
Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 11, 1930
- January 7, 2015 (aged 84)
- Sydney - New South Wales - Australia
- Actor, also producer and writer
- 51 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
What are Rod Taylor's films like?
Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 5 · Wry 2 · Earnest 33
A split, not a type: Light 16 · Serious 14 · Dark 10
Grounded 16 · Stylized 19 · Heightened 5
Gentle 12 · Charged 22 · Intense 6
A split, not a type: Steady 20 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 9
Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 3
A split, not a type: Casual 22 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 5
Easy watch 19 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 6
Resolved 33 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 16 of 32 analyzed roles.
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- Tricksteras Lem Sutter in Top Gun (1955)
- Allyas Ralph Halloran in The Catered Affair (1956)
- Allyas Herbert Ellis in World Without End (1956)
- Allyas Mike Randall in Step Down to Terror (1958)
- Heroas Pirro in Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
- Heroas H. George Wells in The Time Machine (1960)
- Heroas Pongo in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
- Heroas Mitch Brenner in The Birds (1963)
- Allyas Col. Hollis Farr in A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
- Shapeshifteras Mike Mitchell in Sunday in New York (1963)
- Heroas Les Mangrum in The V.I.P.s (1963)
- Shadowas Major Walter Gerber in 36 Hours (1964)
- Shapeshifteras Mike Harper in Do Not Disturb (1965)
- Heroas Boysie Oakes in The Liquidator (1965)
- Heroas Bruce Templeton in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
- Heroas Chuka in Chuka (1967)
- Heroas Peter McDermott in Hotel (1967)
- Heroas Curry in Dark of the Sun (1968)
- Heroas Brynie MacKay in The Hell with Heroes (1968)
- Heroas Peter Reaney in The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)
- Shadowas Lee Allen in Zabriskie Point (1970)
- Heroas Lieutenant Bob Robson in The Heroes (1973)
- Shadowas Frank Brand in The Deadly Trackers (1973)
- Allyas Grady in The Train Robbers (1973)
- Heroas Shamus McCoy in A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975)
- Heroas Brent in The Treasure Seekers (1979)
- Heroas Steve Donegin in Cry of the Innocent (1980)
- Allyas Jack Bailey in A Time to Die (1982)
- Shadowas Billy Patrick in Open Season (1995)
- Shadowas Daddy-O in Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
- Mentoras General Sorenson in The Osiris Chronicles (1998)
- Mentoras Doc in Kaw (2006)
Moods and endings
- Happy13
- Bittersweet20
- Ambiguous6
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rod Taylor's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 51 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- 36 Hours (1964) · actor · free
- Separate Tables (1958) · actor · free
- Dark of the Sun (1968) · actor · free
- Raintree County (1957) · actor · free
- Water Rats (1996) · actor · free
- Welcome to Woop Woop (1997) · actor · free
- Falcon Crest (1981) · actor · free
- A Time to Die (1982) · actor · free
- Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Rod Taylor's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
89 credits, 51 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Kaw(2006)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Legends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Welcome to Woop Woop(1997)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all filmsDeath on the Oregon Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

The Osiris Chronicles(1998)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Water Rats(1996)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Open Season(1995)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Point of Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Grass Roots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Palomino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Mask of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Marbella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Half Nelson(1985)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Masquerade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

On the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Disney's Halloween Treat(1984)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
A Time to Die(1982)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Falcon Crest(1981)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Hellinger's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Cry of the Innocent(1980)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Treasure Seekers(1979)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Tales of the Unexpected(1979)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The Oregon Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Picture Show Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Vortex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Hell River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Deadly Trackers(1973)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Trader Horn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Heroes(1973)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
The Train Robbers(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Family Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Bearcats! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Powderkeg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Darker Than Amber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Zabriskie Point(1970)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Hell with Heroes(1968)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Nobody Runs Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Dark of the Sun(1968)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Chuka(1967)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Hotel(1967)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Glass Bottom Boat(1966)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Do Not Disturb(1965)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Liquidator(1965)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Young Cassidy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

36 Hours(1964)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Fate Is the Hunter(1964)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Sunday in New York(1963)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The V.I.P.s(1963)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
A Gathering of Eagles(1963)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Birds(1963)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Seven Seas to Calais (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Bus Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Time Machine(1960)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Hong Kong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Ask Any Girl(1959)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Separate Tables(1958)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Step Down to Terror(1958)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Great Gatsby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Raintree County(1957)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Suspicion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Giant(1956)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Catered Affair(1956)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
World Without End(1956)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Hell on Frisco Bay(1955)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Top Gun(1955)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Virgin Queen(1955)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Long John Silver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Studio 57 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

King of the Coral Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Inland with Sturt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 89 titles from 1948 to 2009; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

Highest rated
The Birds (1963)

Most popular right now
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Film career
Peak 2009 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 13 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1954Screen debut· Long John Silver
- 1960First top-billed film· The Time Machine
- 1961Breakout· One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- 1961Career best· One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- 1993Career best· Walker, Texas Ranger
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Rod Taylor's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 44; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up13
- 50th to 74th14
- 25th to 49th12
- Below 25th12
Shape of the crowd
22 of their 51 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Universally Panned2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser22
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 34 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Rod Taylor's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Rod Taylor work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rod Taylor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin McCarthy shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Jack CardiffShared titles: Dark of the Sun (1968), The Liquidator (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Cardiff

- Delbert MannShared titles: A Gathering of Eagles (1963), Separate Tables (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Delbert Mann

Writers
- Terence RattiganShared titles: The V.I.P.s (1963), Separate Tables (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Terence Rattigan

Actors
- Kevin McCarthyShared titles: The Hell with Heroes (1968), Hotel (1967), A Gathering of Eagles (1963)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin McCarthy

- Elizabeth TaylorShared titles: The V.I.P.s (1963), Raintree County (1957), Giant (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Elizabeth Taylor

- Maggie SmithShared titles: Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2016), The V.I.P.s (1963)See all 2 shared titles with Maggie Smith

- Susie PorterShared titles: Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2016), Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Susie Porter

Cinematographers and editors
- Edward A. BieryShared titles: Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982), Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Edward A. Biery
- Fred A. ChulackShared titles: A Time to Die (1982), Cry of the Innocent (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Fred A. Chulack
- Frank SantilloShared titles: The Train Robbers (1973), The Catered Affair (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Santillo
- Edward ScaifeShared titles: Dark of the Sun (1968), The Liquidator (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Scaife
Producers
- Everett FreemanShared titles: The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Sunday in New York (1963)See all 2 shared titles with Everett Freeman
- Martin MelcherShared titles: The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Do Not Disturb (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Melcher

- Aaron RosenbergShared titles: Do Not Disturb (1965), Fate Is the Hunter (1964)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron Rosenberg
Mixed roles
- Carl PingitoreShared titles: A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975), The Deadly Trackers (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Carl Pingitore
- Duccio TessariShared titles: The Heroes (1973), Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)See all 2 shared titles with Duccio Tessari

