Editing Rod Taylor (section)

===Hollywood===
[[File:Rod Taylor Lloyd Bochner Hong Kong 1961.JPG|thumb|Taylor (seated) with [[Lloyd Bochner]] in the television series ''[[Hong Kong (TV series)|Hong Kong]]'' (1961)]]
Taylor soon landed roles in television shows such as ''[[Studio 57]]'' and the films ''[[Hell on Frisco Bay]]'' (1955) and ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]'' (1956). In 1955, he guest-starred as Clancy in the third episode ("The Argonauts") of the first hour-long [[Western (genre)|Western]] television series, ''[[Cheyenne (1955 TV series)|Cheyenne]]'', an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] program starring [[Clint Walker]].

Toward the end of 1955, Taylor unsuccessfully [[screen test]]ed to play boxer [[Rocky Graziano]] in [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' after [[James Dean]]'s death, but his use of a Brooklyn accent and physical prowess in the test impressed the studio enough to give him a long-term contract. At MGM, he played a series of supporting roles in ''[[The Catered Affair]]'' (1956),<ref>Saragossi, Steve. "Taylor-Made". ''[[Cinema Retro]]''. Vol. 7, Issue 19 (2011).</ref> ''[[Raintree County (film)|Raintree County]]'' (1957), and ''[[Ask Any Girl (film)|Ask Any Girl]]'' (1959). He had a significant role in ''[[Separate Tables (film)|Separate Tables]]'' (1958), which won [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] for two of its stars, [[David Niven]] and [[Wendy Hiller]]. He also made a strong impression guest-starring in an episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' titled "[[And When the Sky Was Opened]]" (1959).