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Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (born 11 January 1930 – 7 January 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.
Known For
Inglourious Basterds
(2009)
Winston Churchill
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
(1961)
Pongo (voice)
The Birds
(1963)
Mitch Brenner
Giant
(1956)
Sir David Karfrey
The Liquidator
(1965)
Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
The Time Machine
(1960)
H. George Wells
36 Hours
(1964)
Major Walter Gerber
Zabriskie Point
(1970)
Lee Allen
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Mike Mitchell
Dark of the Sun
(1968)
Curry
Not Quite Hollywood
(2008)
Self
The Glass Bottom Boat
(1966)
Bruce Templeton
Raintree County
(1957)
Garwood B. Jones
A Gathering of Eagles
(1963)
Col. Hollis Farr
The Train Robbers
(1973)
Grady
The Catered Affair
(1956)
Ralph Halloran
Full Filmography
Acting
Inland with Sturt
(1951)
George McLeay
King of the Coral Sea
(1954)
Jack Janiero
Long John Silver
(1954)
Israel Hands
Top Gun
(1955)
Lem Sutter
Hell on Frisco Bay
(1955)
John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
The Virgin Queen
(1955)
Cpl. Gwilym
The Catered Affair
(1956)
Ralph Halloran
World Without End
(1956)
Herbert Ellis
Giant
(1956)
Sir David Karfrey
Raintree County
(1957)
Garwood B. Jones
The Great Gatsby
(1958)
Nick Carraway
Step Down to Terror
(1958)
Mike Randall
Separate Tables
(1958)
Charles
Ask Any Girl
(1959)
Ross Taford
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
(1960)
Pirro
The Time Machine
(1960)
H. George Wells
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
(1961)
Pongo (voice)
Seven Seas to Calais
(1962)
Sir Francis Drake
The V.I.P.s
(1963)
Les Mangrum
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Mike Mitchell
The Birds
(1963)
Mitch Brenner
A Gathering of Eagles
(1963)
Col. Hollis Farr
36 Hours
(1964)
Major Walter Gerber
Fate Is the Hunter
(1964)
Captain Jack Savage
Do Not Disturb
(1965)
Mike Harper
The Liquidator
(1965)
Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
Young Cassidy
(1965)
John Cassidy
Every Girl's Dream
(1966)
Self
The Glass Bottom Boat
(1966)
Bruce Templeton
Chuka
(1967)
Chuka
Hotel
(1967)
Peter McDermott
Nobody Runs Forever
(1968)
Scobie Malone
The Hell with Heroes
(1968)
Brynie MacKay
Dark of the Sun
(1968)
Curry
Darker Than Amber
(1970)
Travis McGee
Zabriskie Point
(1970)
Lee Allen
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
(1970)
Peter Reaney
Powderkeg
(1971)
Hank Brackett
Family Flight
(1972)
Jason Carlyle
Trader Horn
(1973)
Trader Horn
The Deadly Trackers
(1973)
Frank Brand
Wayne Train
(1973)
Self
The Train Robbers
(1973)
Grady
The Heroes
(1973)
Lieutenant Bob Robson
Hell River
(1974)
Marko
A Matter of Wife... and Death
(1975)
Shamus McCoy
Vortex
(1976)
Christopher Tauling
US Against the World
(1977)
Self
The Picture Show Man
(1977)
Palmer
Jamaican Gold
(1979)
Marian Casey
Cry of the Innocent
(1980)
Steve Donegin
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
(1981)
'Black Jack' Bouvier
Hellinger's Law
(1981)
Clint Tolliver
Disney's Halloween Treat
(1982)
Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
(1982)
Edward Adeane
A Time To Die
(1982)
Jack Bailey
On the Run
(1983)
Mr. Payatta
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Mitch Brenner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marbella
(1985)
Commander W.P. Anderson
Half Nelson
(1985)
Mask of Murder
(1985)
Supt. Bob McLaine
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
(1986)
Self
Palomino
(1991)
Bill King
Grass Roots
(1992)
Gen. Willoughby
Time Machine: The Journey Back
(1993)
Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles
Open Season
(1995)
Billy Patrick
The Point of Betrayal
(1995)
Ted Kitteridge
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
(1996)
General Sorenson
Welcome to Woop Woop
(1998)
Daddy-O
All About 'The Birds'
(2000)
Self
Kaw
(2007)
Doc
Not Quite Hollywood
(2008)
Self
Inglourious Basterds
(2009)
Winston Churchill
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
(2017)
Himself
Production
Writing