Rod Taylor
Known for acting · Born 11 January 1930 · Died 7 January 2015 · aged 84 · Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
105 credits
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.
Known for
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
The Birds
1963
The Time Machine
1960
The Train Robbers
1973
Falcon Crest
1981
Dark of the Sun
1968
36 Hours
1964
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
World Without End
1956
Sunday in New York
1963
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
Acting (103)
2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage)Film
2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No PunchesSelfFilm
2009Inglourious BasterdsWinston ChurchillFilm
2008Not Quite HollywoodSelfFilm
2007KawDocFilm
2006LegendsMike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)Series
2000All About 'The Birds'SelfFilm
1998Welcome to Woop WoopDaddy-OFilm
1998Death on the Oregon TrailFilm
1996Water RatsCoachSeries
1996The Warlord: Battle for the GalaxyGeneral SorensonFilm
1995Open SeasonBilly PatrickFilm
1995The Point of BetrayalTed KitteridgeFilm
1993Walker, Texas RangerGordon Cahill · 4 episodesSeries
1993Time Machine: The Journey BackSelf / Narrator / H.G. WellesFilm
1992Grass RootsGen. WilloughbyFilm
1991PalominoBill KingFilm
1986OutlawsJohn Grail · 12 episodesSeries
1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George PalSelfFilm
1985Mask of MurderSupt. Bob McLaineFilm
1985MarbellaCommander W.P. AndersonFilm
1985Half NelsonFilm
1984Murder, She WroteTom Dempsey, Inspector Rory Lanahan · 2 episodesSeries
1983MasqueradeLavender · 13 episodesSeries
1983On the RunMr. PayattaFilm
1982Disney's Halloween TreatPongo (voice) (archive footage)Film
1982A Time to DieJack BaileyFilm
1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love StoryEdward AdeaneFilm
1981Falcon CrestFrank Agretti · 26 episodesSeries
1981Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy'Black Jack' BouvierFilm
1981Hellinger's LawClint TolliverFilm
1980Cry of the InnocentSteve DoneginFilm
1979Tales of the UnexpectedPaul DuveenSeries
1979Jamaican GoldMarian CaseyFilm
1977The Picture Show ManPalmerFilm
1977The Oregon TrailEvan Thorpe · 13 episodesSeries
1977US Against the WorldSelfFilm
1976VortexChristopher TaulingFilm
1976Disney's Greatest Dog StarsPongo (voice) (uncredited)Film
1975A Matter of Wife... and DeathShamus McCoyFilm
1974Hell RiverMarkoFilm
1973The Train RobbersGradyFilm
1973The Deadly TrackersFrank BrandFilm
1973The HeroesLieutenant Bob RobsonFilm
1973Trader HornTrader HornFilm
1973Wayne TrainSelfFilm
1972Family FlightJason CarlyleFilm
1971Bearcats!Hank Brackett · 13 episodesSeries
1971PowderkegHank BrackettFilm
1970Zabriskie PointLee AllenFilm
1970Darker Than AmberTravis McGeeFilm
1970The Man Who Had Power Over WomenPeter ReaneyFilm
1968Dark of the SunCurryFilm
1968Nobody Runs ForeverScobie MaloneFilm
1968The Hell with HeroesBrynie MacKayFilm
1967ChukaChukaFilm
1967HotelPeter McDermottFilm
1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1966The Glass Bottom BoatBruce TempletonFilm
1966Every Girl's DreamSelfFilm
1966Catalina IslandSelfFilm
1965Do Not DisturbMike HarperFilm
1965The LiquidatorBrian Ian "Boysie" OakesFilm
1965Young CassidyJohn CassidyFilm
1965Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of IrelandselfFilm
196436 HoursMajor Walter GerberFilm
1964Fate Is the HunterCaptain Jack SavageFilm
1963The BirdsMitch BrennerFilm
1963The V.I.P.sLes MangrumFilm
1963Sunday in New YorkMike MitchellFilm
1963A Gathering of EaglesCol. Hollis FarrFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1962Seven Seas to CalaisSir Francis DrakeFilm
1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansPongo (voice)Film
1961Bus StopSeries
1960The Time MachineH. George WellsFilm
1960Colossus and the Amazon QueenPirroFilm
1960Hong KongGlenn Evans · 27 episodesSeries
1959The Twilight ZoneClegg ForbesSeries
1959Ask Any GirlRoss TafordFilm
1958Separate TablesCharlesFilm
1958Step Down to TerrorMike RandallFilm
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries
1958The Great GatsbyNick CarrawayFilm
1957Raintree CountyGarwood B. JonesFilm
1957SuspicionJimSeries
1956GiantDavid KarfreyFilm
1956World Without EndHerbert EllisFilm
1956The Catered AffairRalph HalloranFilm
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJed HarperSeries
1955The Virgin QueenCpl. GwilymFilm
1955CheyenneClancySeries
1955Hell on Frisco BayJohn Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)Film
1955Top GunLem SutterFilm
1954Long John SilverIsrael HandsFilm
1954King of the Coral SeaJack JanieroFilm
1954Studio 57Tommy Scarbrough, Dr. Don DolbySeries
1953General Electric TheaterSam Tipton, Fred GaumanSeries
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsBoyd HarlandSeries
1951Inland with SturtGeorge McLeayFilm
1950Lux Video TheatreMr. Gilbert, BaxterSeries
1948Studio OneAnthony FoucheSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Accepting AwardSeries
Production (1)
1967ChukaProducerFilm
Writing (1)
1979Jamaican GoldScreenplayFilm