Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor Headshot

Actor • Singer

Birth Date: August 5, 1911

Death Date: June 8, 1969

Birth Place: Filley, Nebraska

Spouses: Barbara Stanwyck

Dependable, clean-cut star who was signed by MGM while still in school, and spent most of his subsequent career with the company. Boyishly handsome, with a "perfect profile," Taylor highlighted many a light romance and was immensely popular for years after starring in "Magnificent Obsession" (1935). He eventually grew out of his pretty-boy good looks, became a solid, gritty performer, and made up for any lack of talent with a much-noted professionalism in a succession of epics ("Ivanhoe" 1951 "Knights of the Round Table" 1953) and Westerns ("The Hangman" 1959, "Cattle King" 1963) that punctuated his mature screen work.

Married to Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951.

Credits

The Day the Hot Line Got Hot

Actor
Anderson
Movie
1969

Where Angels Go, Trouble FollowsStream

Actor
Mr. Farriday
Movie
1968

The Glass Sphinx

Actor
Prof. Karl Nichols
Movie
1967

Hondo and the Apaches

Actor
Gallagher
Movie
1967

Return of the GunfighterStream

Actor
Ben Wyatt
Movie
1967

Savage Pampas

Actor
Captain Martin
Movie
1966

Johnny Tiger

Actor
George Dean
Movie
1966

Celui qui n'existait pas

Actor
Movie
1965

The Night Walker

Actor
Barry Moreland
Movie
1964

A House Is Not a Home

Actor
Frank Costigan
Movie
1964

La Maison de Madame Adler

Actor
Movie
1964

Cattle KingStream

Actor
Sam Brassfield
Movie
1963

Miracle of the White Stallions

Actor
Col. Podhajsky
Movie
1963

Killers of Kilimanjaro

Actor
Robert Adamson
Movie
1960

The Detectives

Actor
Matt Holbrook
Series
1959

The HangmanStream

Actor
Mackenzie Bovard
Movie
1959

The House of the Seven Hawks

Actor
John Nordley
Movie
1959

Saddle the WindStream

Actor
Steve Sinclair
Movie
1958

Party GirlStream

Actor
Thomas "Tommy" Farrell
Movie
1958
83%

The Law and Jake WadeStream

Actor
Jake Wade
Movie
1958

The Thin Man

Guest Star
Himself
Show
1957

Tip on a Dead Jockey

Actor
Lloyd Tredman
Movie
1957

D-Day, the Sixth of June

Actor
Capt. Brad Parker
Movie
1956

The Last Hunt

Actor
Charlie Gilson
Movie
1956

The Power and the Prize

Actor
Cliff Barton
Movie
1956

Quentin Durward

Actor
Quentin Durward
Movie
1955

Many Rivers to CrossStream

Actor
Bushrod Gentry
Movie
1955

Valley of the Kings

Actor
Mark Brandon
Movie
1954

Rogue Cop

Actor
Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
Movie
1954

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Actor
Joel Shore
Movie
1953

Knights of the Round TableStream

Actor
Lancelot
Movie
1953
67%

Above and Beyond

Actor
Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets 509th Composite Group CO
Movie
1953

Ride, VaqueroStream

Actor
Rio
Movie
1953

Death Valley DaysStream

Actor
Frank Johnson
Series
1952

Death Valley DaysStream

Host
Series
1952

IvanhoeStream

Actor
Ivanhoe
Movie
1952
79%

Vaquero

Actor
Movie
1952

Quo Vadis?Stream

Actor
Marcus Vinicius
Movie
1951
83%

Westward the WomenStream

Actor
Buck Wyatt
Movie
1951

Devil's Doorway

Actor
Lance Poole
Movie
1950

The Bribe

Actor
Rigby
Movie
1949

Conspirator

Actor
Maj. Michael Curragh
Movie
1949

Ambush

Actor
Ward Kinsman
Movie
1949

The Secret Land

Voice
Movie
1948

High Wall

Actor
Steven Kenet
Movie
1947

Undercurrent

Actor
Alan Garroway
Movie
1946

The Fighting Lady

Narrator
Movie
1944

Sombras en la Nieve

Actor
Movie
1943

BataanStream

Actor
Sgt. Bill Dane
Movie
1943

Song of Russia

Actor
John Meredith
Movie
1943

Bataan

Actor
Movie
1943

En las Puertas del Infierno

Actor
Movie
1942

Johnny Eager

Actor
John "Johnny" Eager
Movie
1942

Her Cardboard Lover

Actor
Terry Trindale
Movie
1942

Stand by for Action

Actor
Lieut. Gregg Masterman
Movie
1942

Billy the KidStream

Actor
Billy Bonney
Movie
1941

When Ladies Meet

Actor
Jimmy Lee
Movie
1941

Strange Skirts

Actor
Jimmy Lee
Movie
1941

Waterloo BridgeStream

Actor
Roy Cronin
Movie
1940
83%

Flight Command

Actor
Ensign Alan Drake
Movie
1940

Escape

Actor
Mark Preysing
Movie
1940

Remember?

Actor
Jeffrey `'Jeff'` Holland
Movie
1939

Stand Up and Fight

Actor
Blake Cantrell
Movie
1939

Lucky Night

Actor
Bill Overton
Movie
1939

Lady of the Tropics

Actor
William "Bill" Carey
Movie
1939

A Yank at Oxford

Actor
Lee Sheridan
Movie
1938

Three Comrades

Actor
Erich Lohkamp
Movie
1938

The Crowd Roars

Actor
Tommy McCoy
Movie
1938

Personal Property

Actor
Raymond Dabney
Movie
1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

Actor
Steve Raleigh
Movie
1937

This Is My Affair

Actor
Lt. Richard L. Perry
Movie
1937

Private Number

Actor
Richard Winfield
Movie
1936

Small Town Girl

Actor
Dr. Robert "Bob" Dakin
Movie
1936

CamilleStream

Actor
Armand Duval
Movie
1936
88%

The Gorgeous Hussy

Actor
"Bow" Timberlake
Movie
1936

One Horse Town

Actor
Dr. Robert "Bob" Dakin
Movie
1936

His Brother's Wife

Actor
Chris
Movie
1936

Society Doctor

Actor
Dr. Tommy `'Sprout'` Ellis
Movie
1935

Broadway Melody of 1936

Actor
Robert Gordon
Movie
1935

Magnificent Obsession

Actor
Robert Merrick
Movie
1935

Murder in the Fleet

Actor
Lt. Tom "Tommy" Randolph
Movie
1935

Times Square Lady

Actor
Steven J. "Steve" Gordon
Movie
1935

A Wicked Woman

Actor
Bill Renton
Movie
1934

There's Always Tomorrow

Actor
Arthur White
Movie
1934

Handy Andy

Actor
Lloyd Burmeister
Movie
1934