Yeah it was a great fight!

Yeah it was a great fight!

I have a DVD copy of "Darker Than Amber". The fight scene was very brutal and ran for a long period of time.

Just heard about his death!! susprise it didn't make bigger news. As much as I love The Time Machine fans should check out Darker Than Amber and that fight with William Smith.

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".

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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.

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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.

R.I.P.

Sad to hear of his passing, since we are losing too many actors of his caliber as time marches on
The Time Machine
is my favorite of his films that I've seen, but mention should be made about
Dark Of The Sun
, an exciting and hard-hitting adventure film that I finally got to see again from the Warner Archive DVD collection a few years back.
He also did a DVD commentary on his episode of
The Twilight Zone
called 'And When The Sky Was Opened', one of the best from the series.
God speed Mr. Rod Taylor!

Hey, thanks again, pouncemo. Yes, talking about such an event does make it a bit easier to handle.

Sad to hear about his passing. He was great in the Time Travel Machine Movie and Birds.

A beautiful tribute Hobnob. I feel little less sad for your having written it and my having read it.
Many thanks.

I didn't know about Taylor's death until a few minutes ago, when I saw it on the NYT website.
Then I come here - and I find out (from your post) that Luise Rainer died too.
What a week.
Anyway, I am very saddened by his passing (especially because 85 isn't what it used to be). But at least his presence in films will continue to give pleasure to millions of people.
(Also, I can't help but think - all the time - about Maggie Smith.
I bet she really is devastated.)

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Actually, I did address the so-called issue about "devastated" in the content of my posts. You just couldn't see it.
The "other poster" didn't "call me" on it. You can't "call" someone on a matter of opinion. She respectfully disagreed, that's all. If you don't like the word, fine, that's your opinion, not some immutable truth. Is that explicit enough a response for you?
And speaking of seeing things, I see you didn't address my point about your inept definition of the word "sudden".
As to your last line, I have no idea what
But don't worry, THOSE WHO ARE "asinine" IS NOT BEYOND DESCRIPTION FOR ME
means, since it is neither a grammatical nor comprehensible English sentence. However, I'll take your advice and not worry about it.
So, you don't like "devastated" or "suddenly" in this context. That's fine, and that's too bad. Your objection is noted. I guess a person like you needs to get in the last word, so have at it. I won't be reading, replying or interested.

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You know, InherentlyYours, if you don't like the characterization, then just ignore it. You're in no position to question how others feel.
Your idea that, because someone was 85 (84, actually) and died of natural causes, his death cannot qualify as "sudden" is so asinine as to defy description. Do you even know the meaning of the word? From all reports Rod Taylor appeared to be perfectly fine (sure, for 84) then died quickly and unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack. That constitutes "suddenly".
Yes, you normally expect a person of 84 to have much less time left than someone of 34. But a "sudden" death has
nothing
to do with age. Old people can also die a lingering death of cancer. By your idiotic definition, age alone would render such a death "sudden".

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Don't worry about making typos. It goes with the territory here.
I've had to correct the thread title and my OP because we now know Mr. Taylor died Wednesday the 7th. His death simply wasn't announced until the 8th.
But a nice thought about him as a true gentleman, which I think he was.
Anyway, to your previous post, you can still be devastated when someone you've liked almost your whole life, grew up watching, dies suddenly, can't you? Age has nothing to do with it.
And besides the man himself, his death is the loss of another link to the postwar era of Hollywood, just as the death of Luise Rainer last week marked the passing of one of the very last remaining links to pre-war Hollywood. There won't be any more such people.

Michaelnlori, I was trying to think of a way of working a line from one of Mr. Taylor's films into this tribute, and you succeeded. Very lovely and well done!
(I've corrected his date of death to January 7, confirmed this morning.)

R.I.P. Mr. Taylor-now you truly have "all the time in the world".

Edit. "name" should've been "man". Sorry, it's early!!! haven't had my coffee yet. Either way RIP Mr. Taylor. A true gentleman.