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Just as British-born James Stewart found it necessary to change his name to Stewart Granger upon embarking on an acting career, so too was Australian Robert Taylor compelled to choose another cognomen upon entering show business. He tried Rodney Taylor at first, then shortened it to the more "macho" Rod Taylor. A trained painter, Taylor switched to acting in his early twenties, toting up Australian stage credits before making his first Aussie film, The Stuart Exposition, in 1951. A villainous stint as Israel Hand in the 1954 Australian/U.S. production Long John Silver gave evidence that Taylor might be able to handle leading roles. However, he was still among the supporting ranks in his first American film, The Virgin Queen (1955).
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Enlisting in 1954, Rod Taylor was one of the remaining officers who joined the RAN at the age of 13 at the old Naval College at HMAS Cerberus. He graduated three years later as Queen’s Medallist and Grand Aggregate Prizewinner then proceeded to the UK for further training.
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Synopsis: Curry (Rod Taylor) is a veteran soldier-of-fortune hired by the president of the Congo for a three day mission. He and native Congoan Ruffo (Jim Brown) are to oversee the safe passage of a train through hostile enemy territory and bring back some uncut diamonds and a human cargo of fugitives loyalRead More
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Rod Taylor was the first Australian to become a major Hollywood star since Errol Flynn. Taylor arrived in Los Angeles in 1954 at the age of 24 after a successful beginning in Australian radio, theatre and films.
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Rod Taylor (Andy Samberg) is the world's greatest stuntman. In his own mind, anyway. When his abusive stepfather, Frank (Ian McShane), needs a life-saving heart operation, kind-hearted Rod plans the ultimate jump — over 15 buses! — to raise enough money for the surgery.
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Rod Taylor asserts he lives in the country of Honduras while he commutes to work in Florida. He, his wife and two daughters live on the ocean in the city of La Ceiba. They enjoy an 8,000 foot mountain range that extends down the northern coast of Honduras. The area is quickly becoming an internationally recognized eco-tourist destination.
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