Rod Taylor
Acting
Biography
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (January 11, 1930 – January 7, 2015) was an Australian-born American 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, and The Train Robbers.
Born: January 11, 1930
Place of Birth: Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
Known For
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Inglourious Basterds
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Powderkeg
A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
This installment looks at the dogs who have starred in Disney films, past and present. The program ends with a preview of the upcoming theatrical film The Shaggy D.A., in which host Dean Jones just happens to star. The program also features a song called "Hollywood Hound", written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. The program reaired in 1981, updated to promote The Fox and the Hound. Another version was released on home video overseas in the 1980s.
Giant
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
The Birds
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal's extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.
King of the Coral Sea
A body is found floating in the Torres Strait and pearler Ted King is asked to investigate. He discovers the murder is connected to a people smuggling ring and involves one of his men, Yusep. He is helped by Peter Merriman, the playboy owner of King's company who romances King's daughter Rusty. Yusep kidnaps Rusty but Merriman and King rescue her.
Hellinger's Law
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.
Filmography
as Self - (archive footage)
as Winston Churchill
as Self
as Doc
as Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Daddy-O
as General Sorenson
as Coach
as Billy Patrick
as Ted Kitteridge
as Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles
as Gordon Cahill
as Gen. Willoughby
as Bill King
as Supt. Bob McLaine
as Commander W.P. Anderson
as Tom Dempsey
as Inspector Rory Lanahan
as Lavender
as Mr. Payatta
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
as Edward Adeane
as Jack Bailey
as Frank Agretti
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier
as Clint Tolliver
as Steve Donegin
as Marian Casey
as Paul Duveen
as Evan Thorpe
as Self
as Palmer
as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
as Christopher Tauling
as Shamus McCoy
as Marko
as Frank Brand
as Trader Horn
as Lieutenant Bob Robson
as Grady
as Jason Carlyle
as Hank Brackett
as Hank Brackett
as Travis McGee
as Peter Reaney
as Lee Allen
as Brynie MacKay
as Scobie Malone
as Curry
as Chuka
as Peter McDermott
as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Bruce Templeton
as Self
as Mike Harper
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
as John Cassidy
as Major Walter Gerber
as Captain Jack Savage
as Mike Mitchell
as Les Mangrum
as Col. Hollis Farr
as Mitch Brenner
as Sir Francis Drake
as Pongo (voice)
as Pirro
as H. George Wells
as Clegg Forbes
as Ross Taford
as Charles
as Mike Randall
as Nick Carraway
as Garwood B. Jones
as Jim
as Sir David Karfrey
as Jed Harper
as Ralph Halloran
as Herbert Ellis
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
as Lem Sutter
as Clancy
as Cpl. Gwilym
as Israel Hands
as Tommy Scarbrough
as Dr. Don Dolby
as Jack Janiero
as Sam Tipton
as Fred Gauman
as Boyd Harland
as Anthony Fouche
as Self - Accepting Award