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
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
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Inspector Rory Lanahan / Tom Dempsey• 2 eps
1993
Time Machine: The Journey Back
as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
1991
Palomino
as Bill King
1988
Falcon Crest
TVas Frank Agretti• 26 eps
1986
1985
Mask of Murder
as Supt. Bob McLaine
1983
On the Run
as Mr. Payatta
Masquerade
TVas Lavender• 13 eps
1982
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
1981
Hellinger's Law
as Clint Tolliver
1980
Cry of the Innocent
as Steve Donegin
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Paul Duveen• 1 eps
1977
The Oregon Trail
TVas Evan Thorpe• 13 eps
1976
Vortex
as Christopher Tauling
1975
A Matter of Wife... and Death
as Shamus McCoy
1974
Hell River
as Marko
1973
1972
Family Flight
as Jason Carlyle
1971
Powderkeg
as Hank Brackett
1970
Darker Than Amber
as Travis McGee
Zabriskie Point
as Lee Allen
1968
Dark of the Sun
as Curry
The High Commissioner
as Scobie Malone
1965
1964
36 Hours
as Major Walter Gerber
Fate Is the Hunter
as Captain Jack Savage
1963
The Birds
as Mitch Brenner
The V.I.P.s
as Les Mangrum
A Gathering of Eagles
as Col. Hollis Farr
Sunday in New York
as Mike Mitchell
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
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
1951
Inland with Sturt
as George McLeay