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.

Filmography

• 2009Inglourious Basterds — Winston Churchill
• 2007Kaw — Doc
• Legends — Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1998Death on the Oregon Trail
• 1998Welcome to Woop Woop — Daddy-O
• 1996The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy — General Sorenson
• Water Rats — Coach
• 1995Open Season — Billy Patrick
• 1995The Point of Betrayal — Ted Kitteridge
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Gordon Cahill
• 1992Grass Roots — Gen. Willoughby
• 1991Palomino — Bill King
• Outlaws — John Grail
• 1985Half Nelson
• 1985Marbella — Commander W.P. Anderson
• 1985Mask of Murder — Supt. Bob McLaine
• Murder, She Wrote — Tom Dempsey, Inspector Rory Lanahan
• Masquerade — Lavender
• 1983On the Run — Mr. Payatta
• 1982A Time to Die — Jack Bailey
• 1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story — Edward Adeane
• 1982Disney's Halloween Treat — Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
• Falcon Crest — Frank Agretti
• 1981Hellinger's Law — Clint Tolliver
• 1981Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy — 'Black Jack' Bouvier
• 1980Cry of the Innocent — Steve Donegin
• 1979Jamaican Gold — Marian Casey, Screenplay
• Tales of the Unexpected — Paul Duveen
• The Oregon Trail — Evan Thorpe
• 1977The Picture Show Man — Palmer
• 1976Disney's Greatest Dog Stars — Pongo (voice) (uncredited)
• 1976Vortex — Christopher Tauling
• 1975A Matter of Wife... and Death — Shamus McCoy
• 1974Hell River — Marko
• 1973The Deadly Trackers — Frank Brand
• 1973The Heroes — Lieutenant Bob Robson
• 1973The Train Robbers — Grady
• 1973Trader Horn — Trader Horn
• 1972Family Flight — Jason Carlyle
• Bearcats! — Hank Brackett
• 1971Powderkeg — Hank Brackett
• 1970Darker Than Amber — Travis McGee
• 1970The Man Who Had Power Over Women — Peter Reaney
• 1970Zabriskie Point — Lee Allen
• 1968Dark of the Sun — Curry
• 1968Nobody Runs Forever — Scobie Malone
• 1968The Hell with Heroes — Brynie MacKay
• 1967Chuka — Chuka, Producer
• 1967Hotel — Peter McDermott
• 1966The Glass Bottom Boat — Bruce Templeton
• 1965Do Not Disturb — Mike Harper
• 1965The Liquidator — Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
• 1965Young Cassidy — John Cassidy
• 196436 Hours — Major Walter Gerber
• 1964Fate Is the Hunter — Captain Jack Savage
• 1963A Gathering of Eagles — Col. Hollis Farr
• 1963Sunday in New York — Mike Mitchell
• 1963The Birds — Mitch Brenner
• 1963The V.I.P.s — Les Mangrum
• 1962Seven Seas to Calais — Sir Francis Drake
• Bus Stop
• 1961One Hundred and One Dalmatians — Pongo (voice)
• 1960Colossus and the Amazon Queen — Pirro
• Hong Kong — Glenn Evans
• 1960The Time Machine — H. George Wells
• 1959Ask Any Girl — Ross Taford
• The Twilight Zone — Clegg Forbes
• 1958Separate Tables — Charles
• 1958Step Down to Terror — Mike Randall
• 1958The Great Gatsby — Nick Carraway
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• 1957Raintree County — Garwood B. Jones
• Suspicion — Jim
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Jed Harper
• 1956Giant — David Karfrey
• 1956The Catered Affair — Ralph Halloran
• 1956World Without End — Herbert Ellis
• Cheyenne — Clancy
• 1955Hell on Frisco Bay — John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
• 1955The Virgin Queen — Cpl. Gwilym
• 1955Top Gun — Lem Sutter
• 1954King of the Coral Sea — Jack Janiero
• 1954Long John Silver — Israel Hands
• Studio 57 — Tommy Scarbrough, Dr. Don Dolby
• General Electric Theater — Sam Tipton, Fred Gauman
• 1951Inland with Sturt — George McLeay
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Boyd Harland
• Lux Video Theatre — Mr. Gilbert, Baxter
• Studio One — Anthony Fouche

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies — Self - (archive footage)
• 2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches — Self
• 2008Not Quite Hollywood — Self
• 2000All About 'The Birds' — Self
• 1993Time Machine: The Journey Back — Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles
• 1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal — Self
• 1977US Against the World — Self
• 1973Wayne Train — Self
• 1967Lionpower from MGM — Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1966Catalina Island — Self
• 1966Every Girl's Dream — Self
• 1965Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland — self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Accepting Award