Rod Taylor (1930 –2015) was an Australian actor. His career spanned over 6 decades with the 1960s being the peak of his career. He is best known for his roles in The Birds, The Time Machine and for providing his voice in the Disney animated classic, 101 Dalmatians. His IMDb page shows 93 acting credits from 1951 to 2009. This page will rank 36 Rod Taylor movies from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. The following table only includes his movies that we were able to find a box office number on…we will continue to search for more Taylor movies. This page comes from repeated requests by longtime UMR contributors Steveleneson and Florarson.
Rod Taylor Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1956
Giant (1956)
AA Best Picture Nom
1961
101 Dalmatians (1961)
1963
The Birds (1963)
1958
Separate Tables (1958)
AA Best Picture Nom
2009
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
1957
Raintree County (1957)
1963
The V.I.P.s (1963)
1959
Ask Any Girl (1959)
1960
The Time Machine (1960)
1964
36 Hours (1964)
1966
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
1963
Sunday in New York (1963)
1965
Do Not Disturb (1965)
1955
Hell On Frisco Bay (1955)
1964
Fate Is The Hunter (1964)
1963
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
1968
Dark of the Sun (1968)
1956
The Catered Affair (1956)
1973
The Train Robbers (1973)
1970
Zabriskie Point (1970)
1967
Hotel (1967)
1965
Young Cassidy (1965)
1954
Long John Silver (1954)
1955
Top Gun (1955)
1965
The Liquidator (1965)
1962
Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
1970
Darker Than Amber (1970)
1956
World Without End (1956)
1954
King of the Coral Sea (1954)
1970
The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)
1967
Chuka (1967)
1968
The Hell With Heroes (1968)
1968
The High Commissioner (1968)
1997
Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
1995
Open Season (1995)
1973
Trader Horn (1973)
Rod Taylor Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort Rod Taylor movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Rod Taylor movie received.
- Sort Rod Taylor movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Giant (1956) AA Best Picture Nom |
James Dean & Rock Hudson |
27.10 | 532.0 | 795.20 | 3 | 86 | 10 / 01 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | 101 Dalmatians (1961) | Rod Taylor & Betty Lou Gerson |
73.90 | 1,076.5 | 1,586.40 | 1 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 4 | The Birds (1963) | Jessica Tandy & Suzanne Pleshette |
14.50 | 182.3 | 182.30 | 16 | 88 | 01 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 2 | Separate Tables (1958) AA Best Picture Nom |
Burt Lancaster & Rita Hayworth |
8.90 | 159.1 | 159.10 | 23 | 80 | 07 / 02 | 97.6 | |
| 5 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | Brad Pitt & Directed by Quentin Tarantino |
120.50 | 173.3 | 462.00 | 24 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 6 | Raintree County (1957) | Montgomery Clift & Elizabeth Taylor |
17.00 | 327.9 | 506.70 | 5 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 7 | The V.I.P.s (1963) | Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor |
13.40 | 167.9 | 167.90 | 21 | 53 | 01 / 01 | 87.1 | |
| 9 | Ask Any Girl (1959) | David Niven & Shirley MacLaine |
5.70 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 42 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 8 | The Time Machine (1960) | Yvette Mimieux & Sebastian Cabot |
4.60 | 71.9 | 116.50 | 57 | 76 | 01 / 01 | 84.2 | |
| 10 | 36 Hours (1964) | James Garner & Eva Marie Saint |
6.30 | 72.1 | 72.10 | 44 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 82.9 | |
| 11 | The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) | Doris Day | 11.50 | 112.7 | 112.70 | 25 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 12 | Sunday in New York (1963) | Jane Fonda | 5.40 | 68.0 | 68.00 | 55 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | |
| 13 | Do Not Disturb (1965) | Doris Day | 10.40 | 110.0 | 110.00 | 22 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 14 | Hell On Frisco Bay (1955) | Edward G. Robinson & Alan Ladd |
4.50 | 94.2 | 167.10 | 76 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 15 | Fate Is The Hunter (1964) | Glenn Ford & Jane Russell |
5.70 | 65.5 | 65.50 | 48 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 16 | A Gathering of Eagles (1963) | Rock Hudson | 6.40 | 80.6 | 80.60 | 45 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 69.7 | |
| 17 | Dark of the Sun (1968) | Yvette Mimieux | 5.10 | 42.3 | 42.30 | 62 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.1 | |
| 19 | The Catered Affair (1956) | Bette Davis & Ernest Borgnine |
2.70 | 53.0 | 82.20 | 120 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 66.5 | |
| 20 | The Train Robbers (1973) | John Wayne & Ann-Margret |
9.40 | 57.2 | 118.10 | 36 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 65.6 | |
| 18 | Zabriskie Point (1970) | Paul Fix | 3.00 | 20.9 | 20.90 | 83 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 21 | Hotel (1967) | Merle Oberon & Melvyn Douglas |
7.50 | 66.8 | 66.80 | 38 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 63.7 | |
| 22 | Young Cassidy (1965) | Maggie Smith & Directed by John Ford |
2.70 | 28.6 | 28.60 | 83 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 59.4 | |
| 23 | Long John Silver (1954) | Robert Newton | 2.00 | 46.2 | 46.20 | 122 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 57.1 | |
| 24 | Top Gun (1955) | Sterling Hayden | 1.20 | 25.0 | 25.00 | 162 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | |
| 25 | The Liquidator (1965) | Trevor Howard | 4.70 | 50.0 | 50.00 | 57 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 53.9 | |
| 28 | Seven Seas to Calais (1962) | Keith Michell | 3.60 | 51.3 | 92.40 | 66 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 51.9 | |
| 26 | Darker Than Amber (1970) | Jane Russell | 4.80 | 33.7 | 33.70 | 55 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 51.8 | |
| 27 | World Without End (1956) | Hugh Marlowe | 1.50 | 29.4 | 29.40 | 154 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 49.0 | |
| 29 | King of the Coral Sea (1954) | Chips Rafferty | 0.60 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 178 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 48.8 | |
| 29 | The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970) | Carol White | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 189 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.7 | |
| 31 | Chuka (1967) | Ernest Borgnine | 1.90 | 17.1 | 17.10 | 101 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 31 | The Hell With Heroes (1968) | Claudia Cardinale | 1.80 | 14.7 | 14.70 | 131 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 28.5 | |
| 33 | The High Commissioner (1968) | Christopher Plummer | 1.30 | 10.7 | 14.20 | 142 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 27.8 | |
| 33 | Welcome to Woop Woop (1997) | Johnathon Schaech | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 299 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.2 | |
| 34 | Open Season (1995) | Robert Wuhl | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 268 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.0 | |
| 35 | Trader Horn (1973) | Anne Heywood | 0.60 | 3.4 | 3.40 | 165 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 5.2 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Rod Taylor
1. Rodney Sturt Taylor was born in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, Austraila in 1930.
2. Rod Taylor studied painting at the East Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College. Painting was his first career choice….until…..
3. Rod Taylor decided to become an actor after seeing Laurence Olivier in an Old Vic touring production of Richard III.
4. Rod Taylor played Tarzan in an Australian children’s radio serial in the early 1950s.
5. Rod Taylor acquired extensive radio and stage experience in Australia. Taylor was awarded the 1954 Rola Show Australian Radio Actor of the Year Award, which included a ticket to London via Los Angeles, but Taylor did not continue on to London…instead he stayed in Los Angeles and started his American movie career.
6. Rod Taylor is one of two actors to appear in movies, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Quentin Tarantino. Bruce Dern is the other.
7. Rod Taylor refused a screen test for James Bond, considering it beneath him. “Every time a new Bond picture became a smash hit,” he later admitted, “I tore out my hair.”.
8. Rod Taylor was considered for the role of Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes (1968) before Charlton Heston was cast.
9. Rod Taylor was married three times. He is the father of CNN financial reporter Felicia Taylor.
10. Rod Taylor had completely retired from acting when Quentin Tarantino offered him the role of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Inglourious Basterds (2009). At first Taylor declined the part, suggesting that Tarantino should cast Albert Finney (who had played Churchill to great acclaim in The Gathering Storm (2002)), but eventually the director talked him into it.
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Hi I started to write something about Rod Taylor about being in Giant and then I watched the video and he was engaged to Elizabeth Taylor at beginning of the movie – forgot he was in it.
I thought he was a good actor and I especially liked Fate Is The Hunter and 48 Hours. They were good movies. The Birds and The Time Machine were good too. Thanks for the site.
thanks for the recommendations. your son is a big help to me, as are you. you are in my thoughts and prayers, bob cox
Hey bob cox….here to help….here to help….lol.
Hey Bern1960…..doubting me? I am so disappointed…..lol. Thanks for checking out our Rod Taylor page. I will have to check out Fate Is The Hunter……36 Hours, The Birds and The Time Machine are some of his best leading roles. Good stuff.
Hey, HOW COULD I DOUBT YOU, Especially about movies……………….SO SORRY!!!
Hey Awesome BERN1960…..glad you see the light….lol.