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Robert Taylor
Filley, Nebraska, USA
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. Ta…
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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.
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2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1990
Yellowthread Street
TV show Det. Peter Marenta
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage)
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1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1969
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1968
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Movie Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
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1968
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
Movie Anderson
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1967
Hondo
TV show
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1967
Hondo and the Apaches
Movie Gallagher
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1967
The Glass Sphinx
Movie Prof. Karl Nichols
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1967
Return of the Gunfighter
Movie Ben Wyatt
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1966
Savage Pampas
Movie Captain Martín
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1966
Johnny Tiger
Movie George Dean
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1964
The Night Walker
Movie Barry Moreland
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1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
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1964
A House Is Not a Home
Movie Frank Costigan
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1963
Recoil
Movie Captain Matt Holbrook
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1963
Cattle King
Movie Sam Brassfield
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1963
Miracle of the White Stallions
Movie Col. Podhajsky
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self - Co-Host
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1959
The House of the Seven Hawks
Movie John Nordley
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1959
The Detectives
TV show Captain Matt Holbrook
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1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Movie Robert Adamson
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1959
The Hangman
Movie Mackenzie Bovard
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1958
Party Girl
Movie Tommy Farrell
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1958
The Law and Jake Wade
Movie Jake Wade
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1958
Saddle the Wind
Movie Steve Sinclair
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1957
The Thin Man
TV show
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1957
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Movie Lloyd Tredman
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1956
The Power and the Prize
Movie Cliff Barton
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1956
D-Day the Sixth of June
Movie Capt. Brad Parker
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1956
The Last Hunt
Movie Charlie Gilson
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1955
MGM Parade
TV show
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1955
Quentin Durward
Movie Quentin Durward
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1955
Many Rivers to Cross
Movie Bushrod Gentry
