
Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor who was one of the most popular leading men of his time. Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He won his first leading role the following year in Magnificent Obsession. His popularity increased during the late 1930s and 1940s with appearances in A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Bataan (1943). During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Air Corps, where he worked as a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the ABC series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. In 1966, he took over hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series Death Valley Days. Taylor was married to actress Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951. He married actress Ursula Thiess in 1954, and they had two children. A chain smoker, Taylor was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 1968. He died of the disease on June 8, 1969 at the age of 57.

Song of Russia

There's Always Tomorrow

The Real Charlie Chaplin

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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

The Thin Man

Escape

This Is My Affair

Magnificent Obsession

Three Comrades

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Westward the Women

The Romance of Celluloid

Hollywood Goes to Town

What's My Line?

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That's Entertainment, Part II

Devil's Doorway

Personal Property

The Last Hunt

Party Girl

Stand by for Action

Hondo and the Apaches

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Ivanhoe

When Ladies Meet

A Yank at Oxford

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

The Law and Jake Wade

The Night Walker

Lucky Night

The Big Parade of Comedy

Saddle the Wind

Private Number

The Crowd Roars

Hondo

Bataan

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Death Valley Days

The Hangman

Murder in the Fleet

Society Doctor

La sfinge d'oro

High Wall

Many Rivers to Cross

The Bribe

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Cattle King

The Merv Griffin Show

The Fighting Lady

The Detectives

Lady of the Tropics

Johnny Eager

Above and Beyond

Tip on a Dead Jockey

Return of the Gunfighter

I Love Melvin

Ride, Vaquero!

Trifles of Importance

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

Knights of the Round Table

The House of the Seven Hawks

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

West Point of the Air

Buried Loot

Killers of Kilimanjaro

Times Square Lady

Yellowthread Street

Small Town Girl

Undercurrent

The Secret Land

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Miracle of the White Stallions

Stand Up and Fight

Remember?

Conspirator

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Flight Command

His Brother's Wife

The Spectacle Maker

Quentin Durward

The Power and the Prize

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

The Mike Douglas Show

Rogue Cop

The Gorgeous Hussy

D-Day the Sixth of June

Billy the Kid

Ambush

Savage Pampas

Le rouble à deux faces

The Youngest Profession

Valley of the Kings

Her Cardboard Lover

A House Is Not a Home

A Wicked Woman

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

The Extraordinary Seaman

Handy Andy

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

Johnny Tiger

From the Ends of the Earth

Rome, the Eternal City

Lest We Forget

Recoil

MGM Parade