| Rod Taylor Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 5 ft 11 in |
| Weight | 85 kg |
| Date of Birth | January 11, 1930 |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Date of Death | January 7, 2015 |
Rod Taylor was an Australian actor, voice artist, and writer whose film credits include Sunday in New York, The Birds, Top Gun, The Time Machine, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Inglourious Basterds, Colossus and the Amazon Queen, The Liquidator, Seven Seas to Calais, Dark of the Sun, Raintree County, The Catered Affair, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Hell with Heroes, The Man Who Had Power Over Women, Trader Horn, A Matter of Wife… and Death, and A Time to Die. He was also known for his television work in projects like Hong Kong, Masquerade, The Oregon Trail, Playhouse 90, and Falcon Crest.
Born Name
Rodney Sturt Taylor
Nick Name
Rod
Age
He was born on January 11, 1930.
Died
On January 7, 2015, Rod Taylor died of a heart attack at the age of 84 in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Resting Place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Sun Sign
Capricorn
Born Place
Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
Residence
He resided in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Nationality
Education
Rod Taylor studied at Parramatta High School (abbreviated as PHS) located in Parramatta in Sydney, New South Wales. After that, he got enrolled at the East Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College and took art classes.
Occupation
Actor, Voice Artist, Writer
Family
- Father – William Sturt Taylor (Steel Construction Contractor, Commercial Artist)
- Mother – Mona Taylor (née Thompson) (A writer of more than a hundred short stories and children’s books)
- Siblings – Rod was an only child.
- Others – Captain Charles Sturt (Great-Great-Granduncle) (Explorer of Australia, Colonial Administrator, Grazier, Naturalist) (An explorer of Australia who was part of the European exploration of Australia)
Net Worth
According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, he had a net worth of $5 Million.
Build
Average
Height
5 ft 11 in or 180.5 cm
Weight
85 kg or 187.5 lbs
Girlfriend / Boyfriend / Spouse
Rod Taylor dated –
- Grayson Hall – He was romantically involved with American actor Grayson Hall in the past.
- Tura Satana – He once hooked up with Japanese actor, vedette, and exotic dancer Tura Satana.
- Anita Ekberg
- Peggy Williams (1950-1954)​ – In 1950, he started going out with model Peggy Williams and the couple got married the following year. However, the marriage ended in divorce in 1954 and there were allegations of domestic violence. He later stated that the marriage ended as they felt they were too young to have a healthy marriage.
- Theona Bryant (1956) – He had a short-term romance with actor Theona Bryant from August 1956 to September 1956.
- Jonathan Frid (1960) – He went out with Canadian actor Jonathan Frid from February 1960 to October 1960.
- Mary Hilem (1962-1969)​ – In 1962, he began dating model Mary Hilem and they tied the knot in 1963. The duo was blessed with a daughter named Felicia Taylor (a retired CNN financial reporter) on August 28, 1964. Rod and Mary divorced in 1969.
- Pat Sheehan (1966-1967) – Between 1966 and 1967, he was romantically linked with American model and actor Pat Sheehan.
- Merle Oberon (1966) – He had a fling with actor Merle Oberon in 1966.
- Dinah Shore (1970) – American singer Dinah Shore and Rod Taylor were an item in March 1970.
- Carol Kikumura – He married Carol Kikumura in 1980 and they had originally dated in the early 1960s when she worked as an extra on his TV series Hong Kong. They reunited in 1971 and dated for 9 years before getting married. They remained together until his death in 2015.
Race / Ethnicity
White
Hair Color
Salt and Pepper
Eye Color
Blue
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual
Distinctive Features
Fluent American accent
Rod Taylor Facts
- His middle name was derived from his great-great-granduncle, Captain Charles Sturt.
- It was his mother’s desire to see her son become an artist and he was, therefore, pressured into taking the art classes at the East Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College. He eventually went on to work as a commercial artist but then decided to pursue a career in acting after watching Laurence Olivier in an Old Vic touring production of Richard III.
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