Robert Taylor Overview:

Legendary actor, Robert Taylor, was born Spangler Arlington Brugh on Aug 5, 1911 in Filley, NE. Taylor died at the age of 57 on Jun 8, 1969 in Santa Monica, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

MINI BIO:

Tall, dark, and in his twenties, idyllically handsome American star who grew a moustache to escape the "pretty-boy" image and stayed at or near the top for 25 years. Although his features hardened quickly after return from war service, his career was prolonged by several first-class slices of historical adventure in the early fifties. Married to Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1952 and Ursula Thiess (1929-) from 1954 on. Died from lung cancer.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Robert Taylor's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #57 on Jun 11, 1941. In addition, Taylor was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum . Taylor was never nominated for an Academy Award.

BlogHub Articles:

Classic Film Photo of the Week: and Barbara Stanwyck

By Rick29 on Aug 27, 2022 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Embed from Getty Images and Barbara Stanwyck after their elopement to San Diego in 1943.... Read full article


On Blu-ray: Vivien Leigh and in Waterloo Bridge (1940)

By KC on Dec 4, 2020 From Classic Movies

Vivien Leigh made so few films that every opportunity to see her is a great pleasure. She achieved one of her best screen performances in Waterloo Bridge (1940). I recently watched the World War I-set romantic tragedy on a new Blu-ray release from Warner Archive. Adapted from a Robert E. Sherwood pl... Read full article


How Many Films did Barbara Stanwyck and Star in Together?

By Annmarie Gatti on Aug 5, 2019 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

How many Films did Barbara Stanwyck and Star in Together? Barbara Stanwyck and were married on May 14, 1939, after about three years of ‘dating’… ?They divorced in February 1952 (some sources say 1951), and although they did not star in any films toge... Read full article


On Blu-ray: and Stewart Granger in The Last Hunt (1956)

By KC on Oct 11, 2018 From Classic Movies

Based on a novel by Milton Lott, but featuring real buffalo herd thinning, the Richard Brooks-directed The Last Hunt (1956) is an unusual mix of fact and fiction. It comes from a period where westerns took on more moral complexity. Heroes are less certain, violence isn't as superficial, and a feelin... Read full article


Fridays With : Lady of the Tropics (1939)

on May 20, 2016 From Journeys in Classic Film

returns in this old-fashioned tale of forbidden love, miscegenation and fabulous fashions! Lady of the Tropics saw Taylor as a Hollywood star, paired up with actress Hedy Lamarr in her second Hollywood film, all directed by the fabulous Jack Conway who helmed the likes of Libeled Lady ... Read full article


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Robert Taylor Quotes:

John Benson Farrell: You couldn't stop being a thief any more than a weasel could stop sucking chicken blood.


Rigby: I never knew a crooked road could look so straight.


Armand: Don't you believe in love, Marguerite?
Marguerite: I don't think I know what it is.
Armand: Oh, thank you.
Marguerite: For what?
Armand: For never having been in love.


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Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1970.

After studying at Doane University, he followed his cello teacher to study at Pomona College, California, where he began acting and was encouraged to join MGM's acting school before signing a seven-year contract with the studio initially at $35 a week. This is said to have set the stage as being the lowest-paid major star in the history of Hollywood; he remained at MGM for twenty-four years.

Actively supported his best friend Ronald Reagan's campaign to become the Republican Governor of California in 1966.

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