Robert Taylor
from the trailer for Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Birth name	Spangler Arlington Brugh
Born	August 5, 1911 Filley, Nebraska
Died	June 8, 1969 (aged 57) Santa Monica, California
Spouse(s)	Barbara Stanwyck (1939-1951) Ursula Thiess (1954-1969)

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Born Spangler Arlington Brugh (homonym of "brew"), he made his first film appearance in 1934. Clean cut and strikingly handsome with wavy dark hair and blue eyes, he was an instant heart-throb from the beginning. Early in his career, he was known as "the man with the perfect profile." Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early life

Spangler Arlington Brugh was born in Filley, Nebraska to a country doctor and his invalid wife. He had an impressive number of accomplishments to match his rather impressive name. As a teenager, he was a track star and showed a flair for public speaking. His real love, however, was music. He played the cello in his high school orchestra and upon graduation he enrolled at Doane College in Nebraska to study music. Doane College is a private liberal arts college in Crete, Nebraska, with satellite learning centers in Lincoln and Grand Island. ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Largest metro area Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 0. ...

Inspired by his father, who had become a doctor with the intent of curing his invalid wife, the younger Brugh subsequently changed tracks and moved west to study medicine at Pomona College in Los Angeles. While at Pomona he joined the campus theater group and, aided by his remarkable good looks, found yet another calling. He considered continuing on to drama school upon his graduation from Pomona in 1933, but before he could follow through on the plan an MGM talent scout spotted him and gave him both a contract and a new name. The Smith Campus Center Fountain at Pomona College during the inauguration of College President David Oxtoby Pomona College is a private residential liberal arts college located 33 miles (53 km) east of downtown Los Angeles in Claremont, California. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...

Acting career

By his own admission, he was hardly the greatest actor of his generation, but his many directors and famous co-stars always found him a most professional actor, always on time and willing to work hard to get the film to be the best. Many actors and actresses later claimed that he was underrated as an actor, especially in films in his later years. Although he was known for his classic features, Taylor always strived for different films where he could play more rugged and challenging roles, not wanting to be known as just a "pretty face."

One of his first major films was Camille (1936), opposite Greta Garbo. When he was cast in the MGM musical Broadway Melody of 1936, his previous roles were all in Dramas. In the film, he surprised everyone with his pleasant singing voice. Mervyn LeRoy's drama Waterloo Bridge (1940, Taylor's personal favorite of his films), opposite Vivien Leigh, his former co-star in A Yank at Oxford (1938), was another of his successes at the box office during these years. By the early 1950s, his handsome face was already beginning to show signs of age, and roles were harder to come by. Still, he managed to make his mark in what would become one of his best known roles, as General Marcus Vinicius in Quo Vadis (1951), opposite Deborah Kerr. The following year, he starred opposite a much younger Elizabeth Taylor in the film version of Walter Scott’s classic Ivanhoe. The movie proved to be a smash hit and MGM quickly followed it up with 1953’s Knights of the Round Table. Camille is an American 1936 drama film directed by George Cukor and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoe Akins and Frances Marion. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-born actress during Hollywoods silent film period and part of its Golden Age. ... Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by MGM in 1935, despite the title. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Mervyn LeRoy (October 15, 1900 - September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and sometime actor. ... The film Waterloo Bridge is a popular Broadway drama written by Robert E. Sherwood and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. ... Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. ... A Yank at Oxford is a 1938 film drama produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Quo Vadis (the title is Latin, meaning Where are you going?), is a 1951 Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman soldier, returning from the wars, who falls in love with a Christian and becomes intrigued by her religion. ... Deborah Kerr, CBE (born 30 September 1921) is a Golden Globe award winning Scottish actress who is a recipient of an Academy Honorary Award for a motion picture career that has always represented Perfection, Discipline and Elegance. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Raeburns portrait of Sir Walter Scott in 1822. ... Ivanhoe is a 1952 historical film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman. ... Knights of the Round Table is a 1953 historical film made by MGM. Directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman, it was the first film in Cinemascope made by that studio. ...

In later life, he made many television appearances, notably in the 1959 series, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1970, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... Bronze Wrangler The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum and art gallery, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, housing one of the largest collections of: Western, American cowboy, American rodeo, and American Indian; art, artifacts, and archival materials, in the world. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

McCarthy era controversy

In 1947, Taylor testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) as a "friendly witness", claiming that he had appeared in the film Song of Russia against his better judgment. He went on to claim that the script by Richard Collins and Paul Jarrico, and a song in the movie written by Yip Harburg, were pro-Communist. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) was an investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) was an investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... Song of Russia is a pro-Soviet propaganda film made and distributed by MGM Studios in 1944. ... Paul Jarrico (January 12, 1915 – October 28, 1997) was an American screenwriter and film producer who was Blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

Taylor also provided evidence against actor Howard Da Silva. He is quoted as saying: "I can name a few who seem to sort of disrupt things once in a while. Whether or not they are Communists I don't know. One chap we have currently, I think is Howard Da Silva. He always seems to have something to say at the wrong time." Actor Howard Da Silva in The Lost Weekend Howard Da Silva (born May 4, 1909; died February 16, 1986) was an American actor. ...

Personal life

His first wife was the actress Barbara Stanwyck. Taylor and Stanwyck were one of the Hollywood's "golden couples" and were good friends with another famous couple, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. The marriage had its ups and downs, lasting from 1939 to 1951. Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress of film, stage, and screen . ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ... Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1951 Taylor starred in the film Above and Beyond, a biopic of "Enola Gay" pilot Paul Tibbets. The two men met and found that they had much in common. Both had considered studying medicine, and were avid skeet-shooters and fliers. Taylor learned to fly in the mid-1930s, and served as a US Navy flying instructor during World War II. His private aircraft was a Twin Beech called "Missy" (wife Stanwyck's nickname) which he used on hunting and fishing trips. She complained that he spent all his time polishing his guns and aircraft, but when airborne could "do anything a bird could do, except sit on a barbed wire fence".^[1] Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Above and Beyond is a 1952 film about Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, Enola Gay. ... Poster for Man on the Moon (1999), a biopic A biographical picture— often shortened to biopic— is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. ... Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from Enola Gays cockpit before the bombing of Hiroshima. ... Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. ... Skeet shooting is one of the two major types of competitive shotgun shooting at clay targets (the other is Trap shooting). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Beechcraft 18 on floats. ...

Taylor considered remarrying Stanwyck several times after their 1951 divorce. He also had a serious romance with Eleanor Parker, but ultimately he chose as his second wife German-born actress, Ursula Thiess, with whom he had two children. They owned a large ranch and home in the Mandeville Canyon section of Brentwood, California, which to this day is still referred to by locals as the old "Robert Taylor ranch." He was ultimately happy and well-suited to Thiess, who gave up her acting career when she became his wife, although she did a few spots on his later television series, Robert Taylor's Detectives. She has written an autobiography ...but I have promises to keep: My Life Before, With & After Robert Taylor. Eleanor Jean Parker (born June 26, 1922) is an American film and television actress. ... In a context of antiquity (pre AD 500), Germans is used in the sense of Germanic tribes. ... Ursula Thiess, b. ... Brentwood is an affluent district in the West Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California, United States; it is sometimes confused with Brentwood, California in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Death

Robert Taylor died of lung cancer (he was a chain smoker) at the age of 57, and he was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California. The crème de la crème of Hollywood celebrities went to his funeral, and his best friend Ronald Reagan gave the eulogy. Lung cancer is the malignant transformation and expansion of lung tissue, and is the most lethal of all cancers worldwide, responsible for 1. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ... Nickname: Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). ...

Trivia

• In the Rodgers and Hart song "The Lady Is a Tramp", Taylor is immortalized in a verse ending with the line "for Robert Taylor I whistle and stamp / that's why the lady is a tramp." [1]

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Selected filmography

• Magnificent Obsession (1935)
• Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
• Camille (1936)
• Personal Property (1937)
• Three Comrades (1938)
• A Yank at Oxford (1938)
• Lady of the Tropics (1939)
• Waterloo Bridge (1940)
• Billy the Kid (1941)
• When Ladies Meet (1941)
• Bataan (1942)
• Undercurrent (1946)
• High Wall (1947)
• Conspirator (1949)
• Quo Vadis (1951)
• Westward the Women (1951)
• Ivanhoe (1952)
• Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
• Knights of the Round Table (1953)
• Rogue Cop (1954)
• Valley of the Kings (1954)
• The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)
• The Last Hunt (1956)
• D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
• The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
• Party Girl (1958)
• Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
• A House Is Not a Home (1964)

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It stars Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Guy Kibbee, Lionel Atwill and Monty Woolley. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Yank at Oxford is a 1938 film drama produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Waterloo Bridge is a popular Broadway drama written by Robert E. Sherwood and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Billy the Kid is a 1941 color remake of a 1930 movie of the same name. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Bataan is a 1943 propaganda film about the defense of the Bataan Peninsula, made by MGM. 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Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivanhoe is a 1952 historical film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ride, Vaquero! ia a 1953 western film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). ... Knights of the Round Table is a 1953 historical film made by MGM. Directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman, it was the first film in Cinemascope made by that studio. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rogue Cop is a 1954, American, film noir, crime, suspense film directed by Roy Rowland. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Valley of the Kings is a 1954 adventure film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Adventures of Quentin Durward, known also as Quentin Durward, is a 1955 historical film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... The Last Hunt is a 1956 western film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Law and Jake Wade is a 1958 western released by MGM and directed by the legendary John Sturges. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Party Girl is a 1958 film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Robert Taylor and Cyd Charisse. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miracle of the White Stallions is a 1963 film released by Walt Disney starring Robert Taylor and Eddie Albert as caretakers of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during WWII. Miracle of the White Stallions at the Internet Movie Database Categories: | | | | | | | | ... A House Is Not a Home is a film made in 1964, based on the 1953 autobiography by madam Polly Adler, and starring Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero and Raquel Welch. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Robert Taylor (actor)

• Robert Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Taylor at the TCM Movie Database
• Robert Taylor collection at the Nebraska State Historical Society

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