Robert Taylor Movies

Robert Taylor in 1951's Quo Vadis
Robert Taylor in 1951’s Quo Vadis

Want to know the best Robert Taylor movies?  How about the worst Robert Taylor movies?  Curious about Robert Taylor’s box office grosses or which Robert Taylor movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Robert Taylor movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Robert Taylor (1911-1969) was an American film and television actor who was one of the most popular leading men of his time. His IMDb page shows 79 acting credits from 1934 to 1969. This page will rank 68 Robert Taylor movies.  Movies will be ranked from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters in North America were not included in the rankings.

Drivel part of the page:  Recently Marcel G. sent us a wonderful comment, saying….(1) he had been coming to our website for years (2) how amazing our website was and (3) that it was lacking a Robert Taylor page.  So after reading his comment….we did a quick check on Mr. Taylor’s career and realized that we not only had domestic box office numbers (thank you MGM) on most of his movies….but also we had worldwide box office numbers on 60 of his movies.  Amazingly we were able to put together, write and publish this page in less than 90 minutes.  For comparison…please know we spent almost two months working (because Paramount kept horrible records) on our Bing Crosby page.  So Marcel….here is your requested Robert Taylor page.

Robert Taylor and Irene Dunne in 1935's Magnificent Obsession
Robert Taylor and Irene Dunne in 1935’s Magnificent Obsession

Robert Taylor Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Robert 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.

  • Sort Robert Taylor movies by co-stars of his movies
  • Sort Robert Taylor movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Robert Taylor movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Robert 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 Robert Taylor movie received.
  • Sort Robert 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.

Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Robert Taylor Table

  1. Thirty-two Robert Taylor movie crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark.  That is a percentage of 47.06% of his movies listed. Quo Vadis (1951) was his biggest box office hit.
  2. An average Robert Taylor movie grosses $106.000 million in adjusted box office gross.
  3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter.  36 of Robert Taylor’s movies are rated as good movies…or 52.94% of his movies.  Camille (1936) was his highest rated movie while Valley Of The Kings (1954) was his lowest rated movie.
  4. Fifteen Robert Taylor movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 22.05% of his movies.
  5. Two Robert Taylor movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 2.94% of his movies.
  6. An good Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 60.00.  44 Robert Taylor movie scored higher that average….or 64.70% of his movies. Quo Vadis (1951) got the the highest UMR Score while Savage Pampas (1966) got the lowest UMR Score.
Ava Gardner & Robert Taylor in 1953's Knights of the Round Table
Ava Gardner & Robert Taylor in 1953’s Knights of the Round Table

Possibly Interesting Facts About Robert Taylor

1.Spangler Arlington Brugh was born in Filley, Nebraska in 1911.  After signing a 7 year contract with MGM…they give him Robert Taylor as his screen name.

2. Robert Taylor was a track star and played the cello in his high school orchestra.  Taylor moved to California and enrolled at Pomona College.  In 1932 he was spotted by a MGM scout while appearing in a play at Pomona.  By 1935 he was a movie star.

3. During World War II, Robert Taylor was a flying instructor in the U.S. Naval Air Corps.  He also directed 17 United States Navy training films during World War II.

4. Robert Taylor and Clark Gable were great friends. Taylor was one of the pallbearers at Gable’s funeral in November 1960.

5. Robert Taylor never received a Oscar® or Golden Globe nomination during his entire career.

6. Robert Taylor’s favorite movie he starred in was 1940’s Waterloo Bridge….with 1936’s Camille being his second favorite.  Greta Garbo was his favorite co-star.

7. Robert Taylor’s nicknames included: The Man with the Perfect Profile”, Arly, Bob and The New King.  He was called the New King when Clark Gable left MGM in 1953.

8.  Robert Taylor was married two times. His first marriage was to actress Barbara Stanwyck.  They were married from 1939 to 1951.  His second marriage was to actress Ursula Thiess from 1954 to his death in 1969.  They had two children.

9. Robert Taylor owned a house in Mandeville Canyon, in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles.  That in itself is not so interesting…however the house known as the Robert Taylor Ranch is a 34-room home situated on 112 acres.  At one point it was on sell for only $45 million!

10.  Check out Robert Taylor‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.  His 30 $100 Million Dollar Movies is one of the best totals of all-time.

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76 thoughts on “Robert Taylor Movies”

  1. Hi

    If I was rating the great matinee idols, I would put Taylor number 5 or 6. I don’t think he was as good as Gable or Flynn or have the charm of Coleman. I would say he would be equal to say Tyrone Power. Two of his best films were Waterloo Bridge and Three Comrades.
    There’s no doubt he was a big star in his day, but I don’t think his appeal transcends the generations in any big way.

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    1. Hey Chris….I think 5th or 6th is a fair position. In some ways he has the same problem as Joan Crawford….not a single classic movie that is still beloved today. Yes Quo Vadis was a monster hit….but how often do you here anybody talk or write about that movie. The Bruce Willis of that generation?….box office success….but little Oscar love. Thanks as always for taking the time to comment on this page and all the other ones.

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    1. Hey KMR….that is one of his best movies….according to critics and audiences it is his 3rd best movie ever!

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  3. Bruce.

    I know the timing of you doing this page has to do with a request, but it just happens that the day of the year that Robert taylor died was June 8th….

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  4. Taylor’s worst was billy the kid was to old for the part to well dressed didn’t Evan look like the kid the worst western ever pat garett goes by another name , states they where friends not true , shows him shot during day false shot at night entering bedroom

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    1. Hey David….Billy The Kid did well at the box office…but it was not received to well by critics and audiences….so I think some of your comments were thought of by many others. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

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  5. I’ll name just 4 Robert Classics out of many: ‘Johnny Eager’, ‘Party Girl’, ‘Westward the Women’, and ‘The Law and Jake Wade’.

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    1. Hey Terrence….all good movies for sure….thanks for stopping by and sharing your favorite Robert Taylor movies.

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