Alfred Hitchcock filmography for Best Director at the Academy Awards. Three years later he directed horror film "The Birds" starring Tippi Hedren. The following year he reunited with Hedren on the film "Marnie" which also starred Sean Connery. In recognition of his career, Hitchcock garnered the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Fellowship Award, the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Directors Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. He received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to acknowledge his film and television achievements. In
Rod Taylor Dragon" (1973). The film was directed by Robert Clouse, who had also directed Taylor in the film "Darker than Amber" (1970). Taylor was supposedly deemed too tall for the part, and the role instead went to John Saxon. In 1973, Taylor was cast in "The Train Robbers" with John Wayne and Ann-Margret. The film was a box office success. Taylor also had some television roles: he starred in "Bearcats!" (1971) on CBS and in "The Oregon Trail" (1976) on NBC. He had a regular role in the short-lived spy drama series "Masquerade" (1983) and played one of the leads in