Australian actor Rod Taylor dead at 84: Legendary star suffers a heart attack at LA home

News.com.au ^ | January 09, 2015 9:24AM

[ConorMacNessa]

LEGENDARY Australian actor Rod Taylor has passed away in the early hours of the morning US time after suffering from a heart attack.

The 84-year-old, who starred in Hollywood flicks including most recently Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, was said to have died at home in LA following a dinner party.

It was to have been his birthday on Sunday.

His daughter Felicia confirmed his death to CNN.

“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” Felicia, a former CNN News correspondent, said in a statement.

“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”

[ConorMacNessa]

Rest In Peace

[Monty22002]

Ah man, I loved him in The Time Machine.

[ConorMacNessa]

[4yearlurker]

He was in a few old Twilight Zones. Saw him in a recent interview were he talked about clashing with Hitchcock on The Birds.

[ChildOfThe60s]

That and the Birds are the two most memorable for me.

I thought he would have made a good James Bond in the 60s, accent excepted.

[Sasparilla]

Not to worry. He had the control knob of the time machine in his pocket.

[ConorMacNessa]

[jazusamo]

An excellent actor, may Rod Taylor RIP.

[PROCON]

He and Yvette Mimeux in "The Time Machine"

[Empireoftheatom48]

Yeah he was great in “The Time Machine” also that French actress was sooooo hot!

[OldSmaj]

The only thing I remember him in is "The Birds", and I think as some obscure Naval officer or some sort in a British movie.

I thought he was already dead.

May he rest in peace.

[MtnMan101]

I was but a child when this movie came out. I’ve loved it ever sense.
R.I.P. Rod, Thanks for the memories.

[colorado tanker]

Rod Taylor played Churchill in Inglorious Basterds? I didn’t recognize him at the time!

[Brother Cracker]

The Birds ***** (1963, Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor

[jonascord]

This man could say more with a glance than 99% of the mugging fairies you see today. The good thing is to go to used DVD stores and he's still there, or late night on the TV.

There are worse legacies.

[ConorMacNessa]

With Trevor Howard in "The Liquidator"

[fieldmarshaldj]

Enjoyed his work, especially in “The Time Machine.” RIP.

[Captain Peter Blood]

He did a picture in the 1960’s with Trevor Howard, that was a James Bond type film call “The Liquidator”. Wasn’t bad and the female lead was played by Jill St. John.
About 1966 I think, pretty good movie.

[Michael.SF.]

Never knew he was Australian.

RIP

[PGalt]

Condolences to family and friends of actor Rod Taylor. One of my favorites. R.I.P., sir.