Robert Taylor

**Robert Taylor** (August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969), was an American actor.

Born Spangler Arlington Brugh in Filley, Nebraska, U.S.. Robert Taylor was one of the greatest figures in Hollywood. His career includes the most diverse roles from war to historical movies as Bataan (1943), Quo vadis(1951). He starred as a corrupt cop in Rogue Cop (1954).

Among his best movies are Ivanhoe (1953), Above and Beyond (1952), All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953), The House of the Seven Hawks (1959).

He plays the legendary Billy the Kid in Billy the Kid (1941), one of the most successful Westerns of all time.

In 1959 Robert Taylor stars in the television series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. He played the role of Det. Capt. Matt Holbrook in 98 episodes. It was also special guest co-star in the TV movie Hondo and the Apaches (1967).

Taylor died of lung cancer.

## Filmography

|Year|movie|Role|Nota|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1934|_Handy Andy_|Lloyd Burmeister||
|1934|_The Spectacle Maker_|(uncredited)|(short)|
|1934|_There's Always Tomorrow_|Arthur White||
|1934|_A Wicked Woman_|Bill Renton||
|1935|_Society Doctor_|Dr. Tommy||
|1935|_Times Square Lady_|Steven J. Gordon||
|1935|_West Point of the Air_|Jaskarelli||
|1935|_Murder in the Fleet_|Lt. Tom Randolph||
|1935|_Broadway Melody of 1936_|Robert Gordon||
|1935|_Magnificent Obsession_|Robert Merrick||
|1936|_Small Town Girl_|Dr. Robert Dakin||
|1936|_Private Number_|Richard Winfield||
|1936|_His Brother's Wife_|Chris Claybourne||
|1936|_The Gorgeous Hussy_|Timberlake||
|1936|_Camille_|Armand Duval||
|1937|_Personal Property_|Raymond Dabney||
|1937|_This Is My Affair_|Lt. Richard L. Perry||
|1938|_Broadway Melody of 1938_|Stephan Raleigh||
|1938|_A Yank at Oxford_|Sheridan||
|1938|_Three Comrades_|Erich Lohkamp||
|1938|_The Crowd Roars_|Thomas McCoy||
|1939|_Stand Up and Fight_|Blake Cantrell||
|1939|_Lucky Night_|Bill Overton||
|1939|_Lady of the Tropics_|William Carey||
|1939|_Remember?_|Jeffrey Holland||
|1940|_Waterloo Bridge_|Roy Cronin||
|1940|_Escape_|Mark Preysing||
|1940|_Flight Command_|Ensign Alan Drake||
|1941|_Billy the Kid_|Billy Bonney||
|1941|_When Ladies Meet_|Jimmy Lee||
|1941|_Johnny Eager_|Johnny Eager||
|1942|_Her Cardboard Lover_|Terry Trindale||
|1942|_Stand by for Action_|Lieut. Gregg Masterman||
|1943|_Bataan_|Sgt. Bill Dane||
|1944|_Song of Russia_|John Meredith||
|1946|_Undercurrent_|Alan Garroway||
|1947|_High Wall_|Steven Kenet||
|1949|_The Bribe_|Rigby||
|1949|_Conspirator_|Maj. Michael Curragh||
|1950|_Ambush_|Ward Kinsman||
|1950|_Devil's Doorway_|Lance Poole||
|1951|_Quo Vadis_|Marcus Vinicius||
|1951|_Westward the Women_|Buck Wyatt||
|1952|_Ivanhoe_|Ivanhoe||
|1952|_Above and Beyond_|Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets||
|1953|_Ride, Vaquero!_|Rio||
|1953|_All the Brothers Were Valiant_|Joel Shore||
|1953|_Knights of the Round Table_|||
|1954|_Valley of the Kings_|Mark Brandon||
|1954|_Rogue Cop_|Det. Sgt. Kelvaney||
|1955|_Many Rivers to Cross_|Bushrod Gentry||
|1955|_Quentin Durward_|Quentin Durward||
|1956|_The Last Hunt_|Charlie Gilson||
|1956|_D-Day the Sixth of June_|Capt. Brad Parker||
|1956|_The Power and the Prize_|Cliff Barton||
|1957|_Tip on a Dead Jockey_|Lloyd Tredman||
|1958|_Saddle the Wind_|Steve Sinclair||
|1958|_The Law and Jake Wade_|Jake Wade||
|1958|_Party Girl_|Thomas Farrell||
|1959|_The Hangman_|Mackenzie Bovard||
|1959|_The House of the Seven Hawks_|John Nordley||
|1959|_Killers of Kilimanjaro_|Robert Adamson||
|1959/1962|_The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor_ (TV series)|Det. Capt. Matt Holbrook||
|1963|_The Robert Taylor Show_ (TV series)|Christopher Logan||
|1963|_Miracle of the White Stallions_|Col. Podhajsky||
|1963|_Cattle King_|Sam Brassfield||
|1964|_A House Is Not a Home_|Frank Costigan||
|1964|_The Night Walker_|Barry Moreland||
|1966|_Johnny Tiger_|George Dean||
|1966|_Savage Pampas_|Captain Martín||
|1967|_Return of the Gunfighter_|Ben Wyatt||
|1967|_Hondo and the Apaches_ (TV movie)|Gallagher||
|1968|_Le rouble à deux faces_|Anderson||
|1968|_Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!_|Mr. Farriday||
|1971|_La sfinge d'oro_|Prof. Karl Nichols||

## References

- Robert Taylor collection at the Nebraska State Historical Society
- Photographs of Robert Taylor

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Robert Taylor
- **image**: Robert Taylor by Russell Ball.jpg
- **birth date**: August 5, 1911
- **birth place**: Filley, Nebraska, United States, U.S.
- **death date**: June 8, 1969
- **death place**: Santa Monica, California, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **occupation**: Actor