Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (born 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.

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Filmography

2017

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/17/2017

2009

Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds
as Winston Churchill
Movie - Released: 8/2/2009

2008

Not Quite Hollywood
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/28/2008

2007

Kaw
Kaw
as Doc
Movie - Released: 4/7/2007

2006

TV
Legends
as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV - Released: 11/17/2006

2000

All About 'The Birds'
All About 'The Birds'
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/28/2000

1998

Welcome to Woop Woop
Welcome to Woop Woop
as Daddy-O
Movie - Released: 8/13/1998

1996

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
as General Sorenson
Movie - Released: 9/20/1996
Water Rats
Water Rats
as Coach
TV - Released: 2/12/1996

1995

Movie
The Point of Betrayal
as Ted Kitteridge
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
Open Season
Open Season
as Billy Patrick
Movie - Released: 1/14/1995

1993

Time Machine: The Journey Back
Time Machine: The Journey Back
as Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles
Movie - Released: 8/25/1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Gordon Cahill
TV - Released: 4/21/1993

1992

Grass Roots
Grass Roots
as Gen. Willoughby
Movie - Released: 2/24/1992

1991

Palomino
Palomino
as Bill King
Movie - Released: 10/21/1991

1986

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/31/1986
Outlaws
Outlaws
TV - Released: 12/28/1986

1985

Marbella
Marbella
as Commander W.P. Anderson
Movie - Released: 10/13/1985
Half Nelson
Half Nelson
Movie - Released: 3/24/1985
Mask of Murder
Mask of Murder
as Supt. Bob McLaine
Movie - Released: 10/15/1985

1984

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Tom Dempsey
TV - Released: 9/30/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Inspector Rory Lanahan
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

On the Run
On the Run
as Mr. Payatta
Movie - Released: 9/2/1983
Masquerade
Masquerade
as Lavender
TV - Released: 12/15/1983

1982

A Time to Die
A Time to Die
as Jack Bailey
Movie - Released: 3/26/1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Edward Adeane
Movie - Released: 9/17/1982
Disney's Halloween Treat
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/30/1982

1981

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
Movie - Released: 10/14/1981
Hellinger's Law
Hellinger's Law
as Clint Tolliver
Movie - Released: 3/10/1981
Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest
as Frank Agretti
TV - Released: 12/4/1981

1980

Cry of the Innocent
Cry of the Innocent
as Steve Donegin
Movie - Released: 6/15/1980

1979

Jamaican Gold
Jamaican Gold
as Marian Casey
Movie - Released: 12/31/1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
as Paul Duveen
TV - Released: 3/24/1979

1977

The Picture Show Man
The Picture Show Man
as Palmer
Movie - Released: 5/5/1977
US Against the World
US Against the World
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/7/1977
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
as Evan Thorpe
TV - Released: 9/21/1977

1976

Vortex
Vortex
as Christopher Tauling
Movie - Released: 1/14/1976

1975

A Matter of Wife... and Death
A Matter of Wife... and Death
as Shamus McCoy
Movie - Released: 5/3/1975

1974

Hell River
Hell River
as Marko
Movie - Released: 7/17/1974

1973

Movie
Wayne Train
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/7/1973
The Train Robbers
The Train Robbers
as Grady
Movie - Released: 2/1/1973
The Deadly Trackers
The Deadly Trackers
as Frank Brand
Movie - Released: 12/21/1973
The Heroes
The Heroes
as Lieutenant Bob Robson
Movie - Released: 2/23/1973
Trader Horn
Trader Horn
as Trader Horn
Movie - Released: 6/1/1973

1972

Family Flight
Family Flight
as Jason Carlyle
Movie - Released: 10/25/1972

1971

Powderkeg
Powderkeg
as Hank Brackett
Movie - Released: 4/16/1971
Bearcats!
Bearcats!
as Hank Brackett
TV - Released: 9/16/1971

1970

Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point
as Lee Allen
Movie - Released: 3/26/1970
Darker Than Amber
Darker Than Amber
as Travis McGee
Movie - Released: 8/14/1970
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
as Peter Reaney
Movie - Released: 8/12/1970

1968

Dark of the Sun
Dark of the Sun
as Curry
Movie - Released: 2/8/1968
Nobody Runs Forever
Nobody Runs Forever
as Scobie Malone
Movie - Released: 8/22/1968
The Hell with Heroes
The Hell with Heroes
as Brynie MacKay
Movie - Released: 8/28/1968

1967

Chuka
Chuka
as Chuka
Movie - Released: 7/23/1967
Hotel
Hotel
as Peter McDermott
Movie - Released: 1/19/1967

1966

The Glass Bottom Boat
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Bruce Templeton
Movie - Released: 6/9/1966
Every Girl's Dream
Every Girl's Dream
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1966

1965

The Liquidator
The Liquidator
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
Movie - Released: 11/1/1965
Do Not Disturb!
Do Not Disturb!
as Mike Harper
Movie - Released: 12/22/1965
Young Cassidy
Young Cassidy
as John Cassidy
Movie - Released: 2/25/1965

1964

36 Hours
36 Hours
as Major Walter Gerber
Movie - Released: 11/26/1964
Fate Is the Hunter
Fate Is the Hunter
as Captain Jack Savage
Movie - Released: 11/8/1964

1963

The Birds
The Birds
as Mitch Brenner
Movie - Released: 3/28/1963
The V.I.P.s
The V.I.P.s
as Les Mangrum
Movie - Released: 9/1/1963
Sunday in New York
Sunday in New York
as Mike Mitchell
Movie - Released: 11/13/1963
A Gathering of Eagles
A Gathering of Eagles
as Col. Hollis Farr
Movie - Released: 6/21/1963

1962

Seven Seas to Calais
Seven Seas to Calais
as Sir Francis Drake
Movie - Released: 12/22/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Pongo (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/25/1961
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
TV - Released: 10/1/1961

1960

The Time Machine
The Time Machine
as H. George Wells
Movie - Released: 5/25/1960
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
as Pirro
Movie - Released: 9/8/1960
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
TV - Released: 3/1/1960

1959

Ask Any Girl
Ask Any Girl
as Ross Taford
Movie - Released: 8/21/1959
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as Clegg Forbes
TV - Released: 10/2/1959

1958

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
Movie - Released: 6/26/1958
Separate Tables
Separate Tables
as Charles
Movie - Released: 12/18/1958
Step Down to Terror
Step Down to Terror
as Mike Randall
Movie - Released: 9/1/1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV - Released: 10/6/1958

1957

Raintree County
Raintree County
as Garwood B. Jones
Movie - Released: 12/20/1957
Suspicion
Suspicion
as Jim
TV - Released: 9/30/1957

1956

Giant
Giant
as Sir David Karfrey
Movie - Released: 11/8/1956
World Without End
World Without End
as Herbert Ellis
Movie - Released: 3/25/1956
The Catered Affair
The Catered Affair
as Ralph Halloran
Movie - Released: 6/14/1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jed Harper
TV - Released: 10/5/1956

1955

The Virgin Queen
The Virgin Queen
as Cpl. Gwilym
Movie - Released: 7/22/1955
Hell on Frisco Bay
Hell on Frisco Bay
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
Movie - Released: 12/31/1955
Top Gun
Top Gun
as Lem Sutter
Movie - Released: 12/1/1955
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
as Clancy
TV - Released: 9/20/1955

1954

King of the Coral Sea
King of the Coral Sea
as Jack Janiero
Movie - Released: 8/12/1954
Long John Silver
Long John Silver
as Israel Hands
Movie - Released: 12/16/1954
Studio 57
Studio 57
TV - Released: 9/21/1954
Studio 57
Studio 57
as Tommy Scarbrough
TV - Released: 9/21/1954

1953

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Sam Tipton
TV - Released: 2/1/1953
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Fred Gauman
TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1951

Movie
Inland with Sturt
as George McLeay
Movie - Released: 1/23/1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Boyd Harland
TV - Released: 10/5/1951

1950

TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Mr. Gilbert
TV - Released: 10/2/1950
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Baxter
TV - Released: 10/2/1950

1948

Studio One
Studio One
as Anthony Fouche
TV - Released: 11/7/1948

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Accepting Award
TV - Released: 1/20/1944