Robert Taylor
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
1945
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
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: Keep It Flying, Part 2
1945
Primary Flight Training: Landings
1945
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
1945Filmography
Quo Vadis
as Marcus Vinicius 1951
Ivanhoe
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe 1952
Waterloo Bridge
as Roy Cronin 1940
Camille
as Armand Duval 1936
Knights of the Round Table
as Lancelot 1953
Westward the Women
as Buck Wyatt 1951
Party Girl
as Tommy Farrell 1958
Return of the Gunfighter
as Ben Wyatt 1967
The Law and Jake Wade
as Jake Wade 1958
Undercurrent
as Alan Garroway 1946
Devil's Doorway
as Lance Poole 1950
Johnny Eager
as Johnny Eager 1941
The Night Walker
as Barry Moreland 1964
The Last Hunt
as Charlie Gilson 1956
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) 1976
The Hangman
as Mackenzie Bovard 1959
The Bribe
as Rigby 1949