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Facts

Also Known As Rodney Sturt Taylor
Born January 11, 1930 • Sydney • Australia
Died January 7, 2015 (aged 84) • Los Angeles • California

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Yvette Mimieux and Rod Taylor in The Time Machine (1960), standing by a glowing circular table in a dimly lit, stone-walled room.
Behind the scenes on the set of The Birds, 1963, with Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Alfred Hitchcock, and Veronica Cartwright standing among crew, birds, and film equipment.
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