Acting · Sydney - New South Wales - Australia · Born January 11, 1930
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.
MovieWay of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
MovieRod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
MovieInglourious Basterds
2009
as Winston Churchill
MovieNot Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
MovieKaw
2007
as Doc
TVLegends
2006
as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieAll About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self
MovieWelcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Daddy-O
MovieThe Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996
as General Sorenson
TVWater Rats
1996
as Coach
MovieOpen Season
1995
as Billy Patrick
MovieThe Point of Betrayal
1995
as Ted Kitteridge
MovieTime Machine: The Journey Back
1993
as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Gordon Cahill
MovieGrass Roots
1992
as Gen. Willoughby
MoviePalomino
1991
as Bill King
TVOutlaws
1986
as John Grail
MovieThe Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
MovieMask of Murder
1985
as Supt. Bob McLaine
MovieMarbella
1985
as Commander W.P. Anderson
MovieHalf Nelson
1985
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Tom Dempsey
TVMasquerade
1983
as Lavender
MovieOn the Run
1983
as Mr. Payatta
MovieDisney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
MovieCharles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Edward Adeane
MovieA Time to Die
1982
as Jack Bailey
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Frank Agretti
MovieJacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
MovieHellinger's Law
1981
as Clint Tolliver
MovieCry of the Innocent
1980
as Steve Donegin
MovieJamaican Gold
1979
as Marian Casey
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Paul Duveen
TVThe Oregon Trail
1977
as Evan Thorpe
MovieUS Against the World
1977
as Self
MovieThe Picture Show Man
1977
as Palmer
MovieDisney's Greatest Dog Stars
1976
as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
MovieVortex
1976
as Christopher Tauling
MovieA Matter of Wife... and Death
1975
as Shamus McCoy
MovieHell River
1974
as Marko
MovieThe Deadly Trackers
1973
as Frank Brand
MovieTrader Horn
1973
as Trader Horn
MovieThe Heroes
1973
as Lieutenant Bob Robson
MovieWayne Train
1973
as Self
MovieThe Train Robbers
1973
as Grady
MovieFamily Flight
1972
as Jason Carlyle
TVBearcats!
1971
as Hank Brackett
MoviePowderkeg
1971
as Hank Brackett
MovieDarker Than Amber
1970
as Travis McGee
MovieThe Man Who Had Power Over Women
1970
as Peter Reaney
MovieZabriskie Point
1970
as Lee Allen
MovieThe Hell with Heroes
1968
as Brynie MacKay
MovieNobody Runs Forever
1968
as Scobie Malone
MovieDark of the Sun
1968
as Curry
MovieChuka
1967
as Chuka
MovieHotel
1967
as Peter McDermott
MovieLionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Bruce Templeton
Catalina Island
1966
as Self
MovieEvery Girl's Dream
1966
as Self
MovieDo Not Disturb
1965
as Mike Harper
MovieThe Liquidator
1965
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
MovieYoung Cassidy
1965
as John Cassidy
MovieSean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
as self
Movie36 Hours
1964
as Major Walter Gerber
MovieFate Is the Hunter
1964
as Captain Jack Savage
MovieSunday in New York
1963
as Mike Mitchell
MovieThe V.I.P.s
1963
as Les Mangrum
MovieA Gathering of Eagles
1963
as Col. Hollis Farr
MovieThe Birds
1963
as Mitch Brenner
MovieSeven Seas to Calais
1962
as Sir Francis Drake
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVBus Stop
1961
MovieOne Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Pongo (voice)
MovieColossus and the Amazon Queen
1960
as Pirro
MovieThe Time Machine
1960
as H. George Wells
TVHong Kong
1960
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Clegg Forbes
MovieAsk Any Girl
1959
as Ross Taford
MovieSeparate Tables
1958
as Charles
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MovieStep Down to Terror
1958
as Mike Randall
MovieThe Great Gatsby
1958
as Nick Carraway
MovieRaintree County
1957
as Garwood B. Jones
TVSuspicion
1957
as Jim
MovieGiant
1956
as Sir David Karfrey
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jed Harper
MovieThe Catered Affair
1956
as Ralph Halloran
MovieWorld Without End
1956
as Herbert Ellis
MovieHell on Frisco Bay
1955
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
MovieTop Gun
1955
as Lem Sutter
TVCheyenne
1955
as Clancy
MovieThe Virgin Queen
1955
as Cpl. Gwilym
MovieLong John Silver
1954
as Israel Hands
TVStudio 57
1954
as Tommy Scarbrough
MovieKing of the Coral Sea
1954
as Jack Janiero
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Sam Tipton
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Boyd Harland
Inland with Sturt
1951
as George McLeay
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Gilbert
TVStudio One
1948
as Anthony Fouche
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Accepting Award
Death on the Oregon Trail
