An Australian actor who transitioned into a Hollywood leading man with his breakthrough role in the 1960 sci-fi thriller The Time Machine, Taylor’s career spanned nearly six decades. He is perhaps best known for his role in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror classic The Birds, as well as celebrated performances in Seven Seas to Calais, Sunday In New York, andYoung Cassidy. Taylor’s most recent appearance was a cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 war filmInglorious Basterds playing Winston Churchill. 1963: Promotional headshot portrait of Australian-born actor Rod Taylor, smiling, for director Alfred Hitchcock’s film, ‘The Birds’. (Photo by Universal Pictures/Getty Images) Taylor died Wednesday night after suffering a heart attack in his Los Angeles home, according to his daughter, former CNBC anchor Felicia Taylor, who confirmed her father’s passing to CNN. “My dad loved his work,” she said in a statement to People. … Read entire article »