Theater-exprienced, ruggedly handsome performer who went to Hollywood in 1955 and hit a peak in the early 1960s as tough but endearing lead of adventure-thrillers, including George Pal's first-rate adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" (1960) and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963).
Family
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Daughter: Felicia Taylor. co-anchor, "This Morning's Business" on KCOP, in Los Angeles
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Father: William Sturt Taylor.
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Mother: Mona Taylor.
Education
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East Sydney Art College, Sydney, Australia, art, 1944-48
Milestones
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1954 Film debut, "Long John Silver" (Australian film)
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1955 US film debut, "Top Gun"
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1967 Debut as film producer, "Chuka" (also actor)
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Began career as artist