands

Inland with Sturt

as George McLeay

Television (24)

Legends

2006

as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)

Water Rats

as Coach

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Gordon Cahill

Outlaws

Murder, She Wrote

as Tom Dempsey

Masquerade

as Lavender

Falcon Crest

as Frank Agretti

Tales of the Unexpected

as Paul Duveen

The Oregon Trail

as Evan Thorpe

Bearcats!

as Hank Brackett

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Bus Stop

Hong Kong

The Twilight Zone

as Clegg Forbes

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Suspicion

as Jim

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jed Harper

Cheyenne

as Clancy

Studio 57

as Tommy Scarbrough

General Electric Theater

1953

as Sam Tipton

6.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Boyd Harland

Lux Video Theatre

as Mr. Gilbert

Studio One

as Anthony Fouche

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Accepting Award

7.2

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Jamaican Gold

Screenplay

Chuka

Producer