Legendary Australian actor Rod Taylor passed away on Wednesday. The 84-year-old actor breathed his last at his home in Los Angeles. The actor was just two days away from turning 85.

His rep has told People that suave actor died of natural causes. He reportedly suffered from a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Carol and daughter, Felicia. "My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion - calling it an honourable art and something he couldn't live without," Felicia said in a statement after her father's demise, reported Daily Mail.

Taylor was a born in Sydney, but he moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in films. During his reign as an actor, he appeared in more than 50 films. He rose to fame with director George Pal's 1960 adaptation of the H. George Wells 1895 sci-fi classic, "The Time Machine." He also showed his acting prowess in Alfred Hitchcock's timeless film "The Birds." He played a lawyer called Mitch Brenner. He was also recognised for his role in films like "The Train Robbers to The Catered Affair" and "The VIP's" He was last seen in Quentin Tarantino's "The Inglorious Bastards," where he played Winston Churchill. He also voiced Pongo in the popular animation film "101 Dalmatians."

Taylor also starred in a slew of television shows including "Bearcats!" and "The Oregon Trail." He was also featured as a regular in the spy drama "Masquerade." Taylor returned to Australia several times to work in a handful of local films such as "The Picture Show Man" and "On the Run." He was noticed for his role of crude redneck Daddy-O in the film "Welcome to Woop Woop." The film was an Australian-British black comedy and met with controversy after it was screened "out of competition" at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. In late 90's Taylor took semi-retirement from the films.

Taylor married thrice in his lifetime. His first wife was the model Peggy Williams. He was in wedlock with her from 1951 to 1954. His second wife was also a model, Mary Hilem, with whom he had a daughter, Felicia. He got married third time to Carol Kikumura in 1950.

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