Rod Taylor
Acting1930Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
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
Acting History
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2017
2009
Inglourious Basterds
as Winston Churchill
2000
All About 'The Birds'
as Self
1998
Welcome to Woop Woop
as Daddy-O
1996
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
as General Sorenson
Walker, Texas Ranger
TVas Gordon Cahill• 4 eps
Water Rats
TVas Coach• 1 eps
1995
The Point of Betrayal
as Ted Kitteridge
Open Season
as Billy Patrick
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Inspector Rory Lanahan / Tom Dempsey• 2 eps
1993
Time Machine: The Journey Back
as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
1992
Grass Roots
as Gen. Willoughby
1991
Palomino
as Bill King
1988
Falcon Crest
TVas Frank Agretti• 26 eps
1986
1985
1983
On the Run
as Mr. Payatta
Masquerade
TVas Lavender• 13 eps
1982
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
A Time to Die
as Jack Bailey
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Edward Adeane
1981
Hellinger's Law
as Clint Tolliver
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
1980
Cry of the Innocent
as Steve Donegin
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Paul Duveen• 1 eps
1979
Jamaican Gold
as Marian Casey
Jamaican Gold
Screenplay
1977
1976
Vortex
as Christopher Tauling
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
1975
A Matter of Wife... and Death
as Shamus McCoy
1974
Hell River
as Marko
1973
The Deadly Trackers
as Frank Brand
Trader Horn
as Trader Horn
The Train Robbers
as Grady
The Heroes
as Lieutenant Bob Robson
Wayne Train
as Self
1972
Family Flight
as Jason Carlyle
1970
Darker Than Amber
as Travis McGee
Zabriskie Point
as Lee Allen
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
as Peter Reaney
1968
1967
Chuka
as Chuka
Hotel
as Peter McDermott
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chuka
Producer
1966
Every Girl's Dream
as Self
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Bruce Templeton
1965
1964
36 Hours
as Major Walter Gerber
Fate Is the Hunter
as Captain Jack Savage
1963
The V.I.P.s
as Les Mangrum
A Gathering of Eagles
as Col. Hollis Farr
Sunday in New York
as Mike Mitchell
The Birds
as Mitch Brenner
1962
Seven Seas to Calais
as Sir Francis Drake
1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Pongo (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Accepting Award• 1 eps
1960
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
as Pirro
H. G. Wells' The Time Machine
as H. George Wells
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Jed Harper• 1 eps
General Electric Theater
TVas Fred Gauman• 1 eps
1959
Ask Any Girl
as Ross Taford
The Twilight Zone
TVas Clegg Forbes• 1 eps
1958
Step Down to Terror
as Mike Randall
Separate Tables
as Charles
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
Studio One
TVas Anthony Fouche• 1 eps
1957
Raintree County
as Garwood B. Jones
Suspicion
TVas Jim• 1 eps
1956
1955
Top Gun
as Lem Sutter
Hell on Frisco Bay
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
The Virgin Queen
as Cpl. Gwilym
Cheyenne
TVas Clancy• 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Baxter• 1 eps
Studio 57
TVas Dr. Don Dolby• 1 eps
1954
Long John Silver
as Israel Hands
King of the Coral Sea
as Jack Janiero
1951
Inland with Sturt
as George McLeay
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Boyd Harland