Rod Taylor

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Falcon Crest

Golden Globe Awards

The Twilight Zone

Walker, Texas Ranger

Tales of the Unexpected

All Movies (79)

• Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies2022 · as Self - (archive footage)
• Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches2017 · as Self
• Inglourious Basterds2009 · as Winston Churchill
• Not Quite Hollywood2008 · as Self
• Kaw2007 · as Doc
• All About 'The Birds'2000 · as Self
• Welcome to Woop Woop1998 · as Daddy-O
• The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy1996 · as General Sorenson
• Open Season1995 · as Billy Patrick
• The Point of Betrayal1995 · as Ted Kitteridge
• Time Machine: The Journey Back1993 · as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
• Grass Roots1992 · as Gen. Willoughby
• Palomino1991 · as Bill King
• The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal1986 · as Self
• Mask of Murder1985 · as Supt. Bob McLaine
• Marbella1985 · as Commander W.P. Anderson
• Half Nelson1985
• On the Run1983 · as Mr. Payatta
• Disney's Halloween Treat1982 · as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
• Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story1982 · as Edward Adeane
• A Time to Die1982 · as Jack Bailey
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy1981 · as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
• Hellinger's Law1981 · as Clint Tolliver
• Cry of the Innocent1980 · as Steve Donegin
• Jamaican Gold1979 · as Marian Casey
• US Against the World1977 · as Self
• The Picture Show Man1977 · as Palmer
• Disney's Greatest Dog Stars1976 · as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
• Vortex1976 · as Christopher Tauling
• A Matter of Wife... and Death1975 · as Shamus McCoy
• Hell River1974 · as Marko
• The Deadly Trackers1973 · as Frank Brand
• Trader Horn1973 · as Trader Horn
• The Heroes1973 · as Lieutenant Bob Robson
• Wayne Train1973 · as Self
• The Train Robbers1973 · as Grady
• Family Flight1972 · as Jason Carlyle
• Powderkeg1971 · as Hank Brackett
• Darker Than Amber1970 · as Travis McGee
• The Man Who Had Power Over Women1970 · as Peter Reaney
• Zabriskie Point1970 · as Lee Allen
• The Hell with Heroes1968 · as Brynie MacKay
• Nobody Runs Forever1968 · as Scobie Malone
• Dark of the Sun1968 · as Curry
• Chuka1967 · as Chuka
• Hotel1967 · as Peter McDermott
• Lionpower from MGM1967 · as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Glass Bottom Boat1966 · as Bruce Templeton
• Catalina Island1966 · as Self
• Every Girl's Dream1966 · as Self
• Do Not Disturb1965 · as Mike Harper
• The Liquidator1965 · as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
• Young Cassidy1965 · as John Cassidy
• Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland1965 · as self
• 36 Hours1964 · as Major Walter Gerber
• Fate Is the Hunter1964 · as Captain Jack Savage
• Sunday in New York1963 · as Mike Mitchell
• The V.I.P.s1963 · as Les Mangrum
• A Gathering of Eagles1963 · as Col. Hollis Farr
• The Birds1963 · as Mitch Brenner
• Seven Seas to Calais1962 · as Sir Francis Drake
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961 · as Pongo (voice)
• Colossus and the Amazon Queen1960 · as Pirro
• The Time Machine1960 · as H. George Wells
• Ask Any Girl1959 · as Ross Taford
• Separate Tables1958 · as Charles
• Step Down to Terror1958 · as Mike Randall
• The Great Gatsby1958 · as Nick Carraway
• Raintree County1957 · as Garwood B. Jones
• Giant1956 · as Sir David Karfrey
• The Catered Affair1956 · as Ralph Halloran
• World Without End1956 · as Herbert Ellis
• Hell on Frisco Bay1955 · as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
• Top Gun1955 · as Lem Sutter
• The Virgin Queen1955 · as Cpl. Gwilym
• Long John Silver1954 · as Israel Hands
• King of the Coral Sea1954 · as Jack Janiero
• Inland with Sturt1951 · as George McLeay
• Death on the Oregon Trail—

All TV Shows (28)

• Legends2006 · as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Water Rats1996 · as Coach
• Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Gordon Cahill
• Outlaws1986 · as John Grail
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Tom Dempsey
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Inspector Rory Lanahan
• Masquerade1983 · as Lavender
• Falcon Crest1981 · as Frank Agretti
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Paul Duveen
• The Oregon Trail1977 · as Evan Thorpe
• Bearcats!1971 · as Hank Brackett
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Bus Stop1961
• Hong Kong1960
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Clegg Forbes
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
• Suspicion1957 · as Jim
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Jed Harper
• Cheyenne1955 · as Clancy
• Studio 571954 · as Tommy Scarbrough
• Studio 571954 · as Dr. Don Dolby
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Sam Tipton
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Fred Gauman
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Boyd Harland
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Mr. Gilbert
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Baxter
• Studio One1948 · as Anthony Fouche
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Accepting Award