Rod Taylor Biography

Fast Facts

• Is the great-great grand nephew of explorer Charles Sturt
• Worked as a commercial artist before starting his acting career
• Before working in films, worked extensively in theater and on the radio
• First came to Hollywood in 1954 and couldn't find work, so he slept on the beach and caught fish to eat
• Shot to stardom in the science-fiction classic The Time Machine (1960)
• Was considered for one of the lead roles in the 1960s TV series Maverick
• Named directors John Ford and George Marshall (and their wives) as godparents to his daughter Felicia
• Came out of retirement in 2009 to play Winston Churchill in Inglourious Basterds
• A biography, Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood, was published in 2010