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Robert Taylor Biography

Birth Name:Spangler Arlington Brugh

Birth Place:Filley, Nebraska, United States

Profession Actor, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

Helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals
Served as a flight instructor for the U․S․ Naval Air Corps during World War II, as well as starring in a number of instructional films
His professional acting career began after being signing a seven year contract with Metro-Goldwyin-Mayer in 1934
Pursued a career in acting after joining a theatre group at Pomona College in Los Angeles
Quote: "I was a punk kid from Nebraska who's had an awful lot of the world's good things dumped in his lap․"
Quote: "A screen metamorphosis is more psychology than histrionics․ The thing is to analyse the character you are playing and then the various stages of self-development become a logical outgrowth of that individual finding himself․"
Cited the 1940 war drama "Waterloo Bridge" as his favorite film