Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including '' Young Cassidy'' (1965), '' Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968), '' The Train Robbers'' (1973), and '' A Matter of Wife... and Death'' (1975). Taylor was born in Lidcombe, a suburb of

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, to a father who was a steel construction contractor and commercial artist and a mother who was a children's author. He began taking art classes in high school, and continued in college. He decided to become an actor after seeing Laurence Olivier in an

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touring production of ''

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.'' His first film role was in a re-enactment of Charles Sturt's voyage down the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers, playing Sturt's offsider, George Macleay. At the time, he was also appearing in a number of theatre productions for Australia's Mercury Theatre. He made his feature film debut in the Australian Lee Robinson film '' King of the Coral Sea'' (1954). He soon started acting in television films, portraying several different characters in the 1950s

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'' Studio 57''. He started to gain popularity after starring in ''

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'' (1960), as H. George Wells. He later starred in the

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film '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961), voicing Pongo. In one of his most famous roles, he played Mitch Brenner in '' The Birds'' (1963), directed by

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. By the late 1990s, Taylor had moved into semiretirement. His final film role was in

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's '' Inglourious Basterds'' (2009), portraying

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in a cameo.

Early life

Taylor was born on 11 January 1930 in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, the only child of William Sturt Taylor, a steel construction contractor and commercial artist, and Mona Taylor (née Thompson), a writer of more than a hundred short stories and children's books. His middle name comes from his great-great-granduncle, Captain Charles Sturt, a British explorer of the Australian

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in the 19th century. Taylor attended Parramatta High School and later studied at the East Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College and took art classes. His mother wanted him to be an artist, and pressured him into taking the art classes. While at ''the tech'' he met young potter David Boyd and with their respective companions began a pottery concern. For a time he worked as a commercial artist, but he decided to become an actor after seeing Laurence Olivier in an Old Vic touring production of ''Richard III''. He had caught the bug.

Career

Australia

Taylor acquired extensive radio and stage experience in Australia, where his radio work included a period in the historic run of '' Blue Hills'', the daytime soaps and a role as a vocally convincing

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. Earlier in his career, he had to support himself by working at Sydney's Mark Foy's department store, designing and painting window and other displays during the day. But his radio work was soon at the forefront of his life, making a great impact playing Douglas Bader in a series to dramatize the narrative of Paul Brickhill's biography Reach for the Sky. In 1951, he took part in a re-enactment of Charles Sturt's voyage down the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers, playing Sturt's offsider, George Macleay. A short documentary, '' Inland with Sturt'' (1951), was based on it. Taylor also appeared in a number of theatre productions for Australia's Mercury Theatre. Taylor made his feature-film debut in the Australian Lee Robinson film '' King of the Coral Sea'' (1954), playing an American. He later played Israel Hands in a Hollywood-financed film shot in Sydney, ''

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'' (1954), an unofficial sequel to '' Treasure Island''. Following these two films, Taylor was awarded the 1954 Rola Show Australian Radio Actor of the Year Award, which included a ticket to London via Los Angeles, but Taylor did not continue on to London.

Hollywood

Taylor soon landed roles in television shows such as '' Studio 57'' and the films '' Hell on Frisco Bay'' (1955) and ''

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'' (1956). In 1955, he guest-starred as Clancy in the third episode ("The Argonauts") of the first hour-long Western television series, '' Cheyenne'', an ABC program starring Clint Walker. Toward the end of 1955, Taylor unsuccessfully

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ed to play boxer

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's '' Somebody Up There Likes Me'' after James Dean's death, but his use of a Brooklyn accent and physical prowess in the test impressed the studio enough to give him a long-term contract. At MGM, he played a series of supporting roles in '' The Catered Affair'' (1956), '' Raintree County'' (1957), and '' Ask Any Girl'' (1959). He had a significant role in '' Separate Tables'' (1958), which won

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for two of its stars, David Niven and Wendy Hiller. He also made a strong impression guest-starring in an episode of '' The Twilight Zone'' titled " And When the Sky Was Opened" (1959).

Stardom

Taylor's first leading role in a feature film was in ''

'' (1960), George Pal's adaptation of the science-fiction classic by

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, with Taylor as the time traveller who, thousands of years in the future, falls for a woman played by Yvette Mimieux. Taylor played a character not unlike that of his ''Twilight Zone'' episode of a year earlier and the film '' World Without End'' in 1956. In or around 1960, he was approached regarding the role of

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in the first feature-length Bond film. Taylor reportedly declined to become involved because he considered the character of Bond "beneath him".Juddery, Mark (13 January 2015)
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''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Retrieved 7 September 2018. Taylor later commented: "Every time a new Bond picture became a smash hit ... I tore out my hair." Taylor starred in Alfred Hitchcock's horror thriller ''The Birds'' (1963), along with Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, and Veronica Cartwright, playing a man whose town and home come under attack by menacing birds. Taylor then starred with

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in the romantic comedy '' Sunday in New York'' (also 1963). During the mid-1960s, Taylor worked mostly for MGM. His credits including '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963), his first feature-film role as an Australian, with

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, and

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; '' Fate Is the Hunter'' (for

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, 1964) with Glenn Ford and Suzanne Pleshette; '' 36 Hours'' (1964) with James Garner; '' Young Cassidy'' (1965) with Julie Christie and Maggie Smith; '' The Liquidator'' (1965) with Jill St. John; '' Do Not Disturb'' (1965); and '' The Glass Bottom Boat'' (1966), both co-starring

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. He began to change his image toward the end of the decade to more tough-guy roles, such as '' Chuka'' (1967), which he also produced, and he starred in ''

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'' (1967) with Catherine Spaak; '' Dark of the Sun'' (or ''The Mercenaries'', 1968), again with Yvette Mimieux; '' Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968) in which he played New South Wales Police Sergeant Scobie Malone, this being Taylor's first starring feature-film role as an Australian; and '' Darker than Amber'' (1970) as Travis McGee. He was also reportedly up for the role of martial artist Roper in the

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vehicle '' Enter the Dragon'' (1973). The film was directed by Robert Clouse, who had also directed Taylor in ''Darker than Amber''. Taylor was supposedly deemed too tall for the part, and the role instead went to John Saxon.

Later career

In 1973, Taylor was cast in '' The Train Robbers'' alongside long-time friend

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and Ann-Margret. The film was a box-office success. Taylor also had some television roles: he starred in '' Bearcats!'' (1971) on CBS and in '' The Oregon Trail'' (1976) on NBC. He had a regular role in the short-lived spy drama series '' Masquerade'' (1983), and played one of the leads in the equally short-lived series, '' Outlaws'' (1986). From 1988 to 1990, Taylor appeared in the CBS drama series '' Falcon Crest'' as Frank Agretti, playing opposite

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. In the mid-1990s, he appeared in several episodes of ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1993, he hosted the documentary '' Time Machine: The Journey Back''. The special ended with a minisequel written by David Duncan, the screenwriter of the George Pal film. Taylor recreated his role as George, reuniting him with Filby ( Alan Young). Taylor returned to Australia several times over the years to make films, playing a 1920s traveling showman in '' The Picture Show Man'' (1977) and a paid killer in '' On the Run'' (1983). In the black comedy '' Welcome to Woop Woop'' (1997), he played the foul-mouthed redneck Daddy-O. By the late 1990s, Taylor had moved into semiretirement. In 2007, he appeared in the horror telemovie '' Kaw'', which revisits the idea of marauding birds turning on their human tormentors. In this film, however, the cause of the disturbance was discovered by Taylor, who plays the town doctor. He appeared in Quentin Tarantino's ''Inglourious Basterds'' in 2009, portraying Winston Churchill in a cameo. In 2017, a documentary on Taylor's life, ''Pulling No Punches'', was released and entered into the Beverly Hills Film Festival.

Personal life

His first wife was model Peggy Williams (1951–1954). They divorced after allegations of

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. Taylor later claimed that they divorced because they felt they were too young to have a healthy marriage. Taylor dated and was briefly engaged to Swedish actress Anita Ekberg in the early 1960s. He dated model Pat Sheehan in the late 1960s. His second marriage, to model Mary Hilem, lasted from 1963 until they divorced in 1969. The couple had one daughter, former CNN financial reporter Felicia Taylor (1964-2023). Taylor bought a home in

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, in 1967. He married his third wife, Carol Kikumura, in 1980. They had originally dated in the early 1960s when she was an extra on his TV series ''

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''. The couple got back together in 1971 and dated for an additional nine years before marrying.

Death

Taylor died of a

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at his home, surrounded by his family, on 7 January 2015, in

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, four days before his 85th birthday.

Filmography

Feature films

* '' King of the Coral Sea'' (1954) as Jack Janiero (film debut) * ''

'' (1954) as Israel Hands * '' The Virgin Queen'' (1955) as Cpl. Gwilym (uncredited) * '' Top Gun'' (1955) as Lem Sutter * '' Hell on Frisco Bay'' (1956) as John Brodie Evans * '' World Without End'' (1956) as Herbert Ellis * '' The Catered Affair'' (1956) as Ralph Halloran * ''

'' (1956) as Sir David Karfrey * '' The Rack'' (1956) as Al (uncredited) * '' Raintree County'' (1957) as Garwood B. Jones * '' Step Down to Terror'' (1958) as Mike Randall * '' Separate Tables'' (1958) as Charles * '' Ask Any Girl'' (1959) as Ross Tayford * ''

'' (1960) as H. George Wells * '' Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' (1960) as Pirro * '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961) as Pongo (voice) * '' Seven Seas to Calais'' (1962) as Sir

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* '' The Birds'' (1963) as Mitch Brenner * '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963) as Les Mangrum * '' A Gathering of Eagles'' (1963) as Col. Hollis Farr * '' Sunday in New York'' (1963) as Mike Mitchell * '' Fate Is the Hunter'' (1964) as Capt. Jack Savage * '' 36 Hours'' (1965) as Maj. Walter Gerber * '' Young Cassidy'' (1965) as John Cassidy * '' The Liquidator'' (1965) as Boysie Oakes * '' Do Not Disturb'' (1965) as Mike Harper * '' The Glass Bottom Boat'' (1966) as Bruce Templeton * ''

'' (1967) as Peter McDermott * '' Chuka'' (1967) as Chuka * '' Dark of the Sun'' (1968) as Capt. Bruce Curry * '' Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968) (a.k.a. ''The High Commissioner'') as Scobie Malone * '' The Hell with Heroes'' (1968) as Brynie MacKay * '' Zabriskie Point'' (1970) as Lee Allen * '' Darker than Amber'' (1970) as Travis McGee * '' The Man Who Had Power Over Women'' (1970) as Peter Reaney * '' Powderkeg'' (1971, TV movie/pilot for '' Bearcats!'') as Hank Brackett * '' Family Flight'' (1972, TV movie) as Jason Carlyle * '' The Train Robbers'' (1973) as Grady * '' Gli eroi'' (1973) (a.k.a. ''The Heroes'') as Lieutenant Bob Robson * '' Trader Horn'' (1973) as Trader Horn * '' The Deadly Trackers'' (1973) as Frank Brand * '' Hell River'' (1974) (a.k.a. ''Partizani'') as Marko * '' A Matter of Wife... and Death'' (1975, TV movie) as Shamus McCoy * '' Blondie'' (1976) as Christopher Tauling * '' The Oregon Trail'' (1976, series) as Evan Thorpe * ''

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'' (1977) as Reldresal / King of Blefuscu (voice, uncredited) * '' The Picture Show Man'' (1977) as Palmer * '' The Treasure Seekers'' (1979) as Marian Casey * '' Cry of the Innocent'' (1980, TV movie) as Steve Donegin * '' Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy'' (1981, TV movie) as 'Black Jack' Bouvier * '' Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story'' (1982, TV movie) as Edward Adeane * '' A Time to Die'' (1982) as Jack Bailey * '' On the Run'' (1983) as Mr. Payatta * '' Terror in the Aisles'' (1984) as Himself (stock footage) * '' Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas'' (1985) as Commander * ''Half Nelson'' (1985, TV series) * '' Mask of Murder'' (1985) as Supt. Bob McLaine * '' Danielle Steel's 'Palomino''' (1991, TV movie) as Bill King * '' Grass Roots'' (1992, TV movie) as Gen. Willoughby * ''Open Season'' (1995) – Billy Patrick * '' Point of Betrayal'' (1995) as Ted Kitteridge * '' Welcome to Woop Woop'' (1997) as Daddy-O * '' The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy'' (1998, TV movie) as General Sorenson * '' Kaw'' (2007, TV movie) as Doc * '' Inglourious Basterds'' (2009) as

(final film role)

Documentaries

* '' Inland with Sturt'' (1951) as George Mcleady * '' The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal'' (1985) * '' Time Machine: The Journey Back'' (1993) * ''All About the Birds'' (2000) * '' Not Quite Hollywood'' (2008) * ''Pulling No Punches'' (2016)

Television

As a regular

Taylor had several lead roles in television, from the early 1960s to the early first decade of the 21st century. Among his television shows as a regular are: * ''

'' with co-star Lloyd Bochner (1960, ABC) * '' Bearcats!'' (1971, CBS) * '' The Oregon Trail'' as Evan Thorpe, a widower taking his three children from their

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farm to the

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by way of the

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(1977, NBC) * '' Masquerade'' (1983) * '' Outlaws'' (1986)

Guest appearances

* '' Studio 57'' (1955) – "The Last Day on Earth", "The Black Sheep's Daughter" * ''

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'' (1955) – "Dark Tribute", "The Browning Version" * '' Cheyenne'' (1955) – "The Argonauts" * '' Suspicion'' (1957) – "The Story of Marjorie Reardon" * '' Schlitz Playhouse of Stars'' (1958) – "A Thing to Fight For" * '' Studio One'' (1958) – "Image of Fear" * '' Lux Playhouse'' (1958) – "The Best House in the Valley" * ''

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'' (1958–59) – " Verdict of Three", " The Long March", '' The Great Gatsby'', " The Raider", "

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" * '' The Twilight Zone'' (1959) – " And When the Sky Was Opened" * '' Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre'' (1960) – "Picture of Sal" * '' Goodyear Theatre'' (1960) – "Capital Gains" * '' General Electric Theater'' (1960) – "Early to Die", "The Young Years" * '' Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' (1960) – "Thunder in the Night" * ''

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'' (1961) – "Portrait of a Hero" * ''The DuPont Show of the Week'' (1962) – " The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon" * '' Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)'' (1980) – "The Hitch-Hiker" * '' Falcon Crest'' (1988–1990) as Frank Agretti * ''

'' (1995) – "Another Killing in Cork", "Nan's Ghost Parts 1 and 2" * ''

'' (1996-1997, 2000) – "Redemption", "Texas vs. Cahill", "Wedding Bells"

Theatre credits

* ''Julius Caesar'' by

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(Independent, 1950) * '' Home of the Brave'' by Arthur Laurents (Independent, 1950) * ''

'' by

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(John Alden Company, 1951) * ''Twins'' by

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( Mercury, 1952) * '' The Comedy of Errors'' by William Shakespeare ( Mercury, 1952) * ''The Witch'' by John Masefield (Mercury, 1952) * '' They Knew What They Wanted'' by Sidney Howard (Mercury, 1952) * '' The Happy Time'' by Samuel A. Taylor (Mercury, 1953)

References

External links

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