Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

Known for

Acting

Born

January 11, 1930

Birthplace

Sydney - New South Wales - Australia

Died

January 7, 2015 (aged 84)

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.

Best known work

Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds
2009
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
The Birds
The Birds
1963
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Time Machine
The Time Machine
1960
Giant
Giant
1956
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point
1970
The Train Robbers
The Train Robbers
1973

Filmography

  1. 2022

    Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

    as Self - (archive footage)

  2. 2017

    Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

    as Self

  3. 2009

    Inglourious Basterds

    as Winston Churchill

  4. 2008

    Not Quite Hollywood

    as Self

  5. 2007

    Kaw

    as Doc

  6. 2006

    LegendsTV

    as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episode)

  7. 2000

    All About 'The Birds'

    as Self

  8. 1998

    Welcome to Woop Woop

    as Daddy-O

  9. 1998

    Death on the Oregon Trail

  10. 1996

    The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

    as General Sorenson

  11. 1996

    Water RatsTV

    as Coach (1 episode)

  12. 1995

    Open Season

    as Billy Patrick

  13. 1995

    The Point of Betrayal

    as Ted Kitteridge

  14. 1993

    Time Machine: The Journey Back

    as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles

  15. 1993

    Walker, Texas RangerTV

    as Gordon Cahill (4 episodes)

  16. 1992

    Grass Roots

    as Gen. Willoughby

  17. 1991

    Palomino

    as Bill King

  18. 1986

    OutlawsTV

    as John Grail (12 episodes)

  19. 1986

    The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

    as Self

  20. 1985

    Mask of Murder

    as Supt. Bob McLaine

  21. 1985

    Marbella

    as Commander W.P. Anderson

  22. 1985

    Half Nelson

  23. 1984

    Murder, She WroteTV

    as Tom Dempsey (1 episode), as Inspector Rory Lanahan (2 episodes)

  24. 1983

    MasqueradeTV

    as Lavender (13 episodes)

  25. 1983

    On the Run

    as Mr. Payatta

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