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
(2015)
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
Sudden Danger
as Harry Woodruff
(1955)
Jail Busters
as Cy Bowman
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
(1954)
Jail Bait
as Inspector John
(1954)
The Mad Magician
as Program Hawker (uncredited)
(1954)
The Desperado
as Judge
(1954)
Tobor the Great
as An Admiral
(1954)
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
as Capt. Pace
(1954)
Gunfighters of the Northwest
as Inspector Wheeler
(1954)
The Steel Cage
as Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
(1954)
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Barent
(1954)
With This Ring
as Miller Executive
(1954)
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
as Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
(1953)
Glen or Glenda
as Inspector Warren
(1953)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Major Gerald Curwin
(1953)
(1953)
Mesa of Lost Women
as Narrator (voice)
(1953)
Clipped Wings
as Captain Blair
(1953)
Tumbleweed
as Weber
(1953)
White Lightning
as Rocky Gibraltar
(1953)
Six Gun Decision
as Blackburn
(1953)
Star of Texas
as Telegraph Operator
(1952)
Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics
as Mr. Casey
(1952)
With a Song in My Heart
as Radio station director
(1952)
Son of Geronimo
as Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
(1952)
Outlaw Women
as Judge Roger Dixon
(1952)
African Treasure
as Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
(1952)
The Old West
as Doc Lockwood
(1952)
Untamed Women
as Col. Loring
(1952)
The Pathfinder
as British Ship Captain
(1952)
Sea Tiger
as Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
(1952)
Feudin' Fools
as Big Jim, bank robbery leader
(1952)
Montana Incident
as Mooney
(1952)
Wyoming Roundup
as Franklin
(1952)
Texas City
as Captain Hamilton
(1952)
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
as Bart Miller
(1952)
Desperadoes' Outpost
as Walter Fleming
(1951)
Jungle Manhunt
as Dr. Mitchell Heller
(1951)
The Scarf
as City Detective
(1951)
Abilene Trail
as Dr. Martin
(1951)
Gold Raiders
as Taggart
(1951)
Hurricane Island
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1951)
Man from Sonora
as Sheriff Frank Casey
(1951)
Fury of the Congo
as Grant
(1951)
Purple Heart Diary
as Maj. Green
(1951)
Fingerprints Don't Lie
as Police Lt. Grayson
(1951)
Blue Blood
as Teasdale
(1951)
Colorado Ambush
as Sheriff Ed Lowery
(1951)
Mask of the Dragon
as Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
(1951)
Varieties on Parade
as Himself
(1950)
One Too Many
as Mr. Boyer
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Fred Burns
(1950)
Lucky Losers
as Bruce McDermott
(1950)
Champagne for Caesar
as Executive No. 2
(1950)
Johnny One-Eye
as Official from District Attorney's Office
(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)
Federal Man
as Agent Johnson
(1950)
Triple Trouble
as Prison Yard Guard
(1950)
Cherokee Uprising
as Chief Marshal
(1950)
Everybody's Dancin'
as Contractor
(1950)
Border Rangers
as Ranger Captain McLain
(1950)
The Du Pont Story
as Eugene du Pont
(1950)
The Daltons' Women
as Jim Thorne
(1949)
Batman and Robin
as Commissioner Jim Gordon
(1949)
Sky Dragon
as Andrew J. Barrett
(1949)
Wild Weed
as Capt. Hayes
(1949)
Fighting Fools
as Blinky Harris
(1949)
Ringside
as Radio Announcer
(1949)
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
as Lt. Muldoon
(1949)
The Mutineers
as Capt. Jim Duncan
(1948)
Devil's Cargo
as Johnny Morello
(1948)
Parole, Inc.
as Police Commissioner Hughes
(1948)
Appointment with Murder
as Fred Muller
(1948)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Henerson
(1948)
The Vicious Circle
as Miller
(1948)
Shep Comes Home
as Dr. Wilson
(1948)
Thunder in the Pines
as Nick Roulade
(1948)
Highway 13
as Company Detective
(1948)
Quick on the Trigger
as Garvey Yager
(1947)
Danger Street
as Charles Johnson
(1947)
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
as George Pierce
(1946)
Song of Arizona
as King Blaine
(1946)
North of the Border
as Sgt. Jack Craig
(1946)
Strange Impersonation
as Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
(1946)
Murder Is My Business
as Buell Renslow
(1946)
Chick Carter, Detective
as Chick Carter
(1946)
Gun Town
as Lucky Dorgan
(1944)
One Body Too Many
as Jim Davis
(1944)
Gambler's Choice
as Yellow Gloves Weldon
(1944)
Dixie Jamboree
as Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
(1944)
Up in Arms
as Sergeant Gelsey
(1944)
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Rudolph Toller
(1944)
Trail to Gunsight
as U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
(1944)
The Falcon Out West
as Tex Irwin
(1944)
Sensations of 1945
as Randall
(1944)
Are These Our Parents?
as George Kent
(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)
Miracle on Main Street
as Dick Porter
(1939)
Second Fiddle
as Willie Hogger
(1939)
Torture Ship
as Lt. Bob Bennett
(1939)
Forged Passport
as Jack Scott
(1939)
They Asked For It
as Marty Collins
(1938)
Gateway
as Henry Porter
(1938)
I Stand Accused
as Charles Eastman
(1938)
One Wild Night
as Singer Martin
(1938)
Call of The Yukon
as Hugo Henderson
(1938)
The Arkansas Traveler
as Matt Collins
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Phillip Reeves
(1937)
Second Honeymoon
as Bob Benton
(1937)
What Price Vengeance
as 'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
(1937)
West Bound Limited
as Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
(1937)
Three Legionnaires
as Pvt. Jimmy Barton
(1937)
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Bill Peck
(1936)
Go West Young Man
as Francis X. Harrigan
(1936)
The Singing Kid
as Bob Carey
(1936)
Mind Your Own Business
as Crane
(1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Dr. Allen Carick
(1936)
Trapped by Television
as Fred Dennis
(1936)
Boulder Dam
as Mr. Harry Lacy
(1936)
The Law in Her Hands
as Frank Gordon
(1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Dr. Robert Doray
(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)
Red Hot Tires
as Wallace Storm
(1935)
Chinatown Squad
as Ted Lacey
(1935)
(1935)
While the Patient Slept
as Ross Lonergan
(1935)
It Happened in New York
as Charley Barnes
(1934)
One Night of Love
as Bill Houston
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Jeff
(1934)
A Lost Lady
as Neil
(1934)
Fog Over Frisco
as Spencer Carlton
(1934)
Registered Nurse
as Dr. Greg Connolly
(1934)
The Secret Bride
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Murder in the Clouds
as Bob 'Three Star' Halsey
(1934)
Mandalay
as Dr. Gregory Burton
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Dr. Leonard Goodman
(1934)
The Dragon Murder Case
as Gale Leland
(1934)
And She Learned About Dames
as Himself
(1933)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Don A. Andrews
(1933)
42nd Street
as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
A Shriek in the Night
as Ted Rand
(1933)
Ladies They Talk About
as Don
(1933)
College Coach
as Buck Weaver
(1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Doc
(1933)
She Had to Say Yes
as Daniel 'Danny' Drew
(1933)
Girl Missing
as Raymond Fox
(1933)
The 42nd Street Special
as Self (uncredited)
(1933)
Havana Widows
as Bob Jones
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Michael Loftus
(1932)
Miss Pinkerton
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
(1932)
The Purchase Price
as Eddie Fields
(1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Bud Saunders
(1932)
Big City Blues
as Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
(1932)
The Thirteenth Guest
as Phil Winston
(1932)
Unholy Love
as Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
(1932)
Klondike
as Robert Cromwell
(1932)
No More Orchids
as Tony Gage
(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)