Quo Vadis1951
As Marcus Vinicius
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Robert Taylor
Born
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.
Filmography (110)
Waterloo Bridge1940
As Roy Cronin
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Ivanhoe1952
As Wilfred of Ivanhoe
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Westward the Women1951
As Buck Wyatt
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Undercurrent1946
As Alan Garroway
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Camille1936
As Armand Duval
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Party Girl1958
As Tommy Farrell
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Return of the Gunfighter1967
As Ben Wyatt
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Knights of the Round Table1953
As Lancelot
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Conspirator1949
As Major Michael Curragh
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Many Rivers to Cross1955
As Bushrod Gentry
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Miracle of the White Stallions1963
As Col. Podhajsky
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Bribe1949
As Rigby
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ride, Vaquero!1953
As Rio
TMDb 6.1 / 10
That's Entertainment, Part II1976
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Last Hunt1956
As Charlie Gilson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
A Yank at Oxford1938
As Lee Sheridan
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Law and Jake Wade1958
As Jake Wade
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Saddle the Wind1958
As Steve Sinclair
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A House Is Not a Home1964
As Frank Costigan
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Valley of the Kings1954
As Mark Brandon
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Broadway Melody of 19361935
As Robert Gordon
TMDb 6.5 / 10
All the Brothers Were Valiant1953
As Joel Shore
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Hollywood: Style Center of the World1940
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Cattle King1963
As Sam Brassfield
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Buried Loot1935
As Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Big Parade of Comedy1964
As Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Lady of the Tropics1939
As William 'Bill' Carey
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Broadway Melody of 19381937
As Steve Raleigh
TMDb 6.6 / 10
D-Day the Sixth of June1956
As Capt. Brad Parker
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Above and Beyond1953
As Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Real Charlie Chaplin2021
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Hondo and the Apaches1967
As Gallagher
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Hangman1959
As Mackenzie Bovard
TMDb 6.5 / 10
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara1935
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hollywood Goes to Town1938
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Three Comrades1938
As Erich Lohkamp
TMDb 7.2 / 10
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Night Walker1964
As Barry Moreland
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows1968
As Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
TMDb 6.1 / 10
High Wall1947
As Steven Kenet
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Rogue Cop1954
As Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Society Doctor1935
As Dr. Ellis
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Flight Command1940
As Ens. Alan Drake
TMDb 5.9 / 10
West Point of the Air1935
As 'Jasky' Jaskarelli
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lucky Night1939
As Bill Overton
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Stand Up and Fight1939
As Blake Cantrell
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The House of the Seven Hawks1959
As John Nordley
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Devil's Doorway1950
As Lance Poole
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Stand by for Action1942
As Lieut. Gregg Masterman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Johnny Eager1941
As Johnny Eager
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Tip on a Dead Jockey1957
As Lloyd Tredman
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ambush1950
As Ward Kinsman
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Quentin Durward1955
As Quentin Durward
TMDb 5.8 / 10
His Brother's Wife1936
As Chris Claybourne
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Murder in the Fleet1935
As Lieutenant Tom Randolph
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Power and the Prize1956
As Cliff Barton
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bataan1943
As Sgt. Bill Dane
TMDb 6.4 / 10
From the Ends of the Earth1939
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo2014
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Small Town Girl1936
As Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot1968
As Anderson
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Magnificent Obsession1935
As Dr. Robert Merrick
TMDb 7.4 / 10
I Love Melvin1953
As Robert Taylor
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Killers of Kilimanjaro1959
As Robert Adamson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
This Is My Affair1937
As Lt. Richard L. Perry
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Romance of Celluloid1937
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
When Ladies Meet1941
As Jimmy Lee
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Savage Pampas1966
As Captain Martín
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Escape1940
As Mark Preysing
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Johnny Tiger1966
As George Dean
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Her Cardboard Lover1942
As Terry Trindale
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Billy the Kid1941
As Billy Bonney
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Glass Sphinx1967
As Prof. Karl Nichols
TMDb 7.0 / 10
There's Always Tomorrow1934
As Arthur White
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Youngest Profession1943
As Robert Taylor
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense1944
As Lt. Robert Taylor
The Gorgeous Hussy1936
As 'Bow' Timberlake
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Personal Property1937
As Raymond Dabney
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Extraordinary Seaman1969
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Recoil1963
As Captain Matt Holbrook
The Secret Land1948
As Narrator
TMDb 5.9 / 10
A Wicked Woman1934
As Bill Renton
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Garbo, by Joan Crawford1969
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Crowd Roars1938
As 'Killer' McCoy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Fighting Lady1944
As Narrator
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Hoaxters
The Hoaxters1952
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Lest We Forget1937
As Himself
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Song of Russia1944
As John Meredith
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Private Number1936
As Richard Winfield
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Remember?1939
As Jeff Holland
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs1945
As Instructor
Screen Actors
Screen Actors1950
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Times Square Lady1935
As Steve Gordon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Handy Andy1934
As Lloyd Burmeister
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly1945
As Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 21945
As Lt. Taylor
Rome, the Eternal City1951
As Self
Trifles of Importance1940
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Performers Arrive in Hampshire1947
As Self
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 21945
As Lt. Taylor
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Spectacle Maker1934
As The Duchess's Paramour
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 11945
As Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 11945
As Lt. Taylor
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Fighting Lady's Family
The Fighting Lady's Family1950
As Narrator (voice)
Primary Flight Training: Landings
Primary Flight Training: Landings1945
As Lt. Taylor
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 11945
As Instructor
Filmography and biography: TMDb