Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor of movie and television. He appeared in over 50 movies, including leading roles in "The Time Machine", "Seven Seas to Calais", "The Birds", "Sunday in New York", "Young Cassidy", "Dark of the Sun", "The Liquidator", and "The Train Robbers".