Rod Taylor - Famous Actor

Rod Taylor Net Worth

$5,000,000

Rod Taylor, the famous actor who acted in some of Hollywood’s most iconic movies, had a net worth of $5 million. He made his debut in 1951 and starred in many TV series until his passing at the age of 84 in January 2015.

Key facts:

The key facts about Rod Taylor are:
  • He was an Australian actor who began his career in commercial art before transitioning to acting.
  • He made his film debut in 1951 with the movie Inland with Sturt.
  • He portrayed iconic roles such as Lavender in Masquerade, Sheriff Jonathan Grail in Outlaws, and Frank Agretti in Falcon Crest.
  • In 201, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in Inglourious Basterds.
  • Taylor passed away on January 7, 2015, at the age of 84 from a heart attack.

Basic Information About Rod Taylor

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor
Net worth$5,000,000
Date of birth1930-01-11
Place of birthLidcombe
Date of death2015-01-07 (aged 84)
NationalityAustralia
Curiosities and TrademarksVirile, adventurous characters.
Often played stolid and macho action heroes in war films and westerns.
Fluent American accent
Played physically strong characters who were also highly intelligent (inventor, rocket scientist, lawyer, etc).
SpouseCarol Kikumura - (15 OctoberΒ 1980 - 7 JanuaryΒ 2015)Β (his death)
1 June - Mary Beth Hilem (Β 1963 - 18 SeptemberΒ 1969)Β (divorced)Β (1 child)
19 April - Peggy Williams (Β 1952 - 8 SeptemberΒ 1954)Β (divorced)
GenderMale
Height5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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Rod Taylor roles

Movie / Series Role
Inglourious BasterdsWinston Churchill
The BirdsMitch Brenner
One Hundred and One DalmatiansPongo (voice)
The Time MachineH. George Wells
Zabriskie PointLee Allen
The Glass Bottom BoatBruce Templeton
Pacific BluePete Merriwell 1 episode, 1996
Murder, She WroteInspector Rory Lanahan / ... 3 episodes, 1995
Tales of the UnexpectedPaul Duveen 1 episode, 1980
Walker, Texas RangerGordon Cahill 4 episodes, 1996-2000

Rod Taylor's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
36 HoursΒ (1964)$50 .000

Rod Taylor's Quotes

  • "Pretending to still be the tough man of action isn't dignified for me any more. There comes a time when you're over the hill and there are plenty of great looking younger actors who can take your place. The action stars of today are making some wonderful films. There are no 'I could do it better' feelings in me. The younger they come, the better they get. That's why Olympic records are broken." (from a 1987 interview)
  • I want to make movies about Australia to be shown to people all over the world. It annoys me to talk to people overseas who are surprised we have not only kangaroos but telephones ... I think I've built up a pretty good international reputation - I'm lucky enough to have some sort of status - and I want to use it to help Australian films. (1968)
  • [on The Catered Affair (1956)] The Brooklyn accent I put on during the test so convinced the producers that I was from New York that they cast me as a Bronx boy. They didn't know I was just 18 months out of Australia until the movie was half finished.
  • I'm about the only Australian in movies who doesn't pretend to be something else. Flynn pretended he was American, Finch pretends he's a Pommie, Merle Oberon says she was not born in Tasmania.
  • I can fight, and I have, but so help me I haven't hit anybody in 20 years. Not rafts of girls any more, and no wives coming up or thought of. [Ex-]wives are at present costing me $60,000 a year. (1975)

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Interesting Facts about Rod Taylor

  1. Father: William Sturt Taylor; Mother: Mona Stewart
  2. Father of Felicia Taylor with his second wife, Mary.
  3. 20th Century-Fox considered him for the astronaut role in 1968's Planet of the Apes (1968) but, perhaps seeking a bigger box office name, gave the part to Charlton Heston.
  4. Played Tarzan in an Australian children's radio serial in the early 1950s.
  5. Attended East Sydney Art College.
  6. His second wife, Mary Beth Hilem, died on March 7, 2009.
  7. Taylor had completely retired from acting when Quentin Tarantino offered him the role of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Inglourious Basterds (2009). At first Taylor declined the part, suggesting that Tarantino should cast Albert Finney (who had played Churchill to great acclaim in The Gathering Storm (2002)), but eventually the director talked him into it.
  8. Was originally considered for the role of Roper in Enter The Dragon (1973) but was thought to be too tall, compared to the actor he'd be sharing many action scenes with, Bruce Lee -- the part eventually played by John Saxon.
  9. He originally planned to become an artist, and as a teenager he studied at the East Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College. He became interested in acting. He saw Laurence Olivier in "Richard III" on an Old Vic tour, and this inspired him to become an actor.
  10. His father was a steel-construction contractor and draftsman, and his mother, a children's book author.
  11. Briefly pursued a career as a painter before turning to acting.
  12. Ran his own TV production company, Rodlor Inc..
  13. He was considered for the role of Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes (1968) before Charlton Heston was cast.
  14. Is one of two actors to appear in movies, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Quentin Tarantino. Bruce Dern is the other.
  15. Rod Taylor fell down about two weeks before his death and was hospitalized. He returned home, and he subsequently had a heart attack and died in his bed at his home in Beverly Hills, CA, surrounded by his family and friends.
  16. He was considered to star with John Wayne in Rio Bravo (1959), The Magnificent Showman (1964) and The War Wagon (1967), before he finally got to work with Wayne in The Train Robbers (1973).
  17. He was once engaged to Anita Ekberg, who died four days after him.
  18. Became a US citizen in 1982.
  19. Taylor refused a screen test for James Bond, considering it beneath him. "Every time a new Bond picture became a smash hit," he later admitted, "I tore out my hair.".
  20. In the early 1970s he saved the Australian Opera (now Opera Australia) with a $250,000 donation.

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