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), ...
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Complete Filmography
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellen...
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marooned sailors discover a World War II ship haunted by its late captain.
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group
Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls on a bus trip across the country.
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
1968
as Anderson
The most ultra-secret telephone number of all is that of the "Hot'Line' that links the heads of state of the United States and Moscow. A conniving dou...
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
as Gallagher
Two episodes from the TV series "Hondo" edited together and released as a feature.
The Glass Sphinx
1967
as Prof. Karl Nichols
An archaeologist is in danger because of his discoveries.
Return of the Gunfighter
1967
as Ben Wyatt
A gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents.
Savage Pampas
1966
as Captain Martín
An army captain in Argentina learns why his lonely men are deserting to an outlaw's gaucho gang.
Johnny Tiger
1966
as George Dean
Teacher George Dean (Robert Taylor) packs up his children to accept a job instructing Native American children on a Seminole reservation in Florida.
The Night Walker
1964
as Barry Moreland
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
A House Is Not a Home
1964
as Frank Costigan
Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful bordello madams of the 1920s.
Cattle King
1963
as Sam Brassfield
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963
as Col. Podhajsky
In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But ...
The House of the Seven Hawks
1959
as John Nordley
A ship's captain gets mixed up with murder during the hunt for lost Nazi treasure.
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
as Robert Adamson
An American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared. While t...
The Hangman
1959
as Mackenzie Bovard
A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town....
Party Girl
1958
as Tommy Farrell
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realiz...
The Law and Jake Wade
1958
as Jake Wade
Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, an...
Saddle the Wind
1958
as Steve Sinclair
Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives on the ...
Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957
as Lloyd Tredman
Broke and about to divorce his wife, a pilot joins a smuggling scheme in postwar Madrid.
The Power and the Prize
1956
as Cliff Barton
An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956
as Capt. Brad Parker
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
The Last Hunt
1956
as Charlie Gilson
A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.
Quentin Durward
1955
as Quentin Durward
During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The plan...
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
as Bushrod Gentry
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this...
Rogue Cop
1954
as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
A police detective on the take tries to catch his brother's killer.
Valley of the Kings
1954
as Mark Brandon
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to he...
Knights of the Round Table
1953
as Lancelot
In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's...
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
as Joel Shore
In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
as Rio
Ranchers in New Mexico have to face Indians and bandits.
I Love Melvin
1953
as Himself, Cameo Appearance in Judy's Dream
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and ...
Above and Beyond
1953
as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he ...
The Hoaxters
1952
as Narrator (voice)
A 1952 American documentary film written by Herman Hoffman, about the threat posed by communism to the American way of life.
Ivanhoe
1952
as Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of Kin...
Westward the Women
1951
as Buck Wyatt
There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order b...
Quo Vadis
1951
as Marcus Vinicius
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...
Rome, the Eternal City
1951
as Self
A Traveltalk style documentary look at Rome.
Devil's Doorway
1950
as Lance Poole
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
The Fighting Lady's Family
1950
as Narrator (voice)
In this documentary short film, a link is described between the U.S. Navy forces of World War II and the advance Navy of 1950. After illustrating the ...
Screen Actors
1950
as Self (uncredited)
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Ambush
1950
as Ward Kinsman
A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.
Conspirator
1949
as Major Michael Curragh
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.
The Bribe
1949
as Rigby
United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.
The Secret Land
1948
as Narrator
This documentary, filmed entirely by military photographers, recounts the U.S. Navy's 1946-47 expedition to Antarctica, known as Operation High Jump. ...
High Wall
1947
as Steven Kenet
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county ...
Performers arrive in Hampshire
1947
as Self
Movie stars are interviewed on a boat in 1947 in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Undercurrent
1946
as Alan Garroway
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant...
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
1945
as Lt. Taylor
This documentary short film is intended to instruct U.S. Navy pilot trainees in the proper preparation of their airplane and their equipment prior to ...
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
1945
as Lt. Taylor
In this documentary short film for the U.S. Navy, proper spin and stall techniques for pilot trainees are explored. After Cadet McDribble nearly colli...
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
1945
Director
In this documentary short film for the U.S. Navy, proper spin and stall techniques for pilot trainees are explored. After Cadet McDribble nearly colli...
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
1945
Director
This documentary short film is intended to instruct U.S. Navy pilot trainees in the proper preparation of their airplane and their equipment prior to ...
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
1945
as Lt. Taylor
In this continuation of a prior government documentary short film, a pilot trainee continues his first flight instruction. His instructor demonstrates...
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
1945
Director
In this continuation of a prior government documentary short film, a pilot trainee continues his first flight instruction. His instructor demonstrates...
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
1945
as Instructor
In this documentary short film from the U.S. Navy, a naval flight instructor demonstrates to a pair of cadet pilot trainees the proper means of mainta...
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
1945
Director
In this documentary short film from the U.S. Navy, a naval flight instructor demonstrates to a pair of cadet pilot trainees the proper means of mainta...
Primary Flight Training: Landings
1945
as Lt. Taylor
In this government documentary short film, a Navy lieutenant explains the proper procedures for standard "stall" landings. Illustrating the nose-up at...
Primary Flight Training: Landings
1945
Director
In this government documentary short film, a Navy lieutenant explains the proper procedures for standard "stall" landings. Illustrating the nose-up at...
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
1945
as Lt. Taylor
This documentary short film is one of a series of U.S. Navy training films instructing new pilots on flight technique. In this, an instructor lectures...
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
1945
Director
This documentary short film is one of a series of U.S. Navy training films instructing new pilots on flight technique. In this, an instructor lectures...
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
1945
as Lt. Taylor
In this government documentary short film for the U.S. Navy, pilot trainees are instructed in the basics of take-off preparation, including the plane ...
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
1945
as Instructor
In this government documentary short film, a U.S. Navy flight instructor demonstrates to a young pilot trainee the proper methods for taxiing an aircr...
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
1945
Director
In this government documentary short film, a U.S. Navy flight instructor demonstrates to a young pilot trainee the proper methods for taxiing an aircr...
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
1945
Director
In this government documentary short film for the U.S. Navy, pilot trainees are instructed in the basics of take-off preparation, including the plane ...
The Fighting Lady
1944
as Narrator
Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 "newsdrama," narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the...
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
1944
as Lt. Robert Taylor
Two young pilot trainees arrive for primary flight training and meet their instructor, Navy pilot Lt. Taylor. Lt. Taylor talks to the men about the ne...
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
1944
Director
Two young pilot trainees arrive for primary flight training and meet their instructor, Navy pilot Lt. Taylor. Lt. Taylor talks to the men about the ne...
Song of Russia
1944
as John Meredith
American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in l...
Bataan
1943
as Sgt. Bill Dane
During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destr...
The Youngest Profession
1943
as Robert Taylor
Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson a...
Stand by for Action
1942
as Lieut. Gregg Masterman
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yach...
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
as Terry Trindale
A flirt tries to make her fiancée jealous by hiring a gigolo.
Johnny Eager
1941
as Johnny Eager
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
When Ladies Meet
1941
as Jimmy Lee
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces...
Billy the Kid
1941
as Billy Bonney
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Ke...
Flight Command
1940
as Ens. Alan Drake
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression ...
Escape
1940
as Mark Preysing
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess h...
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...
Trifles of Importance
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number 7...
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother ...
Waterloo Bridge
1940
as Roy Cronin
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ...
Remember?
1939
as Jeff Holland
Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But Jeff...
Lady of the Tropics
1939
as William 'Bill' Carey
Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at t...
Lucky Night
1939
as Bill Overton
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The ...
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Blake Cantrell
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
The Crowd Roars
1938
as 'Killer' McCoy
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...
Three Comrades
1938
as Erich Lohkamp
A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their ...
A Yank at Oxford
1938
as Lee Sheridan
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are...
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Steve Raleigh
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve...
This Is My Affair
1937
as Lt. Richard L. Perry
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Pa...
Lest We Forget
1937
as Himself
MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary Cooper and Harry Carey, a look at Rogers' fatal tri...
Personal Property
1937
as Raymond Dabney
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow ...
Camille
1936
as Armand Duval
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert t...
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as 'Bow' Timberlake
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who i...
His Brother's Wife
1936
as Chris Claybourne
Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no goo...
Private Number
1936
as Richard Winfield
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler a...
Small Town Girl
1936
as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dak...
Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Dr. Robert Merrick
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awar...
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
as Robert Gordon
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is t...
Murder in the Fleet
1935
as Lieutenant Tom Randolph
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of te...
West Point of the Air
1935
as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
Times Square Lady
1935
as Steve Gordon
A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir ...
Society Doctor
1935
as Dr. Ellis
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
Buried Loot
1935
as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited)
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
A Wicked Woman
1934
as Bill Renton
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed...
There's Always Tomorrow
1934
as Arthur White
Ignored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a former female employee.
The Spectacle Maker
1934
as The Duchess's Paramour
A parable about magic glasses involving on the nature of beauty, truth, good, and evil set in 17th Century Germany with music and Glorious Technicolor...
Handy Andy
1934
as Lloyd Burmeister
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty y...