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Acting

Rod Taylor

Career: Active from 1951 to 2007, busiest in 1963 and 1973 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 47
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: The Birds
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Rod Taylor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.0, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Family Dynamics
3.8, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 4
Historical Drama 4
Character-Driven 3
Social Commentary 3
Character Study 2
1960s Setting 2
Political Intrigue 2
Pulp Adventure 2
Existential Romance 2
Old West 2
High Stakes Missions 2
Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

3 titles · average score 58

Inglourious Basterds

81

as Winston Churchill

Kaw

35

as Doc

Legends

TV show · as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

8 titles · average score 54

Welcome to Woop Woop

49

as Daddy-O

Water Rats

65

TV show · as Coach

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

49

as General Sorenson

The Point of Betrayal

as Ted Kitteridge

Open Season

50

as Billy Patrick

Walker, Texas Ranger

53

TV show · as Gordon Cahill

Grass Roots

as Gen. Willoughby

Palomino

56

as Bill King

1980s

13 titles · average score 59

Outlaws

70

TV show · as John Grail

Marbella

as Commander W.P. Anderson

Mask of Murder

39

as Supt. Bob McLaine

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Tom Dempsey / Inspector Rory Lanahan

Masquerade

TV show · as Lavender

On the Run

as Mr. Payatta

A Time to Die

42

as Jack Bailey

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

as Edward Adeane

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

68

as 'Black Jack' Bouvier

Falcon Crest

59

TV show · as Frank Agretti

Hellinger's Law

as Clint Tolliver

Cry of the Innocent

42

as Steve Donegin

1970s

18 titles · average score 58

Jamaican Gold

as Marian Casey

The Picture Show Man

57

as Palmer

A Matter of Wife... and Death

as Shamus McCoy

Hell River

58

as Marko

The Train Robbers

48

as Grady

The Heroes

as Lieutenant Bob Robson

Trader Horn

47

as Trader Horn

The Deadly Trackers

49

as Frank Brand

Bearcats!

70

TV show · as Hank Brackett

Powderkeg

67

as Hank Brackett

Zabriskie Point

67

as Lee Allen

The Man Who Had Power Over Women

49

as Peter Reaney

1960s

21 titles · average score 60

Dark of the Sun

68

as Curry

Chuka

53

as Chuka

The Glass Bottom Boat

67

as Bruce Templeton

Do Not Disturb

52

as Mike Harper

36 Hours

54

as Major Walter Gerber

Fate Is the Hunter

53

as Captain Jack Savage

The Birds

85

as Mitch Brenner

A Gathering of Eagles

62

as Col. Hollis Farr

Sunday in New York

65

as Mike Mitchell

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

82

as Pongo (voice)

The Time Machine

73

as H. George Wells

Hong Kong

TV show · as Glenn Evans

1950s

23 titles · average score 63

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Clegg Forbes

Ask Any Girl

65

as Ross Taford

Step Down to Terror

59

as Mike Randall

Raintree County

34

as Garwood B. Jones

World Without End

50

as Herbert Ellis

The Catered Affair

44

as Ralph Halloran

Giant

81

as David Karfrey

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Jed Harper

Cheyenne

71

TV show · as Clancy

King of the Coral Sea

as Jack Janiero

Long John Silver

50

as Israel Hands

Studio 57

73

TV show · as Tommy Scarbrough / Dr. Don Dolby

1940s

1 title · average score 65

Studio One

65

TV show · as Anthony Fouche