Robert Taylor (actor)

Taylor died of lung cancer and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California. After being nominated several times before, in 2002 Denzel won an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in the film Training Day in which he played a corrupt, drug-dealing cop. His second wife was Ursula Thiess, 2 children. He turned down several similar roles, such as the chance to play Martin Luther King Jr., because he didn't want to risk being typecast by subject matter. His first wife was the actress Barbara Stanwyck; their marriage lasted from 1939 to 1951. Malcolm X transformed Denzel's career, turning him overnight into one of Hollywood's most respected actors. He always seems to have something to say at the wrong time.". Denzel played one of his most critically acclaimed roles in 1992's Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee where his performance as the Black Nationalist leader earned him an Oscar nomination.

One chap we have currently, I think is Howard Da Silva. In 1989 Denzel won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, after playing a defiant self-possessed slave in the film Glory. Whether or not they are Communists I don't know. In 1987 he starred as South African anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom. He is quoted as saying: "I can name a few who seem to sort of disrupt things once in a while. Washington turned down roles in several action films, in hopes for a more challenging role. Taylor also provided evidence against actor Howard Da Silva. Elsewhere.

He went on to claim that the script by Richard Collins and Paul Jarrico and a song in the movie written by Yip Harburg, were pro-Communist. His big break came when he starred in the popular TV hospital drama St. In 1947 Taylor testified before the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) as a "friendly witness", claiming that he had appeared in the film Song of Russia against his better judgement. While filming this movie he met actress Pauletta Pearson, who he later married. One of his first major films was Camille (1936), in which he played opposite Greta Garbo. In later life, he made many television appearances, notably in the 1959 series, The Detectives starring Robert Taylor. He landed his first film role in the 1975 TV movie Wilma. In his early career, he was known as "the man with the perfect profile". His mother's reaction was to send him away to preparatory school, and then on to Fordham University, where he discovered acting and earned a degree in journalism.