* als: Spangler Arlington Brugh) 

* Filley, NE 5.8.1911 - † 1969

The son of a country doctor, he attended Doane College in Nebraska, where he
majored in music, then followed his cello teacher to Pomona College in California.

His performance in a college production led to a screen test and a long-term
contract with MGM. Handsome to the point of prettiness, and billed as "The Man
With the Perfect Profile," he vied with Clark Gable for popularity as the screen's
top romantic star. He made his first real impact on a loanout to Universal in
MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1935), and for the next 30 years he remained one of
MGM's principal players, starring opposite some of the screen's most glamorous
leading ladies, from Garbo and Harlow to Ava Gardner and Elizabeth Taylor.

Taylor gradually got rid of the glamour-boy image and developed into a mature
actor of solid character. He also acquired a reputation among directors as a
no-nonsense professional who made up for any lack of depth in his acting with
his serious attitude and hard work. During WWII he served as a flight instructor
with the Navy's Air Transport. He also directed 17 Navy training films and narrated
the feature-length documentary THE FIGHTING LADY (1944). His personal life was
as earnest and scandal-free as his professional career. He was married twice,
to Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 till 1951, and to Ursula Thiess from 1954 until
his death of lung cancer at the age of 57.

Filmografie

1934   HANDY ANDY 
1934   THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW      
1934   A WICKED WOMAN   
1935   BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936       
1935   BURIED LOOT                      — in "Crime Does Not Pay" series
1935   MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION   — as Robert Merrick
1935   MURDER IN THE FLEET       
1935   SOCIETY DOCTOR   
1935   TIMES SQUARE LADY
1935   WEST POINT OF THE AIR   
1936   THE GORGEOUS HUSSY      
1936   HIS BROTHER'S WIFE
1936   PRIVATE NUMBER    
1936   SMALL TOWN GIRL/ONE HORSE TOWN     
1937   BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938       

1937   CAMILLE  as Armand

1937   LEST WE FORGET    
1937   PERSONAL PROPERTY        
1937   THIS IS MY AFFAIR  
1938   THE CROWD ROARS 
1938   THREE COMRADES                      as Erich
1938   A YANK AT OXFORD 
1939   LADY OF THE TROPICS      
1939   LUCKY NIGHT
1939   REMEMBER?  
1939   STAND UP AND FIGHT        
1940   ESCAPE        
1940   FLIGHT COMMAND   
1940   WATERLOO BRIDGE  
1941   BILLY THE KID                           title role
1941   JOHNNY EAGER       
1941   WHEN LADIES MEET/STRANGE SKIRTS     
1942   HER CARDBOARD LOVER     
1942   STAND BY FOR ACTION      
1943   ABOVE SUSPICION   
1943   BATAAN       
1943   SONG OF RUSSIA    
1943   THE YOUNGEST PROFESSION         cameo
1944   THE FIGHTING LADY                     commentary
1946   UNDERCURRENT       
1947   HIGH WALL   
1948   THE SECRET LAND   
1949   AMBUSH       
1949   THE BRIBE    
1949   CONSPIRATOR        
1950   DEVIL'S DOORWAY   
1951   QUO VADIS?                             as Marcus Vinitius
1951   WESTWARD THE WOMEN    
1952   ABOVE AND BEYOND

1952   IVANHOE
 

1953   ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT
1953   I LOVE MELVIN                           cameo
1953   KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE     —      as Lancelot
1953   RIDE, VAQUERO       
1954   ROGUE COP   
1954   VALLEY OF THE KINGS       
1955   MANY RIVERS TO CROSS    
1955   QUENTIN DURWARD/THE ADVENTURES OF QUENTIN DURWARD — title role
1956   D-DAY THE SIXTH OF JUNE 
1956   THE LAST HUNT      
1956   THE POWER AND THE PRIZE
1957   TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY      
1958   THE LAW AND JAKE WADE  
1958   PARTY GIRL  
1958   SADDLE THE WIND   
1959   THE HANGMAN        
1959   THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN HAWKS 
1959   KILLERS OF KILIMANJARO   
1963   CATTLE KING
1963   MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS        
1964   A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME   
1964   THE NIGHT WALKER 
1966   JOHNNY TIGER