People.com is reporting that actor Rod Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 84 of natural causes.
His daughter Felicia Taylor, a former CNN correspondent, confirmed the news Thursday.
“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” she said in a statement.
“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”
Born on Jan 11, 1930 in Sydney, Australia, Rod Taylor is best remembered for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and George Pal’s The Time Machine (1960). He also provided the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961). Taylor also starred in TV’s “The Twilight Zone...
His daughter Felicia Taylor, a former CNN correspondent, confirmed the news Thursday.
“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” she said in a statement.
“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”
Born on Jan 11, 1930 in Sydney, Australia, Rod Taylor is best remembered for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and George Pal’s The Time Machine (1960). He also provided the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961). Taylor also starred in TV’s “The Twilight Zone...
- 1/9/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
iLL Manors marks the directorial debut of top-selling British recording artist Ben Drew (aka Plan B) and takes audiences on a thrilling ride through music and action. The cast includes Riz Ahmed, Natalie Press, Ed Skrein and Anouska Mond. Atif Ghani produced the film while Ahmad Ahmadzadeh, Kris Thykier, Justin Marciano, Sam Eldridge, Nicky Stein and Nick Taussig served as executive producers. iLL Manors revolves around a series of events that inter-weave between characters and their narrative interplay; Junkie Michelle (Anouksa Mond) is looking for her next hit, leading her to cross a destructive path with the raw and menacing thuggary of Ed (Ed Skrein), the local drug-dealer, who will stop at nothing to find that missing phone. Newly released from prison, ex-drug dealer Kirby (Keith Coggins), attempts to re-adjust back into the treacherous streets that put him away 15 years ago, and in doing so encounters local gangster Chris (Lee Allen...
- 8/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
iLL Manors marks the directorial debut of top-selling British recording artist Ben Drew (aka Plan B) and takes audiences on a thrilling ride through music and action. The cast includes Riz Ahmed, Natalie Press, Ed Skrein and Anouska Mond. Atif Ghani produced the film while Ahmad Ahmadzadeh, Kris Thykier, Justin Marciano, Sam Eldridge, Nicky Stein and Nick Taussig served as executive producers. iLL Manors revolves around a series of events that inter-weave between characters and their narrative interplay; Junkie Michelle (Anouksa Mond) is looking for her next hit, leading her to cross a destructive path with the raw and menacing thuggary of Ed (Ed Skrein), the local drug-dealer, who will stop at nothing to find that missing phone. Newly released from prison, ex-drug dealer Kirby (Keith Coggins), attempts to re-adjust back into the treacherous streets that put him away 15 years ago, and in doing so encounters local gangster Chris (Lee Allen...
- 8/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Plan B's London riots-inspired directorial debut misses out on the opportunity to make a political statement
Ill Manors is a multi-stranded urban crime drama set in east London, the debut feature film from Ben Drew, otherwise known as singer-songwriter Plan B, and developed from his widely hailed song of the same name, all about the 2011 summer riots. The first half-hour of this movie is great: chaotic, inventive, energetic. But after this, the dynamism worryingly leaks out of the film; it turns out to be disappointingly and determinedly apolitical, while the lairy characters and situations look increasingly forced, derivative and unconvincing, with a touch of Guy Ritchie. By the time Natalie Press turns up, playing a woman forced to work as a prostitute by a sex-trafficking gang, the film has turned into a geezery Brit-Pulp Fiction knockoff. Riz Ahmed – so great in Chris Morris's Four Lions and Eran Creevy...
Ill Manors is a multi-stranded urban crime drama set in east London, the debut feature film from Ben Drew, otherwise known as singer-songwriter Plan B, and developed from his widely hailed song of the same name, all about the 2011 summer riots. The first half-hour of this movie is great: chaotic, inventive, energetic. But after this, the dynamism worryingly leaks out of the film; it turns out to be disappointingly and determinedly apolitical, while the lairy characters and situations look increasingly forced, derivative and unconvincing, with a touch of Guy Ritchie. By the time Natalie Press turns up, playing a woman forced to work as a prostitute by a sex-trafficking gang, the film has turned into a geezery Brit-Pulp Fiction knockoff. Riz Ahmed – so great in Chris Morris's Four Lions and Eran Creevy...
- 6/7/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Here's a London-themed Tuesday treat, with a new poster for Ill Manors, the new British crime thriller from Ben Drew, aka musician Plan B, who we hear is quite popular with the kids* these days. Now Drew's turned writer and director as well, with an ensemble piece starring Four Lions' Riz Ahmed. The plot follows six characters whose lives intersect. According to the synopsis, those are "ex-dealer Kirby (Keef Coggins), who has just been released from prison; thug Ed (Ed Skrein) who will stop at nothing to find his missing phone; troubled Michelle (Anouska Mond) who is just looking for her next hit; young Jake (Ryan De La Cruz) who finds himself drawn to the local gang; Chris (Lee Allen), who seeks revenge; Katya (Natalie Press), who is desperately trying to escape this foreign land, and Aaron (Ahmed), our main protagonist who is just trying to do the right thing.
- 5/8/2012
- EmpireOnline
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