Robert Taylor

Career timeline

1. 1911 · Born

   Born in Filley, Nebraska, USA

2. 1934 · Screen debut

   The Spectacle Maker (Movie)

3. 1951 · Breakthrough

   Quo Vadis (Movie)

4. 1969 · Died

   June 8, 1969

5. 1990 · Latest release

   Yellowthread Street (TV)

Career in numbers

23 1930s

16 1940s

28 1950s

11 1960s

1 1970s

1 1990s

• Drama48
• Romance28
• Western16
• Comedy15
• Adventure10
• Crime9

Highest-rated title Waterloo Bridge 1940 7.5 Most popular title The Detectives 1959 6.7

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Taylor in our catalogue.

Binnie Barnes

4 titles together

Robert Surtees

4 titles together

Mervyn LeRoy

3 titles together

Greer Garson

3 titles together

John Hodiak

3 titles together

Karl Freund

3 titles together

Ava Gardner

3 titles together

Brian Donlevy

3 titles together

Edward Arnold

3 titles together

Bronislau Kaper

3 titles together

1. 1990 Yellowthread Street as Det. Peter Marenta TV
2. 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage) 7.0 Movie
3. 1968 Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group Movie
4. 1968 The Day the Hot Line Got Hot as Anderson Movie
5. 1967 Hondo and the Apaches as Gallagher Movie
6. 1967 The Glass Sphinx as Prof. Karl Nichols Movie
7. 1967 Return of the Gunfighter as Ben Wyatt 6.1 Movie
8. 1966 Savage Pampas as Captain Martín Movie
9. 1964 The Night Walker as Barry Moreland 6.4 Movie
10. 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage) Movie
11. 1964 A House Is Not a Home as Frank Costigan Movie
12. 1963 Cattle King as Sam Brassfield Movie
13. 1963 Miracle of the White Stallions as Col. Podhajsky 5.8 Movie
14. 1959 The House of the Seven Hawks as John Nordley Movie
15. 1959 The Detectives as Captain Matt Holbrook TV
16. 1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro as Robert Adamson Movie
17. 1959 The Hangman as Mackenzie Bovard 6.5 Movie
18. 1958 Party Girl as Tommy Farrell 6.8 Movie
19. 1958 The Law and Jake Wade as Jake Wade 6.6 Movie
20. 1958 Saddle the Wind as Steve Sinclair 6.7 Movie
21. 1957 The Thin Man TV
22. 1957 Tip on a Dead Jockey as Lloyd Tredman Movie
23. 1956 The Power and the Prize as Cliff Barton Movie
24. 1956 D-Day the Sixth of June as Capt. Brad Parker 5.3 Movie
25. 1956 The Last Hunt as Charlie Gilson 6.9 Movie
26. 1955 Quentin Durward as Quentin Durward Movie
27. 1955 Many Rivers to Cross as Bushrod Gentry Movie
28. 1954 Rogue Cop as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney Movie
29. 1954 Valley of the Kings as Mark Brandon 4.9 Movie
30. 1953 Knights of the Round Table as Lancelot 6.0 Movie
31. 1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant as Joel Shore Movie
32. 1953 Ride, Vaquero! as Rio 6.1 Movie
33. 1953 I Love Melvin as Robert Taylor 6.2 Movie
34. 1953 Above and Beyond as Lt. Col Paul W. Tibbets Movie
35. 1952 The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice) Movie
36. 1952 Death Valley Days as Shanghai Kelly TV
37. 1952 Ivanhoe as Wilfred of Ivanhoe 6.8 Movie
38. 1951 Westward the Women as Buck Wyatt 7.0 Movie
39. 1951 Quo Vadis as Marcus Vinicius 7.1 Movie
40. 1950 Devil's Doorway as Lance Poole 6.9 Movie
41. 1950 Ambush as Ward Kinsman Movie
42. 1949 Conspirator as Major Michael Curragh 5.8 Movie
43. 1949 The Bribe as Rigby 6.3 Movie
44. 1947 High Wall as Steven Kenet 6.4 Movie
45. 1946 Undercurrent as Alan Garroway 5.9 Movie
46. 1944 The Fighting Lady as Narrator Movie
47. 1944 Song of Russia as John Meredith Movie
48. 1943 Bataan as Sgt. Bill Dane 6.4 Movie
49. 1943 The Youngest Profession as Robert Taylor Movie
50. 1942 Stand by for Action as Lieut. Gregg Masterman Movie
51. 1942 Her Cardboard Lover as Terry Trindale Movie
52. 1941 Johnny Eager as Johnny Eager 6.2 Movie
53. 1941 When Ladies Meet as Jimmy Lee Movie
54. 1941 Billy the Kid as Billy Bonney 5.3 Movie
55. 1940 Flight Command as Ens. Alan Drake Movie
56. 1940 Escape as Mark Preysing Movie
57. 1940 Waterloo Bridge as Roy Cronin 7.5 Movie
58. 1939 Remember? as Jeff Holland Movie
59. 1939 Lady of the Tropics as William 'Bill' Carey Movie
60. 1939 Stand Up and Fight as Blake Cantrell Movie
61. 1938 The Crowd Roars as 'Killer' McCoy Movie
62. 1938 Three Comrades as Erich Lohkamp 7.2 Movie
63. 1938 A Yank at Oxford as Lee Sheridan Movie
64. 1937 Broadway Melody of 1938 as Steve Raleigh Movie
65. 1937 This Is My Affair as Lt. Richard L. Perry Movie
66. 1937 Personal Property as Raymond Dabney Movie
67. 1936 Camille as Armand Duval 7.0 Movie
68. 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy as 'Bow' Timberlake Movie
69. 1936 His Brother's Wife as Chris Claybourne Movie
70. 1936 Private Number as Richard Winfield Movie
71. 1936 Small Town Girl as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Dakin Movie
72. 1935 Magnificent Obsession as Dr. Robert Merrick 7.4 Movie
73. 1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 as Robert Gordon 6.5 Movie
74. 1935 Murder in the Fleet as Lieutenant Tom Randolph Movie
75. 1935 West Point of the Air as 'Jasky' Jaskarelli Movie
76. 1935 Society Doctor as Dr. Ellis Movie
77. 1935 Buried Loot as Albert 'Al' Douglas (uncredited) Movie
78. 1934 A Wicked Woman as Bill Renton Movie
79. 1934 There's Always Tomorrow as Arthur White Movie
80. 1934 The Spectacle Maker as The Duchess's Paramour Movie

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