
Rod Taylor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1930
- Died
- January 7, 2015
- Birthplace
- Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (January 11, 1930 – January 7, 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.
Filmography

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies 2022
as Self - (archive footage)

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches 2017
as Self

Inglourious Basterds 2009
as Winston Churchill

Not Quite Hollywood 2008
as Self

Kaw 2007
as Doc

All About 'The Birds' 2000
as Self

Welcome to Woop Woop 1998
as Daddy-O
- Death on the Oregon Trail
Death on the Oregon Trail 1998
Actor

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy 1996
as General Sorenson

Open Season 1995
as Billy Patrick

The Point of Betrayal 1995
as Ted Kitteridge

Time Machine: The Journey Back 1993
as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles

Grass Roots 1992
as Gen. Willoughby

Palomino 1991
as Bill King

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal 1986
as Self

Mask of Murder 1985
as Supt. Bob McLaine

Marbella 1985
as Commander W.P. Anderson

Half Nelson 1985
Actor

On the Run 1983
as Mr. Payatta

Disney's Halloween Treat 1982
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982
as Edward Adeane

A Time to Die 1982
as Jack Bailey

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy 1981
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier

Hellinger's Law 1981
as Clint Tolliver

Cry of the Innocent 1980
as Steve Donegin

Jamaican Gold 1979
as Marian Casey, Screenplay

US Against the World 1977
as Self

The Picture Show Man 1977
as Palmer

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars 1976
as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)

Vortex 1976
as Christopher Tauling

A Matter of Wife... and Death 1975
as Shamus McCoy

Hell River 1974
as Marko

The Deadly Trackers 1973
as Frank Brand

Trader Horn 1973
as Trader Horn

The Heroes 1973
as Lieutenant Bob Robson

Wayne Train 1973
as Self

The Train Robbers 1973
as Grady

Family Flight 1972
as Jason Carlyle

Powderkeg 1971
as Hank Brackett

Darker Than Amber 1970
as Travis McGee

The Man Who Had Power Over Women 1970
as Peter Reaney

Zabriskie Point 1970
as Lee Allen

The Hell with Heroes 1968
as Brynie MacKay

Nobody Runs Forever 1968
as Scobie Malone

Dark of the Sun 1968
as Curry

Chuka 1967
as Chuka, Producer

Hotel 1967
as Peter McDermott

Lionpower from MGM 1967
as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Catalina Island
Catalina Island 1966
as Self

The Glass Bottom Boat 1966
as Bruce Templeton

Every Girl's Dream 1966
as Self

Do Not Disturb 1965
as Mike Harper

The Liquidator 1965
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland 1965
as self

Young Cassidy 1965
as John Cassidy

36 Hours 1964
as Major Walter Gerber

Fate Is the Hunter 1964
as Captain Jack Savage

Sunday in New York 1963
as Mike Mitchell

The V.I.P.s 1963
as Les Mangrum

A Gathering of Eagles 1963
as Col. Hollis Farr

The Birds 1963
as Mitch Brenner

Seven Seas to Calais 1962
as Sir Francis Drake

One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961
as Pongo (voice)

Colossus and the Amazon Queen 1960
as Pirro

The Time Machine 1960
as H. George Wells

Ask Any Girl 1959
as Ross Taford

Separate Tables 1958
as Charles

Step Down to Terror 1958
as Mike Randall

The Great Gatsby 1958
as Nick Carraway

Raintree County 1957
as Garwood B. Jones

Giant 1956
as David Karfrey

The Catered Affair 1956
as Ralph Halloran

World Without End 1956
as Herbert Ellis

Hell on Frisco Bay 1955
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)

Top Gun 1955
as Lem Sutter

The Virgin Queen 1955
as Cpl. Gwilym

Long John Silver 1954
as Israel Hands

King of the Coral Sea 1954
as Jack Janiero
- Inland with Sturt
Inland with Sturt 1951
as George McLeay
Credits from TMDB.