Robert Taylor [82216] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.4138 Birthplace: Filley, Nebraska, USA Birthday: 1911-08-05 Deathday: 1969-06-08 Age: 57 years Movies: 106 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Barbara Stanwyck: Strai1997-05-12 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire 1991-07-15 That's Entertainment, P1976-05-16 Hollywood: The Dream Fa1972-01-10 The Extraordinary Seama1969-05-14 Where Angels Go, Troubl1968-04-10 The Day the Hot Line Go1968-01-01 Hondo and the Apaches1967-09-08 The Glass Sphinx1967-05-31 Return of the Gunfighte1967-03-25 Savage Pampas1966-07-07 Johnny Tiger1966-06-15 The Night Walker1964-12-30 The Big Parade of Comed1964-09-02 A House Is Not a Home1964-08-12 Cattle King1963-07-08 Miracle of the White St1963-03-29 The House of the Seven 1959-10-29 Killers of Kilimanjaro1959-10-01 The Hangman1959-06-17 Party Girl1958-10-28 The Law and Jake Wade1958-06-06 Saddle the Wind1958-03-20 Tip on a Dead Jockey1957-09-06 The Power and the Prize1956-09-26 D-Day the Sixth of June1956-05-29 The Last Hunt1956-04-30 Quentin Durward1955-09-09 Many Rivers to Cross1955-02-04 Rogue Cop1954-09-17 Valley of the Kings1954-07-21 Knights of the Round Ta1953-12-22 All the Brothers Were V1953-11-13 Ride, Vaquero!1953-07-17 I Love Melvin1953-03-20 Above and Beyond1953-01-02 The Hoaxters1952-12-05 Ivanhoe1952-07-31 Westward the Women1951-12-16 Quo Vadis1951-11-08 Rome, the Eternal City1951-01-21 Devil's Doorway1950-09-15 The Fighting Lady's Fam1950-08-13 Screen Actors1950-05-13 Ambush1950-01-13 Conspirator1949-07-28 The Bribe1949-02-03 The Secret Land1948-10-22 High Wall1947-12-17 Performers arrive in Ha1947-12-12 Undercurrent1946-11-11 Primary Flight Training1945-12-12 Primary Flight Training1945-12-12 Primary Flight Training1945-11-16 Primary Flight Training1945-10-04 Primary Flight Training1945-04-04 Primary Flight Training1945-03-12 Primary Flight Training1945-01-01 Primary Flight Instruct1945-01-01 The Fighting Lady1944-12-21 Primary Flight Training1944-03-13 Song of Russia1944-02-10 Bataan1943-06-03 The Youngest Profession1943-02-26 Stand by for Action1942-12-31 Her Cardboard Lover1942-07-16 Johnny Eager1941-12-09 When Ladies Meet1941-08-29 Billy the Kid1941-05-30 Flight Command1940-12-27 Escape1940-11-01 A New Romance of Cellul1940-10-24 Trifles of Importance1940-07-13 Hollywood: Style Center1940-05-29 Waterloo Bridge1940-05-17 Remember?1939-12-19 Lady of the Tropics1939-08-11 From the Ends of the Ea1939-05-28 Lucky Night1939-05-05 Stand Up and Fight1939-01-06 The Crowd Roars1938-08-06 Hollywood Goes to Town1938-07-07 Three Comrades1938-06-02 A Yank at Oxford1938-02-18 The Romance of Celluloi1937-08-27 Broadway Melody of 19381937-08-20 This Is My Affair1937-05-28 Lest We Forget1937-05-01 Personal Property1937-03-19 Camille1936-12-26 The Gorgeous Hussy1936-08-28 His Brother's Wife1936-08-07 Private Number1936-06-05 Small Town Girl1936-04-10 Magnificent Obsession1935-12-30 La Fiesta de Santa Barb1935-12-07 Broadway Melody of 19361935-09-18 Murder in the Fleet1935-05-24 West Point of the Air1935-03-23 Times Square Lady1935-03-08 Society Doctor1935-01-25 Buried Loot1935-01-19 A Wicked Woman1934-12-07 There's Always Tomorrow1934-11-01 The Spectacle Maker1934-09-20 Handy Andy1934-07-19