A 1960 publicity shot for the TV series Hong Kong
Australian-born actor Rod Taylor has died, four days short of his 85th birthday, following a heart attack in Los Angeles. Taylor appeared in more than 50 films, including
leading roles in The Time Machine and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
A development of the original time machine, the Sholes & Glidden
Rodney Sturt Taylor was born on January 11, 1930, at 40 Mary Street, Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, the
only child of William Sturt Taylor (born Two Wells, South Australia, 1903), a steel construction contractor and
commercial artist, and Mona Thompson Taylor, a writer of more than a 100 short stories and children's books.
Rod Taylor's middle name came from his great-great-grand uncle, Captain Charles Sturt, a British explorer of the Australian Outback
in the 19th century. Taylor attended Parramatta High School and later studied at
the East Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.
With Doris Day in Do Not Disturb in 1965
RIP Rod, at your best in "Glass Bottom Boat" with Doris Day, I think. Salute!
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