Rod Taylor
Appearance
Rod Taylor | |
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![]() Taylor inThe V.I.P.s,(1963) | |
Born | Rodney Sturt Taylor 11 January 1930 |
Died | 7 January 2015 | (aged 84)
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Education | Parramatta High School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1951–2015 |
Spouse(s) |
Peggy Williams (m.1951–1954)Mary Hilem (m.1963–1969)Carol Kikumura (m.1980–2015) |
Children | Felicia Taylor(born 1964) |
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor(11 January 1930[1]– 7 January 2015[2]) was anAustralianactor of movie and television. He appeared in over 50 movies, including leading roles inThe Time Machine,Seven Seas to Calais,The Birds,Sunday in New York,Young Cassidy,Dark of the Sun,The Liquidator,andThe Train Robbers.
Taylor suffered aheart attackand died on 7 January 2015 inLos Angeles,California,United States,at the age of 84.[3]
Filmography
[change|change source]TV shows
[change|change source]Taylor has had several lead roles in television, from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. Among his TV shows are:
- The Twilight Zone(1959, CBS)
- Hong Kongwith co-starLloyd Bochner(1960, ABC)
- Bearcats!(1971, CBS)
- The Oregon Trailas Evan Thorpe, awidowertaking his three children from theirIllinoisfarm to thePacific Northwestby way of theOregon Trail(1977, NBC)
- Masquerade(1983)
- Outlaws(1986)
References
[change|change source]- ↑Sydney Morning Herald,Birth Announcements, Saturday 18 January 1930, page 16
- ↑Courier-Mail,9 January 2015, Australian actor Rod Taylor dead at 84, legendary star suffers a heart attack at LA home
- ↑"Rod Taylor, 'The Birds' and 'The Time Machine' Star, Dies at 84".Variety.8 January 2015.Retrieved8 January2015.