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Robert Taylor

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1911-08-05

Deathday: 1969-06-08 (57 years old)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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

all 116

Movies 108

self 26

TV Shows 8

Narrator 3

Self (archive footage)

Robert Taylor

Biography

Filmography

all 116

Movies 108

self 26

TV Shows 8

Narrator 3

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line (1997)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)

The Day the Hot Line Got Hot (1968)

Hondo and the Apaches (1967)

Hondo (1967)

The Glass Sphinx (1967)

Return of the Gunfighter (1967)

Savage Pampas (1966)

Johnny Tiger (1966)

The Night Walker (1964)

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

A House Is Not a Home (1964)

Cattle King (1963)

Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962)

The Merv Griffin Show (1962)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)

The Detectives (1959)

Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)

The Hangman (1959)

Party Girl (1958)

The Law and Jake Wade (1958)

Saddle the Wind (1958)

The Thin Man (1957)

Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)

The Power and the Prize (1956)

D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)

The Last Hunt (1956)

Quentin Durward (1955)

Many Rivers to Cross (1955)

Rogue Cop (1954)

Valley of the Kings (1954)

Knights of the Round Table (1953)

All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)

Ride, Vaquero! (1953)

I Love Melvin (1953)

Above and Beyond (1953)

The Hoaxters (1952)

Death Valley Days (1952)

Ivanhoe (1952)

Westward the Women (1951)

Quo Vadis (1951)

Challenge the Wilderness (1951)

Rome, the Eternal City (1951)

Devil's Doorway (1950)

Screen Actors (1950)

What's My Line? (1950)

Ambush (1950)

Conspirator (1949)

The Bribe (1949)

The Secret Land (1948)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

High Wall (1947)

Performers arrive in Hampshire (1947)

Undercurrent (1946)

Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 (1945)

Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly (1945)

Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2 (1945)

Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1 (1945)

Primary Flight Training: Landings (1945)

Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1 (1945)

Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1 (1945)

Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs (1945)

The Fighting Lady (1944)

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense (1944)

Song of Russia (1944)

Bataan (1943)

The Youngest Profession (1943)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1911-08-05

Deathday
1969-06-08 (57 years old)

Birth Name
Spangler Arlington Brugh Taylor.

Birth Place
Filley, Nebraska, USA

Relationships
Barbara Stanwyck (1939-01-01 - 1951-01-01)

Spouse
Ursula Thiess

Father
Spangler Andrew Brugh

Mother
Ruth Adeline Stanhope

Citizenships
United States

Residences
Robert Taylor Ranch, United States of America

Also Known As
Роберт Тейлор, Lieut Robert Taylor USNR, Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R., Spangler Arlington Brugh

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame