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Rod Taylor is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Australien born on 11 january 1930 at Sydney (Australie)

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor
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Birth name Rodney Sturt Taylor
Nationality Australie
Birth 11 january 1930 at Sydney (Australie)
Death 7 january 2015 (at 84 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, Darker Than Amber, and The Train Robbers.

Biography

Taylor married his third wife, Carol Kikumura, on 15 October 1980. He is the father of CNN financial reporter Felicia Taylor (born 1964), from his second marriage to model Mary Hilem (1 June 1963 – 18 September 1969). His first wife was model Peggy Williams (1951–1954).

Best films

One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
(1961)
(Actor) The V.I.P.s
The V.I.P.s
(1963)
(Actor) The Birds
The Birds
(1963)
(Actor) The Time Machine
The Time Machine
(1960)
(Actor)

Usually with

William J. Tuttle
William J. Tuttle
(8 films)
John Wayne
John Wayne
(1 films)
Franklin Eugene Milton
Franklin Eugene Milton
(6 films)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
(4 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Rod Taylor (63 films)

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Actor

Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
, 2h33
Directed by Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Hitler, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Alternate history films
Actors Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl
Roles Winston Churchill
Rating82% 4.114284.114284.114284.114284.11428
In 1941, SS colonel Hans Landa, the "Jew Hunter", interrogates French dairy farmer Perrier LaPadite as to the whereabouts of the last unaccounted-for Jewish family in the neighborhood. Under threat of continued harassment from the Germans, LaPadite reveals that the Dreyfus family is hidden under the floor. Landa orders SS soldiers to shoot through the floorboards and kill the family. All are killed except Shosanna, who escapes and flees through the field. Landa watches her go, deciding not to shoot her at the last second.
Not Quite Hollywood
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
, 1h43
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Phillip Adams, Christine Amor, Steve Bisley, Glory Annen Clibbery, Jamie Blanks, Graeme Blundell
Roles Self
Rating75% 3.7905453.7905453.7905453.7905453.790545
Not Quite Hollywood documents the revival of Australian cinema during the Australian New Wave of the 1970s and '80s through B-movies including Alvin Purple, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Dead-End Drive In, Long Weekend, Mad Max, The Man from Hong Kong, Patrick, Razorback, Road Games, Stork and Turkey Shoot. From 1971 through to the late 1980s, Australian directors began to take advantage of the newly introduced R-rating which allowed more on-screen nudity, sex and violence for audiences restricted to age 18 and over. "Ozploitation"—writer-director Mark Hartley's own portmanteau of "Australian exploitation"—was a subgenre of the New Wave which accounted for the critically panned "gross-out comedies, sex romps, action and road movies, teen films, westerns, thrillers and horror films" of the era, commonly overlooked in Australia's "official film history". The film addresses three main categories of "Ozploitation" films: sex, horror and action.
Kaw
Kaw (2007)
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about birds
Actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Kristin Booth, Stephen McHattie, Rod Taylor, John Ralston, Megan Park
Roles Doc
Rating43% 2.158612.158612.158612.158612.15861
A shunned farmer attempts to warn his neighbors of an impending besiegement by crazed ravens, A small town sheriff and the trapped citizens of the town must band together to survive.
All About 'The Birds'
All About 'The Birds' (1999)
, 1h20
Directed by Laurent Bouzereau
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Veronica Cartwright, Patricia Hitchcock, Peter Bogdanovich, Alfred Hitchcock
Roles Self
Rating76% 3.8497453.8497453.8497453.8497453.849745
Documentaire sur le tournage du film d'Alfred Hitchcock de 1963 "Les Oiseaux" ('The Birds').
Welcome to Woop Woop
Welcome to Woop Woop (1998)
, 1h37
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Origin Australie
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Johnathon Schaech, Rod Taylor, Susie Porter, Dee Smart, Richard Moir, Maggie Kirkpatrick
Roles Daddy-O
Rating57% 2.852552.852552.852552.852552.85255
Teddy (Johnathon Schaech) is a New York bird smuggler who goes to Australia to replace a flock of escaped birds after a deal goes awry. While there, he has a wild liaison with a quirky, sexually ravenous girl, Angie (Susie Porter), who after a brief courtship knocks him unconscious and kidnaps him. When he awakes he finds himself "married" to her - not legally - and stranded in Woop Woop, a desolate, dilapidated town hidden within a crater-like rock formation in Aboriginal territory. The residents are people who lived there at an asbestos mining camp before the land was handed over to the Aborigines; following a tragedy in 1979, Woop Woop was abandoned and literally "erased" from the Australian map. Not content with the deal given to them by the mining company (from Fremantle), they opted to return to their old lives in Woop Woop. At first they repopulated themselves incestuously, which caused wide mental instability. A rule was then enacted ("Rule #3") which bans residents from sleeping with their relatives. Since then, outsiders like Teddy have been occasionally kidnapped to keep Woop Woop populated.
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1996)
, 1h37
Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera
Actors John Corbett, Carolyn McCormick, John Pyper-Ferguson, Elisabeth Harnois, J. Madison Wright Morris, Rod Taylor
Roles General Sorenson
Rating52% 2.618212.618212.618212.618212.61821
The story takes place several centuries in the future. Mankind has colonized the entire solar system and beyond, and hardships such as war, disease, hunger, and overpopulation have been eliminated. However, boredom spread rapidly throughout the galaxy and as a result, interstellar war broke out. The two opposing factions were the Galactic Republic and the Rebels. While the Rebels eventually defeated the Galactic Republic because of their far greater numbers, the former were no better off; the aftermath of that war was a new Dark Age. Houses, plantations, and, more importantly, most books were destroyed in the war, and knowledge of interstellar travel was mostly lost, available only to a privileged few. Mankind, in the film, had made much progress, only to be rewarded with "third world" living conditions, despite people still possessing very advanced computers.
Palomino
Palomino (1991)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lindsay Frost, Lee Horsley, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Michael Greene, Peter Bergman
Roles Bill King
Rating57% 2.8520952.8520952.8520952.8520952.852095
Belle et intelligente, Samantha est une jeune femme heureuse. Mariée depuis sept ans au présentateur vedette de télévision John Taylor dont elle est plus que jamais amoureuse, elle réussit superbement sa vie professionnelle au département Création d'une agence de publicité à New York. Aussi, le jour où John lui annonce brutalement qu'il la quitte pour aller vivre avec son assistante, tout s'écroule pour Samantha. Au bout de quelques mois, n'arrivant toujours pas à surmonter sa peine, elle part se changer les idées chez une amie qui possède un ranch en Californie.
Terror in the Aisles
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Documentary, Anthology film, Horror
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Bud Abbott, Michael Ironside, Fred Asparagus, Brooke Adams
Roles Mitch Brenner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.148473.148473.148473.148473.14847
Director Andrew J. Kuehn has excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of suspenseful (including humorously so, ex. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Saturday the 14th) films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-inducing effects. Halloween actor Donald Pleasence and Dressed to Kill star Nancy Allen provide the commentary on topics such as "sex and terror" (Dressed to Kill, Klute, Ms. 45, The Seduction, When a Stranger Calls), loathsome villains (Dracula, Frankenstein, Friday the 13 1 and/or 2, Halloween I and II, Marathon Man, Nighthawks, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Touch of Evil, Vice Squad, Wait Until Dark, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?), "natural terror" (Alligator, The Birds, Frogs, Jaws 1 and 2, Nightwing) and the occult (An American Werewolf in London, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, Carrie, The Shining). In one segment of the anthology, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock presents his concepts of how to create suspense in a clip from Alfred Hitchcock: Men Who Made The Movies.
On the Run
On the Run (1981)

Genres Action
Actors Rod Taylor, Paul Winfield, Ray Meagher, Danny Adcock
Roles Mr. Payatta
Rating55% 2.7613952.7613952.7613952.7613952.761395
A small boy (Beau Cox) is orphaned and sent to live with his uncle (Rod Taylor), who is a hitman. When the boy witnesses his uncle kill some people, his uncle orders that his assistant (Paul Winfield) help shoot the boy; the assistant refuses and takes off with the boy.