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Rod Taylor
Rodney Sturt Taylor, popularly known as Rod Taylor was an Australian actor who was born on 11th January 1930 in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney. He was known for his charming performances in more than 50 feature films, which included notables like Young Cassidy, Nobody Runs Forever, A Matter of Wife... and Death, and The Train Robbers. His father was an industrious steel construction contractor and a commercial artist while his mother was famous for authoring children's books. Inspired by an Old Vic touring production of Richard III, featuring Laurence Olivier, Taylor dedicated himself to acting. His first film role was a depiction of Charles Sturt's expedition, where Taylor played an essential character, George Macleay.
Throughout his prolific career, Taylor had the opportunity to portray diverse characters and his work was widely appreciated. His popularity grew when he starred in The Time Machine (1960), where he depicted H. George Wells and then gave his voice to Pongo in Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). One of his standout roles was playing Mitch Brenner in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). In the late 1990s, Taylor started spending most of his time in semi-retirement and his final role in a movie was when he made a cameo as Winston Churchill in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009). Unfortunately, Taylor passed away on 7th January 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Given Name: Rodney Sturt Taylor
Born: Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
Citizenship: Australian
Birthday: January 11, 1930
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1950-2009
Children: 1
Spouses: Peggy Williams, Mary Hilem, Carol Kikumura
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Movies Featuring Rod Taylor
The Birds
Separate Tables
Giant
The Time Machine
101 Dalmatians
36 Hours
The Train Robbers
Sunday in New York
The V.I.P.s
Kaw
Tales of the Unexpected: Hitchhiker
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Cry of the Innocent
A Time to Die
Mask of Murder
Disney’s Halloween Treat
Half Nelson
Palomino
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Open Season
Do Not Disturb
Chuka
Seven Seas to Calais
World Without End
King of the Coral Sea
The Catered Affair
The Glass Bottom Boat
Dark of the Sun
Trader Horn
The Liquidator
The Hell with Heroes
Zabriskie Point
Hell on Frisco Bay
Young Cassidy
Hotel
Top Gun
Fate Is the Hunter
Darker Than Amber
Nobody Runs Forever
The Picture Show Man
A Gathering of Eagles
Ask Any Girl
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Hell River
Every Girl’s Dream
The Heroes
Family Flight
Raintree County
A Matter of Wife… and Death
Welcome to Woop Woop
Step Down to Terror
Long John Silver
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