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Actor Born: August 5, 1911 in Filley, NE Death: June 8, 1969 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA Biography:"Robert Taylor"'s cumbersome given name, Spangler Arlington Brugh, can be blamed on his father, a Nebraska doctor. As a high schooler, "Taylor" participated on the track team, won oratory awards, and played the cello (his first love) in the school band. Attending Pomona College to study music, "Taylor" became involved in student theatricals, where his uncommonly good looks assured him leading roles. Spotted by an MGM talent scout, the 23-year-old "Taylor" was signed to a contract with that studio -- though his first film, "Handy Andy" (1934), would be a loanout to Fox. "Taylor" was given an extended, publicly distributed "screen test" when he starred in the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" short, playing a handsome gangster who tries to avoid arrest by purposely disfiguring his face with acid. It was another loanout, to Universal for "Magnificent Obsession" (1935), that truly put "Taylor" in the matinee-idol... Full Biography
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