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Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor who was one of the most popular leading men of his time.
Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He won his first leading role the following year in Magnificent Obsession. His popularity increased during the late 1930s and 1940s with appearances in A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Bataan (1943). During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Air Corps, where he worked as a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the ABC series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. In 1966, he took over hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series Death Valley Days.
Taylor was married to actress Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951. He married actress Ursula Thiess in 1954, and they had two children. A chain smoker, Taylor was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 1968. He died of the disease on June 8, 1969 at the age of 57.
As director
Primary Flight Training: Attitudes of Flight: Part 1
Primary Flight Instruction: Stearman N2-S Part 1
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
Primary Flight Training: First Flight, Part 2
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 1
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
Primary Flight Training: Landings
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
As actor
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
That's Entertainment, Part II
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
The Extraordinary Seaman
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
Hondo and the Apaches
Return of the Gunfighter
The Glass Sphinx
Savage Pampas
Johnny Tiger
The Night Walker
A House Is Not a Home
The Big Parade of Comedy
Miracle of the White Stallions
Cattle King
Recoil
The Hangman
The House of the Seven Hawks
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Party Girl
The Law and Jake Wade
Saddle the Wind
Tip on a Dead Jockey
D-Day the Sixth of June
The Last Hunt