• Name: Rod Taylor
• Date of Birth: January 11, 1930
• Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography: Suave and handsome Australian actor who came to Hollywood in the 1950s, and built himself up from a supporting actor into taking the lead in several well remembered movies. Arguably his most fondly re...( read more )membered role was that as George the inventor in George Pal's spectacular The Time Machine (1960). As the movie finished with George, and his best friend Filby Alan Young seemingly parting forever, both actors were brought back together in 1993 to film a 30 minute epilogue to the original movie! Taylor's virile, matinée idol looks also assisted him in scoring the lead of Mitch Brenner in Alfred Hitchcock creepy thriller The Birds (1963), the lead role of Mike Mitchell in the romantic tale of Sunday in New York (1963), and another romantic lead opposite Doris Day in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966). Taylor also appeared in many westerns and action movies during the 1960s; however, none of them were much better than "B pictures" and failed to push his star to the next level. Aditionally, Taylor was cast as the lead in several TV series including "Bearcats!" (1971), "Masquerade" (1983), and "Outlaws" (1986); however, none of them truly ignited viewer interest, and they were canceled after only one or two seasons. Most fans would agree that Rod Taylor's last great role was in the wonderful Australian film The Picture Show Man (1977), about a traveling side show bringing "moving pictures" to remote towns in the Australian outback.

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  i liked it tooo!!
  i think it was just because of rod taylor though.haha
  :)

  posted 174 days ago
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  stephengmoss

  This guy is in probably my most fave film of all time.
  
  The Time Machine(1960), don't ask me why I like the original so much...I don't really know I just love it.

  posted 506 days ago

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• Welcome to Woop Woop (The Big Red) (R, 1998)
• Time to Die (Unrated, 1982)
• Cry of the Innocent (Unrated, 1980)
• The Deadly Trackers (PG, 1973)
• The Train Robbers (PG, 1973)
• Man in the Wilderness (PG, 1971)
• The Mercenaries (Dark of the Sun) (Unrated, 1968)
• Chuka (Unrated, 1967)
• The Glass Bottom Boat (Unrated, 1966)
• 36 Hours (Unrated, 1965)

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