Rod Taylor

Biography

Rod Taylor (born Rodney Sturt Taylor) was an Australian-born film and television actor.

After acquiring radio and stage experience in Australia, Taylor moved to the United States in 1954, where he became a leading man in feature films of the 1960s and 1970s. Equally adept at light comedy and drama, his best-known films are the 1963 Hitchcock classic The Birds, and the 1960 version of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine.

He died in January 2015 following a heart attack, shortly before his 85th birthday.

Filmography

With Hitchcock...

The Birds (1963) — cast: Mitch Brenner

Documentaries

He has appeared in the following Hitchcockian documentaries...

All About The Birds (2000)

Film Frames

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