Rod Taylor

Biography

Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (born January 11, 1930  – January 7, 2015) was an Australian-born American actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers.

Known For

Inglourious Basterds

as Winston Churchill

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

as Pongo (voice)

The Birds

as Mitch Brenner

The Twilight Zone

as Clegg Forbes

The Time Machine

as H. George Wells

Giant

as Sir David Karfrey

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Gordon Cahill

Zabriskie Point

as Lee Allen

Murder, She Wrote

as Tom Dempsey

Murder, She Wrote

as Inspector Rory Lanahan