Most Recent Role: Gordon Cahill on Walker, Texas Ranger
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birthday: 1-11-1930
Birth Name: Rodney Sturt Taylor
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birthday: 1-11-1930
Birth Name: Rodney Sturt Taylor
Parents:
William Sturt Taylor and Mona Stewart
Father of CNBC anchor Felicia Taylor (by his second wife, Mary Hilem) .
Most famous film roles were The Time Machine (1960) and The Birds (1963). Also worked with Doris Day on two films, Do Not Disturb and Glass Bottom Boat.
Has been in 5 television series, the first was Hong Kong, arguably his best show, with Bearcats!...
Most Recent Appearance
Wedding Bells (2)
Saturday 20 May 2000 on CBS
Alex and Walker make their final wedding preparations. (Second of two parts)
Rod starred in the 1960 classic The Time Machine.
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Rod twice appeared with Doris Day.
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Rod was naturalised in 1956.
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Rod emigrated to the U.S.A in 1954.
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Rod won the Rola Award for radio acting.
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Rod: When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.
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Rod: I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture.
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Rod: I was... not a hippie, not a beatnik - what are they called - a bohemian.
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Rod: I am proud to be an actor.
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Rod: Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.
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Other Appearances
| Star | |
|---|---|
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Bearcats
Hank Brackett |
Falcon Crest
Frank Agretti |
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Hong Kong
Glenn Evans |
Masquerade
Lavender |
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Outlaws (1986)
John Grail |
The Oregon Trail
Evan Thorpe |
| Recurring Role | |
|---|---|
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Falcon Crest
Frank Agretti |
Playhouse 90
Bob Castillo |
| Guest Star | |
|---|---|
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Alcoa Theatre
Capital Gains Alan Ballister |
Bus Stop
Portrait of a Hero Johnny Jones |
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Cheyenne (1955)
The Argonauts Clancy |
General Electric Theater
Early to Die Unknown |
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General Electric Theater
The Young Years Sam Tipton |
Lux Playhouse
Best House in the Valley Lee |
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Stars In
Bearcats
Welcome to the Bearcats! guide at TV.com. Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole starred as Hank Brackett and Johnny Reach, two soldiers of fortune in the American Southwest circa 1914. Hank and Johnny... more
Falcon Crest
Airing in the time slot following CBS' immensely popular Dallas, Falcon Crest sought to hold on to the soap opera addicts with yet another saga of the rich and greedy fighting for power and sex.... more Hong Kong
The British Crown Colony of Hong Kong was the locale for the adventures of Glenn Evans, an American Journalist living and working amid the intrigue of that exotic city. His search for stories led... more Masquerade
Masquerade was a stylish international action series from producer Glen A. Larson. Rod Taylor starred as Lavender, a veteran spy who was weary of seeing his comrades die at the hands of the... more Outlaws (1986)
Sheriff John Grail was mad - we hit a bank in his town. Harland Pike, me - Wolfson Lucas, William Pike, and Isaiah "Ice" McAdams, known collectively as the Pike Gang. Grail had once been... more The Oregon Trail
In 1842, Evan Thorpe and his three children leave their Illinois farm and join a wagon train heading west into the Oregon Territories to make a new life for themselves. Along the way they must deal... more
Welcome to the Bearcats! guide at TV.com. Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole starred as Hank Brackett and Johnny Reach, two soldiers of fortune in the American Southwest circa 1914. Hank and Johnny... more
Falcon CrestAiring in the time slot following CBS' immensely popular Dallas, Falcon Crest sought to hold on to the soap opera addicts with yet another saga of the rich and greedy fighting for power and sex.... more Hong Kong
The British Crown Colony of Hong Kong was the locale for the adventures of Glenn Evans, an American Journalist living and working amid the intrigue of that exotic city. His search for stories led... more Masquerade
Masquerade was a stylish international action series from producer Glen A. Larson. Rod Taylor starred as Lavender, a veteran spy who was weary of seeing his comrades die at the hands of the... more Outlaws (1986)
Sheriff John Grail was mad - we hit a bank in his town. Harland Pike, me - Wolfson Lucas, William Pike, and Isaiah "Ice" McAdams, known collectively as the Pike Gang. Grail had once been... more The Oregon Trail
In 1842, Evan Thorpe and his three children leave their Illinois farm and join a wagon train heading west into the Oregon Territories to make a new life for themselves. Along the way they must deal... more
