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Robert Taylor

1911 - 1969

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Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of his era. 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 Camille (1936), A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Bataan (1943). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Taylor is the 228th most popular actor (up from 709th in 2019), the 518th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,299th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Actor.

Robert Taylor is most famous for being a Hollywood actor in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Taylor ranks 228 out of 13,578Before him are Marsha Hunt, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Claude Rains, Nicole Kidman, and James Hong. After him are Romina Power, Philippe Noiret, Louis Gossett Jr., Antonio Banderas, David Morse, and Dolph Lundgren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Robert Taylor ranks 20Before him are William Golding, Mikhail Botvinnik, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Louise Bourgeois, Milovan Đilas, and William Howard Stein. After him are Babe Didrikson Zaharias, William Stuart-Houston, Melvin Calvin, Maurice Allais, Jack Ruby, and Polykarp Kusch. Among people deceased in 1969, Robert Taylor ranks 26Before him are Rocky Marciano, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Iskander Mirza, Brian Jones, Morihei Ueshiba, and Jack Kerouac. After him are Vesto Slipher, Dominique Pire, Levi Eshkol, Otto Dix, Moïse Tshombe, and Arthur Friedenreich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Taylor ranks 518 out of 20,380Before him are Marsha Hunt (1917), Ice Cube (1969), Christopher Walken (1943), Nicole Kidman (1967), J. P. Morgan (1837), and James Hong (1929). After him are Talcott Parsons (1902), Stanford Moore (1913), Romina Power (1951), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911), and Louis Gossett Jr. (1936).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Taylor ranks 118Before him are Jessica Lange (1949), John Lithgow (1945), Marsha Hunt (1917), Christopher Walken (1943), Nicole Kidman (1967), and James Hong (1929). After him are Romina Power (1951), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), David Morse (1953), Richard Widmark (1914), Sean Penn (1960), and Willem Dafoe (1955).