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.
Known For
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)
Plan 9 from Outer Space
as General Roberts
(1959)
City of Fear
as Chief Jensen
(1958)
High School Confidential!
as William Remington Kane
(1958)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
(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)
The Great Man
as Harry Connors
(1956)
Calling Homicide
as Tony Fuller
(1955)
Jail Busters
as Cy Bowman
(1955)
Sudden Danger
as Harry Woodruff
(1954)
Jail Bait
as Inspector John
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
(1954)
Tobor the Great
as An Admiral
(1954)
The Mad Magician
as Program Hawker (uncredited)
(1954)
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Barent
(1954)
The Steel Cage
as Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
(1954)
The Desperado
as Judge
(1954)
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
as Capt. Pace
(1954)
Gunfighters of the Northwest
as Inspector Wheeler
(1954)
With This Ring
as Miller Executive
(1954)
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
as Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
(1953)
Mesa of Lost Women
as Narrator (voice)
(1953)
Glen or Glenda
as Inspector Warren
(1953)
(1953)
Tumbleweed
as Weber
(1953)
White Lightning
as Rocky Gibraltar
(1953)
Clipped Wings
as Captain Blair
(1953)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Major Gerald Curwin
(1953)
Star of Texas
as Telegraph Operator
(1953)
Six Gun Decision
as Blackburn
(1952)
Texas City
as Captain Hamilton
(1952)
The Pathfinder
as British Ship Captain
(1952)
Desperadoes' Outpost
as Walter Fleming
(1952)
With a Song in My Heart
as Radio station director
(1952)
Outlaw Women
as Judge Roger Dixon
(1952)
Untamed Women
as Col. Loring
(1952)
Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics
as Mr. Casey
(1952)
Wyoming Roundup
as Franklin
(1952)
The Old West
as Doc Lockwood
(1952)
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
as Bart Miller
(1952)
Montana Incident
as Mooney
(1952)
African Treasure
as Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
(1952)
Son of Geronimo
as Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
(1952)
Sea Tiger
as Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
(1952)
Feudin' Fools
as Big Jim, bank robbery leader
(1951)
The Scarf
as City Detective
(1951)
Fury of the Congo
as Grant
(1951)
Fingerprints Don't Lie
as Police Lt. Grayson
(1951)
Mask of the Dragon
as Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
(1951)
Man from Sonora
as Sheriff Frank Casey
(1951)
Purple Heart Diary
as Maj. Green
(1951)
Gold Raiders
as Taggart
(1951)
Blue Blood
as Teasdale
(1951)
Jungle Manhunt
as Dr. Mitchell Heller
(1951)
Abilene Trail
as Dr. Martin
(1951)
Colorado Ambush
as Sheriff Ed Lowery
(1951)
Hurricane Island
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1951)
Varieties on Parade
as Himself
(1950)
Champagne for Caesar
as Executive No. 2
(1950)
Johnny One-Eye
as Official from District Attorney's Office
(1950)
Lucky Losers
as Bruce McDermott
(1950)
Atom Man vs. Superman
as Luthor, alias The Atom Man
(1950)
Revenue Agent
as Augustus 'Gus' King
(1950)
Big Timber
as Logger #1
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Fred Burns
(1950)
Triple Trouble
as Prison Yard Guard
(1950)
One Too Many
as Mr. Boyer
(1950)
Federal Man
as Agent Johnson
(1950)
Everybody's Dancin'
as Contractor
(1950)
Cherokee Uprising
as Chief Marshal
(1950)
The Daltons' Women
as Jim Thorne
(1950)
Border Rangers
as Ranger Captain McLain
(1950)
The Du Pont Story
as Eugene du Pont
(1949)
Batman and Robin
as Commissioner Jim Gordon
(1949)
Wild Weed
as Capt. Hayes
(1949)
Mississippi Rhythm
as O'Neill
(1949)
Sky Dragon
as Andrew J. Barrett
(1949)
Fighting Fools
as Blinky Harris
(1949)
Ringside
as Radio Announcer
(1949)
The Mutineers
as Capt. Jim Duncan
(1949)
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
as Lt. Muldoon
(1948)
Devil's Cargo
as Johnny Morello
(1948)
The Vicious Circle
as Miller
(1948)
Parole, Inc.
as Police Commissioner Hughes
(1948)
Thunder in the Pines
as Nick Roulade
(1948)
Highway 13
as Company Detective
(1948)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Henerson
(1948)
Quick on the Trigger
as Garvey Yager
(1948)
Shep Comes Home
as Dr. Wilson
(1948)
Appointment with Murder
as Fred Muller
(1947)
Danger Street
as Charles Johnson
(1947)
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
as George Pierce
(1946)
Gun Town
as Lucky Dorgan
(1946)
Strange Impersonation
as Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
(1946)
Murder Is My Business
as Buell Renslow
(1946)
Song of Arizona
as King Blaine
(1946)
North of the Border
as Sgt. Jack Craig
(1946)
Chick Carter, Detective
as Chick Carter
(1944)
Up in Arms
as Sergeant Gelsey
(1944)
One Body Too Many
as Jim Davis
(1944)
Sensations of 1945
as Randall
(1944)
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Rudolph Toller
(1944)
Gambler's Choice
as Yellow Gloves Weldon
(1944)
The Falcon Out West
as Tex Irwin
(1944)
Trail to Gunsight
as U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
(1944)
Are These Our Parents?
as George Kent
(1944)
Dixie Jamboree
as Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
(1943)
The Meanest Man in the World
as Bill Potts (uncredited)
(1943)
A Night for Crime
as Joe Powell
(1943)
Man of Courage
as George Dickson
(1942)
They Raid by Night
as Capt. Robert Owen
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Reddy
(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)
Forged Passport
as Jack Scott
(1939)
Torture Ship
as Lt. Bob Bennett
(1939)
Miracle on Main Street
as Dick Porter
(1939)
They Asked For It
as Marty Collins
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Phillip Reeves
(1938)
Call of The Yukon
as Hugo Henderson
(1938)
I Stand Accused
as Charles Eastman
(1938)
The Arkansas Traveler
as Matt Collins
(1938)
Gateway
as Henry Porter
(1938)
One Wild Night
as Singer Martin
(1937)
Second Honeymoon
as Bob Benton
(1937)
West Bound Limited
as Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
(1937)
Three Legionnaires
as Pvt. Jimmy Barton
(1937)
What Price Vengeance
as 'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
(1937)
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Bill Peck
(1936)
Go West Young Man
as Francis X. Harrigan
(1936)
Mind Your Own Business
as Crane
(1936)
Boulder Dam
as Mr. Harry Lacy
(1936)
The Singing Kid
as Bob Carey
(1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Dr. Allen Carick
(1936)
The Law in Her Hands
as Frank Gordon
(1936)
Trapped by Television
as Fred Dennis
(1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Dr. Robert Doray
(1935)
While the Patient Slept
as Ross Lonergan
(1935)
Our Little Girl
as Rolfe Brent
(1935)
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
(1935)
Broadway Hostess
as Lucky Lorimer
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Slattery
(1935)
Chinatown Squad
as Ted Lacey
(1935)
Red Hot Tires
as Wallace Storm
(1935)
It Happened in New York
as Charley Barnes
(1935)
(1934)
The Secret Bride
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
One Night of Love
as Bill Houston
(1934)
Murder in the Clouds
as Bob 'Three Star' Halsey
(1934)
The Dragon Murder Case
as Gale Leland
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Jeff
(1934)
Fog Over Frisco
as Spencer Carlton
(1934)
Mandalay
as Dr. Gregory Burton
(1934)
Registered Nurse
as Dr. Greg Connolly
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Dr. Leonard Goodman
(1934)
A Lost Lady
as Neil
(1934)
And She Learned About Dames
as Himself
(1933)
A Shriek in the Night
as Ted Rand
(1933)
42nd Street
as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
College Coach
as Buck Weaver
(1933)
She Had to Say Yes
as Daniel 'Danny' Drew
(1933)
Ladies They Talk About
as Don
(1933)
The 42nd Street Special
as Self (uncredited)
(1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Doc
(1933)
Girl Missing
as Raymond Fox
(1933)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Don A. Andrews
(1933)
Havana Widows
as Bob Jones
(1932)
Miss Pinkerton
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Michael Loftus
(1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Bud Saunders
(1932)
The Thirteenth Guest
as Phil Winston
(1932)
No More Orchids
as Tony Gage
(1932)
The Purchase Price
as Eddie Fields
(1932)
Love Is a Racket
as Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
(1932)
Big City Blues
as Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
(1932)
Unholy Love
as Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
(1932)
Klondike
as Robert Cromwell
(1931)
Stranger in Town
as Ed Brice
(1931)
The Clyde Mystery
as Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)