Devastated: Rod Taylor, 1/11/1930 - 1/7/2015
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MoneyMagnet — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 04:30 PM)
I just recently saw him in "36 Hours" - a film which I only decided to watch, coincidentally, because I'm in the process of watching all of James Garner's available films. Of course, I knew Taylor from The Time Machine and The Birds already. And now we've lost Taylor too
In "36 Hours," Taylor is playing an American-born German (Nazi) who speaks in a flawless American accent. (So ironic considering the fact he was an Australian speaking in an American accent!) He's essentially playing the second lead, but is in no way a second banana to Garner. Yet, he does not seem at all out of place in this so-called "second lead" role, a true testament to his charisma and his rock solid acting talent.
He was an actor, not a "star" and although he was less familiar a performer to me than Garner was, I now feel the urge to go back and rediscover some of HIS work. -
hobnob53 — 11 years ago(January 11, 2015 02:53 PM)
Which hasn't stopped you from posting several times on this thread already, speaking of being an obsessive. Or is it stalker?
I didn't read your previous post but ran into this one. Incidentally, "this hobnob53" is a he, not she, and before you spew more idiotic comments, no, it's not a gay thing, simply being sad that a favorite actor has died.
Like I said, you don't like the word "devastated", don't use it. There was no reason to say anything else except for your evident affinity for weird and gratuitous remarks, such as people dying of cancer or in an auto accident. You seem to have a lot of personal issues. All your rubbish is just, in your own words, obsessive like your repeatedly posting on a thread whose theme you so disapprove of, an irony which obviously escapes you. -
Brimac98 — 11 years ago(January 11, 2015 07:53 PM)
Very nice tribute to Rod Taylor at the beginning of this thread he was as versatile as they come and this probably came from his time as a radio actor in Sydney and Melbourne in the early 1950s Rod's first success was as the voice of Tarzan in the long running radio series of the same name.
Among his colleagues in radio at the time were Peter Finch, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, John Meillon, among others all of whom went to England and would all end up in Hollywood. Each was renowned for having a beer or two (probably Bud was the more low key of the group) and certainly their radio work would come in handy in their later careers as most were used in advertising in the 70s through the 90s.
Rod's radio work certainly would have been of use for his voice work on Disney's "1001 Dalmations".