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Robert Taylor
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American actor (1911-1969)
OverviewAI-generated
Robert Taylor, born Spangler Arlington Brugh Taylor in Filley, Nebraska, was an American actor and aircraft pilot. He was a member of the Republican Party and served in World War II. Taylor attended Pomona College and was married to Barbara Stanwyck and Ursula Thiess. He died of lung cancer in Santa Monica in 1969 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
His career included work as a film and television actor. Taylor is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1784
- Died
- 1844
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Who is the Holy Ghost?
- The question concerning literary property determined by the Court of King's Bench on 20th April 1769 in the cause between Andrew Millar and Robert Taylor ...
- The judgment of the Court of King's Bench, upon the Rev. Robert Taylor, A.B., M.R.C.S., on a conviction of blasphemy toward the Christian religion
- Trial of the Rev. Robert Taylor, A.B. & M.R.C.S.
- Trial of the Reverend Robert Taylor, A.B., M.R.C.S.
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Filley, Nebraska, USA
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…
Known for
- The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage)2021
- Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo — Self (archive footage)2014
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self (archive footage)1997
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire — Self (archive footage)1991
- Yellowthread Street — Det. Peter Marenta1990
- That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)1972
- The Extraordinary Seaman — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1969
- Garbo, by Joan Crawford — Self (archive footage)1969
- Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows — Mr. Farriday: The 'In' Group1968
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1989-12-13
Discography
- Taylor Swift2006
- Fearless2008
- Speak Now2010
- Red2012
- 19892014
- reputation2017
- Lover2019
- folklore2020
- evermore2020
- Fearless (Taylor’s Version)2021
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14,195
- Total plays
- 79,244
Tags
There are 2 artists with this name: 1) Robert Taylor is a relative newcomer to the fingerstyle guitar community but after having won the Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Championship in 2004, his presence was soon felt and Robert found himself being referred to as “the most original fingerstyle guitarist today”. Since then, Robert has performed internationally as a solo guitarist and has played the support role for such musicians as Don Ross, Tony Mcmanus, Valdy, Tommy Emmanuel and Adrian Legg. <
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,746x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,523x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,797x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,763x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,459x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Spangler Arlington Brugh , ( 1911-08-05 ) August 5, 1911, Filley, Nebraska , U.S.
- Died
- June 8, 1969 (1969-06-08) (aged 57), Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Glendale, California
- Alma mater
- Doane College , Pomona College
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1934–1968
- Spouses
- Barbara Stanwyck ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1952 ) Ursula Thiess ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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). During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Air Forces, where he worked as a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the television series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. In 1966, he assumed hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series Death Valley Days.
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