Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor is an Australian actor of film and television. With over 50 films to his credit, Taylor is noted for starring in the 1960 science fiction classic The Time Machine, and in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Birds. Born on 11 January 1930 in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, Taylor was the only child of William Sturt Taylor, a steel construction contractor and commercial artist, and the former Mona Thompson, a writer of more than a hundred short stories as well as children's books. His middle name comes from his great-great grand uncle, Captain Charles Sturt, a famous... British explorer of outback Australia in the 19th century. Taylor attended Parramatta High School and later studied at the East Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College. For a time he worked as a commercial artist before deciding to become an actor upon seeing Laurence Olivier in an Old Vic touring production in Australia.
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| Birthdate: | January 11, 1930 |
| Birthplace: | Sydney |
| Age: | 82 |
| Height: | 5' 11" |
| Also known as: | Rodney Sturt Taylor |