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Robert Taylor
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| Nickname: | "The Man with the Perfect Profile" / Arly / Bob |
| Known for: | Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Waterloo Bridge |
| Birth name: | Spangler Arlington Brugh |
| Birthday: | 5 August 1911, Filley, Nebraska, USA |
| Height: | 5' 11½" (1.82 m) |
Trivia
Directed 17 United States Navy training films during World War II.
Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Garden of Honor, Columbarium of the Evening Star. (Not accessible to the general public).
MGM's publicity department released these measurements for Robert Taylor in 1938: Chest 43" / Waist 30" / Hips 37" / Thighs 23" / Calf 15" / Biceps 14.75" / Forearm 12" / Wrists 7" / Neck 16"
Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1970.
2 children with Ursula Thiess: Terrance (b. June 18, 1955) and Tessa (b. 1959)
The son of a country doctor.
Was on contract to MGM for $35,000 per week.
He was under contract at MGM for over twenty years, one of the longest performer contracts in studio history.
Right-handed Taylor spent weeks perfecting his ability to draw a gun with his left hand in preparation for his role in Billy the Kid.
His mother had been an invalid since she was a teenager and was only able to get out of bed for 1 hour a week. Doctors predicted she would die before 30. Despondent over his wife's condition, Robert's father decided to take matters into his own hands. He enrolled in medical school and, soon after graduating, he cured his wife.
He was called "The New King", after Clark Gable's departure from MGM in 1955.
Is portrayed by Terrence E. McNally in Moviola: The Silent Lovers
The favorite of all his films was Waterloo Bridge.
After Taylor died of lung cancer - he was a chain smoker - at the age of 57, he was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California. Many Hollywood celebrities attended his funeral, and his best friend Ronald Reagan, the Governor of California, gave the eulogy.
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