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Hitchcock Star Rod Taylor Dies at 84

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Australian actor Rod Taylor has died of natural causes at the age of 84, People reports. The veteran leading man was best known for starring alongside Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, though he also appeared in The Time Machine, Zabriskie Point, and Falcon Crest, as well as voicing a dog in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, over the course of his 50-year career. Taylor kept working regularly into his 60s, with roles in Murder, She Wrote and Walker, Texas Ranger; his final role was playing Winston Churchill in Inglourious Basterds.

Hitchcock Star Rod Taylor Dies at 84