Rod Taylor, Hollywood Leading Man Who Battled ‘The Birds,’ Dies at 84

New York Times ^ | 01/09/2015 | By ANITA GATES

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

The Birds was a great movie classic.

[SeekAndFind]

ROD TAYLOR IN THE TIME MACHINE

[gattaca]

Had no idea he was Australian. Loved his movies.

[Borges]

The Time Machine was very faithful to the great Wells novel...till about half way through.

[SeekAndFind]

As Winston Churchill in Inglorious Basterds, his last movie

[miss marmelstein]

Love the Birds. The extra on my dvd has an interesting interview with Taylor. Seemed like a really nice fellow! Good actor, too. RIP, Mr. Taylor!

[llevrok]

Bird flu finally took it’s toll?

[SeekAndFind]

Yes, after 51 years....

[fwdude]

The Birds was a great movie classic.

But it had a horrible ending, not according to plan. The makers had to wrap it up prematurely.

[JaguarXKE]

TTM is one of my all-time favorite movies. In fact I own it!

[fwdude]

Check him out in The Glass Bottom Boat where he was paired with Doris Day. Hilarious!

[freedumb2003]

Morlocks got him.

Seriously - heck of an actor. RIP and prayers for the family.

[Sans-Culotte]

I always liked Rod Taylor. He was a fine actor who had a great on-screen presence. Besides his many good films, I also enjoyed his short-lived series Bearcats!.

[freedumb2003]

>>I own it<<

The Machine or a copy of the movie?

[Cboldt]

Just saw Sunday in New York, a couple days ago. Mr. Taylor seemed to be a genuinely nice man.

[llevrok]

Seriously - heck of an actor. RIP and prayers for the family.

I agree totally. Always played a man's man in the films. Lacking, these days.

[ExGeeEye]

This particular machine is shown as one of several visual jokes in Gremlins (1984).

[Dr. Ursus]

Suzanne Pleshette was the teacher in the movie.

[Beowulf9]

I’m so glad you posted this picture. It is how I will remember him.