Lyle Talbot
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-02-08
Day of Death
1996-03-02 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Lyle Talbot
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lyle Talbot (born Lisle Henderson, February 8, 1902 – March 2, 1996) was an American actor on stage and screen, known for his career in film from 1931 to 1960 and for his appearances on television in the 1950s and 1960s. He played Ozzie Nelson's friend and neighbor, Joe Randolph, for ten years in the ABC situation comedy The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. He began his movie career under contract with Warner Brothers in the early days of sound film. He appeared in more than 150 films, first as a young matinee idol and later as a character actor and star of many B movies. He was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild and later served on its board. Talbot's long career as an actor is recounted in a book by his youngest daughter, The New Yorker writer Margaret Talbot, entitled The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century (Riverhead Books 2012).
Most notable among Talbot's film work were his appearances in Three on a Match and 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (both 1932). He played a star running back in College Coach (1933) with Pat O'Brien and Dick Powell, romanced opera singer Grace Moore in One Night of Love in 1934, and pursued Mae West in Go West, Young Man (1936). He was a gangster in Ladies They Talk About and Heat Lightning and a doctor kicking a drinking habit in Mandalay. He co-starred with Pat O'Brien in Oil for the Lamps of China (1935).
He appeared opposite Ann Dvorak, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, Mary Astor, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young and Shirley Temple, as well as sharing the screen with Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and Tyrone Power. Overall, Talbot appeared in some 150 movies.
Acting
(1996)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
as Himself
(1995)
Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
(1989)
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
as Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)
(1986)
(1985)
That's Dancing!
as Self
(1982)
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
as Dashiell Hammett
(1974)
Sonic Boom
as French Representative
(1960)
Sunrise at Campobello
as Mr. Brimmer
(1959)
City of Fear
as Chief Jensen
(1959)
Plan 9 from Outer Space
as General Roberts
(1958)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
(1958)
High School Confidential!
as William Remington Kane
(1958)
The Hot Angel
as Van Richards
(1957)
God Is My Partner
as Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
(1957)
Guns Don't Argue
as Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
(1956)
Calling Homicide
as Tony Fuller
(1956)
The Great Man
as Harry Connors
(1955)
Sudden Danger
as Harry Woodruff
(1955)
Jail Busters
as Cy Bowman
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
(1954)
The Mad Magician
as Program Hawker (uncredited)
(1954)
With This Ring
as Miller Executive
(1954)
Jail Bait
as Inspector John
(1954)
Gunfighters of the Northwest
as Inspector Wheeler
(1954)
The Desperado
as Judge
(1954)
The Steel Cage
as Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
(1954)
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Barent
(1954)
Tobor the Great
as An Admiral
(1954)
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
as Capt. Pace
(1954)
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
as Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
(1953)
(1953)
Clipped Wings
as Captain Blair
(1953)
Mesa of Lost Women
as Narrator (voice)
(1953)
Tumbleweed
as Weber
(1953)
Star of Texas
as Telegraph Operator
(1953)
White Lightning
as Rocky Gibraltar
(1953)
Six Gun Decision
as Blackburn
(1953)
Glen or Glenda
as Inspector Warren
(1953)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Major Gerald Curwin
(1952)
Feudin' Fools
as Big Jim, bank robbery leader
(1952)
Texas City
as Captain Hamilton
(1952)
With a Song in My Heart
as Radio Station Director (uncredited)
(1952)
The Pathfinder
as British Ship Captain
(1952)
Untamed Women
as Col. Loring
(1952)
African Treasure
as Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
(1952)
Outlaw Women
as Judge Roger Dixon
(1952)
Sea Tiger
as Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
(1952)
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
as Bart Miller
(1952)
The Old West
as Doc Lockwood
(1952)
Wyoming Roundup
as Franklin
(1952)
Desperadoes' Outpost
as Walter Fleming
(1952)
Son of Geronimo
as Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
(1952)
Montana Incident
as Mooney
(1952)
Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics
as Mr. Casey
(1951)
Abilene Trail
as Dr. Martin
(1951)
The Scarf
as City Detective
(1951)
Man from Sonora
as Sheriff Frank Casey
(1951)
Hurricane Island
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1951)
Varieties on Parade
as Himself
(1951)
Purple Heart Diary
as Maj. Green
(1951)
Fury of the Congo
as Grant
(1951)
Blue Blood
as Teasdale
(1951)
Jungle Manhunt
as Dr. Mitchell Heller
(1951)
Mask of the Dragon
as Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
(1951)
Fingerprints Don't Lie
as Police Lt. Grayson
(1951)
Gold Raiders
as Taggart
(1951)
Colorado Ambush
as Sheriff Ed Lowery
(1950)
Border Rangers
as Ranger Captain McLain
(1950)
The du Pont Story
as Eugene du Pont
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Fred Burns
(1950)
One Too Many
as Mr. Boyer
(1950)
Everybody's Dancin'
as Contractor
(1950)
The Daltons' Women
as Jim Thorne
(1950)
Lucky Losers
as Bruce McDermott
(1950)
Triple Trouble
as Prison Yard Guard
(1950)
Federal Man
as Agent Johnson
(1950)
Johnny One-Eye
as Official from District Attorney's Office
(1950)
Revenue Agent
as Augustus 'Gus' King
(1950)
Atom Man vs. Superman
as Luthor, alias The Atom Man
(1950)
Champagne for Caesar
as Executive No. 2
(1950)
Big Timber
as Logger #1
(1950)
Cherokee Uprising
as Chief Marshal
(1949)
Sky Dragon
as Andrew J. Barrett
(1949)
Fighting Fools
as Blinky Harris
(1949)
Mississippi Rhythm
as O'Neill
(1949)
Wild Weed
as Capt. Hayes
(1949)
The Mutineers
as Capt. Jim Duncan
(1949)
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
as Lt. Muldoon
(1949)
Batman and Robin
as Commissioner Jim Gordon
(1949)
Ringside
as Radio Announcer
(1948)
Highway 13
as Company Detective
(1948)
Shep Comes Home
as Dr. Wilson
(1948)
The Vicious Circle
as Miller
(1948)
Thunder in the Pines
as Nick Roulade
(1948)
Devil's Cargo
as Johnny Morello
(1948)
Parole, Inc.
as Police Commissioner Hughes
(1948)
Quick on the Trigger
as Garvey Yager
(1948)
Appointment with Murder
as Fred Muller
(1948)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Henerson
(1947)
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
as George Pierce
(1947)
Danger Street
as Charles Johnson
(1946)
North of the Border
as Sgt. Jack Craig
(1946)
Gun Town
as Lucky Dorgan
(1946)
Song of Arizona
as King Blaine
(1946)
Murder Is My Business
as Buell Renslow
(1946)
Strange Impersonation
as Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
(1946)
Chick Carter, Detective
as Chick Carter
(1944)
One Body Too Many
as Jim Davis
(1944)
Up in Arms
as Sergeant Gelsey
(1944)
Trail to Gunsight
as U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
(1944)
Gambler's Choice
as Yellow Gloves Weldon
(1944)
Dixie Jamboree
as Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
(1944)
Are These Our Parents?
as George Kent
(1944)
Sensations of 1945
as Randall
(1944)
The Falcon Out West
as Tex Irwin
(1944)
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Rudolph Toller
(1943)
Man of Courage
as George Dickson
(1943)
A Night for Crime
as Joe Powell
(1943)
The Meanest Man in the World
as Bill Potts (uncredited)
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Reddy
(1942)
They Raid by Night
as Capt. Robert Owen
(1942)
She's in the Army
as Army Capt. Steve Russell
(1940)
Parole Fixer
as Ross Waring
(1940)
He Married His Wife
as Paul Hunter
(1939)
Second Fiddle
as Willie Hogger
(1939)
They Asked For It
as Marty Collins
(1939)
Forged Passport
as Jack Scott
(1939)
Miracle on Main Street
as Dick Porter
(1939)
Torture Ship
as Lt. Bob Bennett
(1938)
The Arkansas Traveler
as Matt Collins
(1938)
One Wild Night
as Singer Martin
(1938)
Gateway
as Henry Porter
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Phillip Reeves
(1938)
Call of The Yukon
as Hugo Henderson
(1938)
I Stand Accused
as Charles Eastman
(1937)
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Bill Peck
(1937)
Second Honeymoon
as Bob Benton
(1937)
West Bound Limited
as Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
(1937)
What Price Vengeance
as 'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
(1937)
Three Legionnaires
as Pvt. Jimmy Barton
(1936)
Boulder Dam
as Mr. Harry Lacy
(1936)
Go West Young Man
as Francis X. Harrigan
(1936)
Trapped by Television
as Fred Dennis
(1936)
The Singing Kid
as Bob Carey
(1936)
Mind Your Own Business
as Crane
(1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Allen Carick
(1936)
The Law in Her Hands
as Frank Gordon
(1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Dr. Robert Doray
(1935)
While the Patient Slept
as Ross Lonergan
(1935)
Chinatown Squad
as Ted Lacey
(1935)
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
(1935)
Broadway Hostess
as Lucky Lorimer
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Slattery
(1935)
Our Little Girl
as Rolfe Brent
(1935)
It Happened in New York
as Charley Barnes
(1935)
(1935)
Red Hot Tires
as Wallace Storm
(1934)
Fog Over Frisco
as Spencer Carlton
(1934)
Mandalay
as Dr. Gregory Burton
(1934)
One Night of Love
as Bill Houston
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Jeff
(1934)
The Secret Bride
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Murder in the Clouds
as Bob 'Three Star' Halsey
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Dr. Leonard Goodman
(1934)
A Lost Lady
as Neil
(1934)
The Dragon Murder Case
as Gale Leland
(1934)
Registered Nurse
as Dr. Greg Connolly
(1934)
And She Learned About Dames
as Himself
(1933)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Don A. Andrews
(1933)
Girl Missing
as Raymond Fox
(1933)
Ladies They Talk About
as Don
(1933)
42nd Street
as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Havana Widows
as Bob Jones
(1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Doc
(1933)
A Shriek in the Night
as Ted Rand
(1933)
College Coach
as Buck Weaver
(1933)
She Had to Say Yes
as Daniel 'Danny' Drew
(1933)
The 42nd Street Special
as Self (uncredited)
(1932)
No More Orchids
as Tony Gage
(1932)
The Thirteenth Guest
as Phil Winston
(1932)
Klondike
as Robert Cromwell
(1932)
Unholy Love
as Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
(1932)
Big City Blues
as Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Michael Loftus
(1932)
The Purchase Price
as Eddie Fields
(1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Bud Saunders
(1932)
Miss Pinkerton
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
(1932)
Love Is a Racket
as Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
(1931)
Stranger in Town
as Ed Brice
(1931)
The Clyde Mystery
as Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)