Robert Taylor
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.017 |
| Birthday | 1911-08-05 |
| Place of Birth | Filley, Nebraska, USA |
| Also Known As | Роберт Тейлор, Lieut Robert Taylor USNR, Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R., Spangler Arlington Brugh, |
1954
Rogue Cop
5.3/12
A police detective on the take tries to catch his brother's killer.
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1951
Quo Vadis
7.1/414
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1952
The Hoaxters
4.2/4
A 1952 American documentary film written by Herman Hoffman, about the threat posed by communism to the American way of life.
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1949
The Bribe
6.3/30
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1958
Party Girl
6.8/66
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1952
Ivanhoe
6.8/179
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1947
High Wall
6.2/27
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1950
Devil's Doorway
7/41
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1941
Johnny Eager
6.085/41
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1964
The Night Walker
6.6/46
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1943
Bataan
6.4/34
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1940
Waterloo Bridge
7.471/153
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1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
6.2/12
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1937
Personal Property
6.9/9
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Camille
7/130
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1935
Broadway Melody of 1936
6.4/21
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1946
Undercurrent
5.8/49
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1958
The Law and Jake Wade
6.6/56
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1956
D-Day the Sixth of June
5.3/26
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1953
Ride, Vaquero!
5.9/14
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1935
Magnificent Obsession
7.4/18
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1940
Trifles of Importance
6/1
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Trifles of Importance
1959
The Hangman
6.2/31
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1968
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
6.2/14
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1953
Knights of the Round Table
5.9/75
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Knights of the Round Table
1953
Above and Beyond
6.1/17
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Above and Beyond
1955
Many Rivers to Cross
6.2/13
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1959
The House of the Seven Hawks
6/12
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1941
When Ladies Meet
6.8/8
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When Ladies Meet
1949
Conspirator
5.9/21
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Conspirator
1953
All the Brothers Were Valiant
5.9/14
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1955
Quentin Durward
6/12
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Quentin Durward
1963
Miracle of the White Stallions
5.8/19
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1944
The Fighting Lady
6.136/11
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1958
Saddle the Wind
6.5/31
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1940
Flight Command
5.4/10
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1944
Song of Russia
8/3
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1951
Westward the Women
7/73
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1942
Her Cardboard Lover
5.1/4
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1942
Stand by for Action
7/10
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1972
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6/2
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1936
Small Town Girl
6.2/9
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1935
West Point of the Air
6/3
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1938
Three Comrades
7.2/29
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1943
The Youngest Profession
5.2/5
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1940
Escape
7.4/15
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1966
Savage Pampas
5/11
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Savage Pampas
1967
Hondo and the Apaches
6.8/4
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1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
5.2/13
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1939
Lady of the Tropics
6.1/8
Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
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Lady of the Tropics
1941
Billy the Kid
4.7/19
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Billy the Kid
1950
Ambush
5.1/14
A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.
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Ambush
1956
The Last Hunt
6.7/39
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The Last Hunt
1938
A Yank at Oxford
6.7/10
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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1936
His Brother's Wife
5.6/9
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1963
Cattle King
6/11
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Cattle King
1948
The Secret Land
5.9/8
This documentary, filmed entirely by military photographers, recounts the U.S. Navy's 1946-47 expedition to Antarctica, known as Operation High Jump....
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The Secret Land
1935
Buried Loot
6/5
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1957
Tip on a Dead Jockey
6.1/7
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1937
This Is My Affair
7.3/15
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This Is My Affair
1939
Stand Up and Fight
5.8/4
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Stand Up and Fight
1954
Valley of the Kings
4.8/17
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Valley of the Kings
1935
Society Doctor
6.3/3
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
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Society Doctor
1968
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
5/2
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The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
1947
Performers arrive in Hampshire
0/0
Movie stars are interviewed on a boat in 1947 in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
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1956
The Power and the Prize
5.5/4
An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.
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The Power and the Prize
1939
Lucky Night
6.6/6
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Lucky Night
1934
There's Always Tomorrow
8/2
Ignored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a former female employee.
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1967
Return of the Gunfighter
6.1/66
A gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents.
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Return of the Gunfighter
1964
A House Is Not a Home
4.5/6
Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful bordello madams of the 1920s.
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A House Is Not a Home
1939
Remember?
5.8/5
Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But Jeff...
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Remember?
1935
Murder in the Fleet
5/2
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of te...
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Murder in the Fleet
1936
Private Number
6.5/4
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Private Number
1938
The Crowd Roars
6.5/6
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...
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The Crowd Roars
1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro
6/5
An American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared. While t...
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Killers of Kilimanjaro
1966
Johnny Tiger
0/0
Teacher George Dean (Robert Taylor) packs up his children to accept a job instructing Native American children on a Seminole reservation in Florida.
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Johnny Tiger
1935
Times Square Lady
6/2
A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir...
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1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
7/1
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
6.851/37
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
6.3/3
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
6.7/6
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1953
I Love Melvin
6.2/24
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and...
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I Love Melvin
1950
The Fighting Lady's Family
0/0
In this documentary short film, a link is described between the U.S. Navy forces of World War II and the advance Navy of 1950. After illustrating the...
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The Fighting Lady's Family
1967
The Glass Sphinx
6.3/3
An archaeologist is in danger because of his discoveries.
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The Glass Sphinx
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
5.7/3
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1934
A Wicked Woman
5/3
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed...
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A Wicked Woman
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
5.5/2
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
0/0
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at t...
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From the Ends of the Earth
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
7/2
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are...
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The Romance of Celluloid
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
7/3
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Hollywood Goes to Town
1951
Rome, the Eternal City
0/0
A Traveltalk style documentary look at Rome.
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Rome, the Eternal City
1935
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
5.8/11
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1944
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
0/0
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Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
1934
The Spectacle Maker
5.6/5
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The Spectacle Maker
1945
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
0/0
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Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
1945
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
0/0
In this continuation of a prior government documentary short film, a pilot trainee continues his first flight instruction. His instructor demonstrates...
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Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
1945
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
0/0
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Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
1945
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
0/0
In this documentary short film for the U.S. Navy, proper spin and stall techniques for pilot trainees are explored. After Cadet McDribble nearly colli...
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Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
1945
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
0/0
In this documentary short film from the U.S. Navy, a naval flight instructor demonstrates to a pair of cadet pilot trainees the proper means of mainta...
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Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
1945
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
0/0
In this government documentary short film for the U.S. Navy, pilot trainees are instructed in the basics of take-off preparation, including the plane...
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Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
1945
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
0/0
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Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
1945
Primary Flight Training: Landings
0/0
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Primary Flight Training: Landings
1950
Screen Actors
6/2
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1934
Handy Andy
1/1
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty y...
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1982
Annie
6.5/708
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Annie
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
2.6/5
Marooned sailors discover a World War II ship haunted by its late captain.
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1937
Lest We Forget
0/0
MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary Cooper and Harry Carey, a look at Rogers' fatal tri...
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