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Rod Taylor

1930 - 2015

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Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including Young Cassidy (1965), Nobody Runs Forever (1968), The Train Robbers (1973), and A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975). Taylor was born in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, to a father who was a steel construction contractor and commercial artist and a mother who was a children's author. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rod Taylor is the 982nd most popular actor (up from 992nd in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Australia (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Australian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rod Taylor ranks 982 out of 13,578. Before him are Angelique Rockas, Frank Langella, Linda Thompson, Kim Hye-ja, María Casares, and Pier Angeli. After him are Angie Bowie, Helen Hayes, June Carter Cash, Barbara Bach, Pedro Armendáriz, and Jill Ireland.

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Among people born in 1930, Rod Taylor ranks 105. Before him are Hilderaldo Bellini, Mauro Ramos, Pavel Popovich, Ben Gazzara, Robert Loggia, and Richard Donner. After him are William C. Campbell, Tadao Kobayashi, Michel Serres, Sławomir Mrożek, Jānis Pujats, and Toru Takemitsu. Among people deceased in 2015, Rod Taylor ranks 79. Before him are Kurt Masur, Louis Jourdan, Phil Taylor, Georges Wolinski, Robert Loggia, and Gabriele Ferzetti. After him are Ben E. King, Joshua Fishman, Dettmar Cramer, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Cynthia Lennon, and Ruth Rendell.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Rod Taylor ranks 54 out of 1,143. Before him are Mark Webber (1976), Annette Kellermann (1887), Ned Kelly (1855), Michael Jeffery (1937), Alan Jones (1946), and Jason Clarke (1969). After him are Nick Cave (1957), Simon Baker (1969), Roy Emerson (1936), Barry Marshall (1951), Eric Bana (1968), and Jonathan Hyde (1948).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Rod Taylor ranks 11. Before him are Chris Hemsworth (1983), Heath Ledger (1979), Hugh Jackman (1968), Margot Robbie (1990), Lionel Logue (1880), and Jason Clarke (1969). After him are Simon Baker (1969), Eric Bana (1968), Jonathan Hyde (1948), Paul Hogan (1939), Judith Anderson (1897), and Deborra-Lee Furness (1955).

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