Robert Ferris Taylor (March 25, 1888 – March 7, 1961) was an American film actor and vaudeville performer.
Biography
Taylor owned a vaudeville company, the Taylor Players.
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He died in Hollywood, California
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from a heart attack
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.
Partial filmography
* '' Mr. Dodd Takes the Air'' (1937)
* '' Luck of Roaring Camp'' (1937)
* '' He Couldn't Say No'' (1938)
* '' Santa Fe Stampede'' (1938)
* '' Man of Conquest'' (1939)
* '' Chip of the Flying U'' (1939)
* '' The Zero Hour'' (1939)
* '' Dark Command'' (1940)
* '' Ladies Must Live'' (1940)
* '' Ridin' on a Rainbow'' (1941)
* '' A Man Betrayed'' (1941)
* '' Hello, Annapolis'' (1942)
* '' A Man's World'' (1942)
* ''Black Arrow
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'' (1944)
* '' The Town Went Wild'' (1944)
* ''Bringing Up Father
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'' (1946)
* '' Curley'' (1947)
* '' The Prince of Peace'' (1948)
* '' Tricky Dicks'' (1953)
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1888 births
1961 deaths
American male film actors
People from Henrietta, Texas
20th-century American male actors
American vaudeville performers