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

Category:Actors from Nebraska
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:Cancer deaths in the United States
Category:Deaths from lung cancer
Category:1911 births
Category:1969 deaths