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Rod Taylor
Birthdate: January 11, 1930

Rod Taylor

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1950s
2.4698
11
total ranking of 2.4698
1960s
2.2094
18
total ranking of 2.2094
1970s
2.1021
9
total ranking of 2.1021
1980s
No Reviews
4
1990s
0.8694
3
total ranking of 0.8694
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Rod Taylor is ranked overall as 2.4272 of of 4 stars2.4272

Rod Taylor Movie Rankings

1
Rod Taylor starring in Giant
Rod Taylor scores a combined 3.0995 out of 4 stars for Giant3.0995
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. ...more about Giant
2
Rod Taylor starring in Birds
Rod Taylor scores a combined 3.0798 out of 4 stars for Birds3.0798
Flocks of sea gulls begin to take over a small costal town attacking anyone that gets in their way. ...more about Birds
3
Rod Taylor starring in Time Machine
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.9918 out of 4 stars for Time Machine2.9918
A scientist builds a time machine and travels almost 800,000 years into the future where society seems Euphoric, but underground is a race of man-eating monsters. In order to return to his own time he must save his machine from the monsters. ...more about Time Machine
4
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.8867 out of 4 stars for One Hundred and One Dalmatians2.8867
Pongo and Perdita have a litter of 15 puppies. Cruella De Vil takes a fancy to the pups, and wants to get hold of them, as well as more pups, to make herself a loveley dalmation skin coat... ...more about One Hundred and One Dalmatians
  • Not Available on DVD
5
World Without End (1956)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.6743 out of 4 stars for World Without End2.6743
Four astronauts returning from mankind's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. ...more about World Without End
  • Not Available on DVD
6
Separate Tables (1958)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.6636 out of 4 stars for Separate Tables2.6636
It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. ...more about Separate Tables
7
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.6286 out of 4 stars for Zabriskie Point2.6286
An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the authorities ...more about Zabriskie Point
  • Not Available on DVD
8
Ask Any Girl (1959)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.3090 out of 4 stars for Ask Any Girl2.3090
When naive young girl (Shirley MacLaine) goes to big city looking for a husband she lands a job in a marketing firm run by brothers David Niven and Gig Young. She convinces stodgy David Niven to market her as a potential wife to playboy Gig Young. ...more about Ask Any Girl
  • Not Available on DVD
9
Glass Bottom Boat, The (1966)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.2991 out of 4 stars for Glass Bottom Boat2.2991
Jennifer Nelson and Bruce Templeton meet when Bruce reels in her mermaid suit leaving Jennifer bottomless in the waters of Catalina Island. She later discovers that Bruce is the big boss at her work (a research lab). ...more about Glass Bottom Boat
10
Catered Affair, The (1956)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.1751 out of 4 stars for Catered Affair2.1751
At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. ...more about Catered Affair
  • Not Available on DVD
11
Train Robbers, The (1973)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.1410 out of 4 stars for Train Robbers2.1410
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh. ...more about Train Robbers
12
Raintree County (1957)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 2.0898 out of 4 stars for Raintree County2.0898
Idealist John Wickliff Shawnessy (Montgomery Clift) drifts away from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint) and enters into a passionate, but loveless, marriage with Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor) a wealthy New Orleans belle. ...more about Raintree County
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Partizani (1974)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.9597 out of 4 stars for Partizani1.9597
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Young Cassidy (1965)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.9099 out of 4 stars for Young Cassidy1.9099
  • Not Available on DVD
15
Deadly Trackers, The (1973)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.8044 out of 4 stars for Deadly Trackers1.8044
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Darker Than Amber (1970)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.7861 out of 4 stars for Darker Than Amber1.7861
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.7833 out of 4 stars for Welcome to Woop Woop1.7833
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits. ...more about Welcome to Woop Woop
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.6998 out of 4 stars for Nobody Runs Forever1.6998
Rod Taylor plays a policeman sent to return a sensitive case; An Australian citizen, currently acting as high commissioner for peace talks who is wanted for an old charge -- of murder. ...more about Nobody Runs Forever
19
Mercenaries, The (1968)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.6907 out of 4 stars for Mercenaries1.6907
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through the Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to rescue $25 million in uncut diamonds. ...more about Mercenaries
  • Not Available on DVD
20
36 Hours (1965)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.6450 out of 4 stars for 36 Hours1.6450
In this psychological war-drama an Army Major is captured by the Germans during World War II. They attempt to brainwash him into believing the war is over and that he is safe in an Allied hospital, so that he will divulge Allied invasion plans. ...more about 36 Hours
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Open Season (1995)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.6392 out of 4 stars for Open Season1.6392
An ex-employee of the TV ratings company goes to work at the Public Broadcasting Television studio (PBT) when suddenly the computer that determines ratings has a malfunction so that it inaccuratly reports a sudden trend from the normal violence, sex and ...more about Open Season
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Chuka (1967)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.6199 out of 4 stars for Chuka1.6199
23
Gathering of Eagles, A (1963)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.5446 out of 4 stars for Gathering of Eagles1.5446
Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. ...more about Gathering of Eagles
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Sunday in New York (1963)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.4807 out of 4 stars for Sunday in New York1.4807
Eileen is 22 and is smarting from her breakup with Russ. She comes to New York to visit her brother, Adam, who is an airline pilot. Eileen confides to her brother that she thinks she may be the only 22 year old virgin left in the world. ...more about Sunday in New York
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.3528 out of 4 stars for Fate Is the Hunter1.3528
Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash. ...more about Fate Is the Hunter
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Picture Show Man, The (1977)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.3295 out of 4 stars for Picture Show Man1.3295
At the beginnings of this centuary a man, his son and a piano player travel around Australia showing the first silent movies (naturally in black and white). But what they really want is stay at one place and open up a cinema. ...more about Picture Show Man
  • Not Available on DVD
28
Do Not Disturb (1965)
Rod Taylor scores a combined 1.1108 out of 4 stars for Do Not Disturb1.1108
Doris Day and Rod Taylor star in this 1960s romantic comedy about a pair of lovebirds prone to constant bickering. This argumentative streak is only intensified when the American couple moves to the English countryside. ...more about Do Not Disturb
30
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
No Reviews Available
When ex-cop Steve Rollins is released from San Quentin after five years, his only thoughts are of revenge on the men who framed him for manslaughter. ...more about Hell on Frisco Bay
  • Not Available on DVD
31
Hell with Heroes, The (1968)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
32
Hotel (1967)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
33
King of the Coral Sea (1953)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Liquidator, The (1965)
No Reviews Available
Colonel Mostyn is the chief of a section of the British Security Services when they are embarrassed by the number of spies and defections. ...more about Liquidator
  • Not Available on DVD
35
Long John Silver (1954)
No Reviews Available
After the Treasure Island adventure, Long John Silver turns up on a British Caribbean island, where he hears that rival pirate Mendoza has taken the ship carrying the governor's daughter...and his young friend Jim Hawkins. ...more about Long John Silver
36
Man Who Had Power Over Women, The (1970)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
37
Mask of Murder (1985)
No Reviews Available
In a Canadian village are women being killed by a psychopath. Chief Rich and Inspector McLane have no clue until McLane shoots a suspicious man. Now the killing seems to have ended, but the killer picks yet another victim... ...more about Mask of Murder
  • Not Available on DVD
38
On the Run (1983)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
39
Point of Betrayal (1995)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
40
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (1965)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
41
Step Down to Terror (1958)
No Reviews Available
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. ...more about Step Down to Terror
  • Not Available on DVD
42
Time to Die, A (1982)
No Reviews Available
A World War II vet (Edward Albert Jr.) sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. ...more about Time to Die
  • Not Available on DVD
43
Top Gun (1955)
No Reviews Available
Gunfighter Rick Martin returns to his hometown of Casper, Wyoming to learn of the fate of his mother and to warn the town of an impending raid by the Tom Quentin gang. ...more about Top Gun
  • Not Available on DVD
44
Trader Horn (1973)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
45
Treasure Seekers, The (1979)
No Reviews Available
A chance meeting leads two former college friends into a search for sunken treasure, a search which involves them with the double dealing Landers, supporter of their expedition treasures is discovered, but Landers traps them in an underwater cave. ...more about Treasure Seekers
  • Not Available on DVD