Robert Taylor

Known for ActingBorn 1911-08-05Died 1969-06-08Filley, Nebraska, USA

Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor who was one of the most popular leading men of his time. Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He won his first leading role the following year in Magnificent Obsession. His popularity increased during the late 1930s and 1940s with appearances in A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Bataan (1943). During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Air Corps, where he worked as a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the ABC series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. In 1966, he took over hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series Death Valley Days. Taylor was married to actress Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951. He married actress Ursula Thiess in 1954, and they had two children. A chain smoker, Taylor was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 1968. He died of the disease on June 8, 1969 at the age of 57.Read more

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MGM Parade

Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1

Song of Russia

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2

Yellowthread Street

Lest We Forget

There's Always Tomorrow

The Thin Man

Hondo and the Apaches

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Waterloo Bridge

Trifles of Importance

Escape

The Big Parade of Comedy

That's Entertainment, Part II

Magnificent Obsession

The Glass Sphinx

Three Comrades

This Is My Affair

Johnny Tiger

Quo Vadis

Society Doctor

What's My Line?

Hondo

Westward the Women

Stand by for Action

The Last Hunt

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Party Girl

The Crowd Roars

Hollywood Goes to Town

The Romance of Celluloid

Camille

Devil's Doorway

West Point of the Air

Times Square Lady

Ivanhoe

The Ed Sullivan Show

When Ladies Meet

The Detectives

Saddle the Wind

Personal Property

The Law and Jake Wade

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

The Night Walker

The Merv Griffin Show