Rod Taylor

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Rod Taylor

Acting January 11, 1930

Sydney - New South Wales - Australia

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…

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Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

8.2 2009 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

7.2 1961 Movie
The Birds

The Birds

7.5 1963 Movie
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

7.4 1960 Movie
Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger

7.0 1993 TV Show
Giant

Giant

7.6 1956 Movie
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

5.5 1981 TV Show
Zabriskie Point

Zabriskie Point

7.0 1970 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

    Movie Self - (archive footage)

  2. 2017
    Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

    Movie Self

  3. 2009
    Inglourious Basterds

    Movie Winston Churchill

  4. 2008
    Not Quite Hollywood

    Movie Self

  5. 2007
    Kaw

    Movie Doc

  6. 2006
    Legends

    TV show Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)

  7. 2000
    All About 'The Birds'

    Movie Self

  8. 1998
    Welcome to Woop Woop

    Movie Daddy-O

  9. 1998
    Death on the Oregon Trail

    Movie

  10. 1996
    The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

    Movie General Sorenson

  11. 1996
    Water Rats

    TV show Coach

  12. 1995
    Open Season

    Movie Billy Patrick

  13. 1995
    The Point of Betrayal

    Movie Ted Kitteridge

  14. 1993
    Time Machine: The Journey Back

    Movie Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles

  15. 1993
    Walker, Texas Ranger

    TV show Gordon Cahill

  16. 1992
    Grass Roots

    Movie Gen. Willoughby

More credits
  1. 1991
    Palomino

    Movie Bill King

  2. 1986
    Outlaws

    TV show John Grail

  3. 1986
    The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

    Movie Self

  4. 1985
    Mask of Murder

    Movie Supt. Bob McLaine

  5. 1985
    Marbella

    Movie Commander W.P. Anderson

  6. 1985
    Half Nelson

    Movie

  7. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Tom Dempsey

  8. 1983
    Masquerade

    TV show Lavender

  9. 1983
    On the Run

    Movie Mr. Payatta

  10. 1982
    Disney's Halloween Treat

    Movie Pongo (voice) (archive footage)

  11. 1982
    Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

    Movie Edward Adeane

  12. 1982
    A Time to Die

    Movie Jack Bailey

  13. 1981
    Falcon Crest

    TV show Frank Agretti

  14. 1981
    Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

    Movie 'Black Jack' Bouvier

  15. 1981
    Hellinger's Law

    Movie Clint Tolliver

  16. 1980
    Cry of the Innocent

    Movie Steve Donegin

  17. 1979
    Jamaican Gold

    Movie Marian Casey

  18. 1979
    Tales of the Unexpected

    TV show Paul Duveen

  19. 1977
    The Oregon Trail

    TV show Evan Thorpe

  20. 1977
    US Against the World

    Movie Self

  21. 1977
    The Picture Show Man

    Movie Palmer

  22. 1976
    Disney's Greatest Dog Stars

    Movie Pongo (voice) (uncredited)

  23. 1976
    Vortex

    Movie Christopher Tauling

  24. 1975
    A Matter of Wife... and Death

    Movie Shamus McCoy