Lyle Talbot
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1902
- Died
- March 2, 1996 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Lyle Talbot (born Lisle Henderson) 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.
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Movie · as Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Movie · as Himself
Inside the Dream Factory
Movie · as Self
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Movie · as Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
Movie · as Pops
That's Dancing!
Movie · as Self
227
TV · 1 ep
Who's the Boss?
TV · 1 ep
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
Movie · as Dashiell Hammett
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Johnny Barnes · 1 ep
Newhart
TV · as Cousin Ned · 1 ep
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 13 eps
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Tom Mills · 1 ep
Sonic Boom
Movie · as French Representative
Here's Lucy
TV · as Lawyer, Fred Fox · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Avery Dawson · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Steven Blakely · 1 ep
Mona McCluskey
TV · as Benson · 1 ep
The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Warden · 1 ep
Green Acres
TV · as Horace Bennett, Sen. Lyle Talbot, Gov. Carstairs · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Gibralter · 1 ep
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Mr. Cheever · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Phil Paige · 1 ep
The Lucy Show
TV · as Mr. Stanford, Howard Wilcox · 1 ep
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Second Psychiatrist · 1 ep
Mister Ed
TV · as George Hausner · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · as Woody Gaynor · 1 ep
Sunrise at Campobello
Movie · as Mr. Brimmer
Around the World with Nellie Bly
Movie
Surfside 6
TV · as Alan Crandell · 1 ep
The Roaring 20's
TV · 1 ep
City of Fear
Movie · as Chief Jensen
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as George Wallace
Dennis the Menace
TV · as Mayor · 1 ep
Lock-Up
TV · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Mr. Anders · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as The Handsome Dude in Bar · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Dr. Otis Gray · 1 ep
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Movie · as Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
The Hot Angel
Movie · as Van Richards
High School Confidential!
Movie · as William Remington Kane
77 Sunset Strip
TV · 1 ep
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Movie · as General Roberts
Guns Don't Argue
Movie · as Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
God Is My Partner
Movie · as Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
Perry Mason
TV · as Michael Garvin Sr. · 1 ep
Leave It to Beaver
TV · as Mr. Chuck Dennison · 2 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Victor Long · 1 ep
M Squad
TV · as Paul Crowley · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · 1 ep
The Restless Gun
TV · as Mort Askins · 1 ep
Meet McGraw
TV · as Carl Maddon · 1 ep
Calling Homicide
Movie · as Tony Fuller
The Great Man
Movie · as Harry Connors
Hey, Jeannie!
TV · as Adams · 1 ep
Broken Arrow
TV · as Judge Judd Hinshaw · 1 ep
Sudden Danger
Movie · as Harry Woodruff
Jail Busters
Movie · as Cy Bowman
The Millionaire
TV · as Joe Price · 1 ep
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
TV · as Baylor · 12 eps
Navy Log
TV · 1 ep
Buffalo Bill Jr.
TV · 2 eps
The Bob Cummings Show
TV · as Paul Fonda · 5 eps
Crossroads
TV · as Mr. Hodge · 1 ep
There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie · as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Jail Bait
Movie · as Inspector John
The Mad Magician
Movie · as Program Hawker (uncredited)
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
Movie · as Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
The Steel Cage
Movie · as Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
Movie · as Capt. Pace
With This Ring
Movie · as Miller Executive
Tobor the Great
Movie · as An Admiral
The Desperado
Movie · as Judge
Gunfighters of the Northwest
Movie · as Inspector Wheeler
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Movie · as Barent
December Bride
TV · as Bill Jeffries · 5 eps
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV · 2 eps
The Whistler
TV · 1 ep
Public Defender
TV · as Dobin · 1 ep
Stories of the Century
TV · as Colonel Marsham · 1 ep
Annie Oakley
TV · as Pa Wiggins, Col. Dawson · 1 ep
Mesa of Lost Women
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Clipped Wings
Movie · as Captain Blair
Tumbleweed
Movie · as Weber
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Movie · as Major Gerald Curwin
Six Gun Decision
Movie · as Blackburn
White Lightning
Movie · as Rocky Gibraltar
Star of Texas
Movie · as Telegraph Operator
Glen or Glenda
Movie · as Inspector Warren
Wings of the Hawk
Movie
I'm the Law
TV · 1 ep
With a Song in My Heart
Movie · as Radio Station Director (uncredited)
African Treasure
Movie · as Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
Untamed Women
Movie · as Col. Loring
Feudin' Fools
Movie · as Big Jim, bank robbery leader
Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics
Movie · as Mr. Casey
Outlaw Women
Movie · as Judge Roger Dixon
The Old West
Movie · as Doc Lockwood
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
Movie · as Bart Miller
Wyoming Roundup
Movie · as Franklin
Montana Incident
Movie · as Mooney
Desperadoes' Outpost
Movie · as Walter Fleming
Son of Geronimo
Movie · as Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
Texas City
Movie · as Captain Hamilton
The Pathfinder
Movie · as British Ship Captain
Sea Tiger
Movie · as Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
Cowboy G-Men
TV · 39 eps
Cavalcade of America
TV · 2 eps
Terry and the Pirates
TV · 1 ep
Dangerous Assignment
TV · as George · 4 eps
Gang Busters
TV · 2 eps
Hopalong Cassidy
TV · 1 ep
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 1 ep
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV · as Joe Randolph (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Jimmy Dill · 1 ep
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Eddie Kling · 1 ep
The Scarf
Movie · as City Detective
Fingerprints Don't Lie
Movie · as Police Lt. Grayson
Mask of the Dragon
Movie · as Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
Jungle Manhunt
Movie · as Dr. Mitchell Heller
Fury of the Congo
Movie · as Grant
Gold Raiders
Movie · as Taggart
Hurricane Island
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)
One Too Many
Movie · as Mr. Boyer
Abilene Trail
Movie · as Dr. Martin
Man from Sonora
Movie · as Sheriff Frank Casey
Colorado Ambush
Movie · as Sheriff Ed Lowery
Varieties on Parade
Movie · as Himself
Blue Blood
Movie · as Teasdale
Purple Heart Diary
Movie · as Maj. Green
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Father Serra · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Fred Carlson · 1 ep
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV · as W.T. Emerson, Bank Teller · 2 eps
Racket Squad
TV · 1 ep
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV · 4 eps
Boston Blackie
TV · as Wildcat Cannon · 1 ep
The Roy Rogers Show
TV · as John Zachary · 1 ep
Revenue Agent
Movie · as Augustus 'Gus' King
Triple Trouble
Movie · as Prison Yard Guard
Atom Man vs. Superman
Movie · as Luthor, alias The Atom Man
Federal Man
Movie · as Agent Johnson
Everybody's Dancin'
Movie · as Contractor
The du Pont Story
Movie · as Eugene du Pont
Lucky Losers
Movie · as Bruce McDermott
Johnny One-Eye
Movie · as Official from District Attorney's Office
The Daltons' Women
Movie · as Jim Thorne
Border Rangers
Movie · as Ranger Captain McLain
Cherokee Uprising
Movie · as Chief Marshal
Champagne for Caesar
Movie · as Executive No. 2
Big Timber
Movie · as Logger #1
The Jackpot
Movie · as Fred Burns
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Paul, Johnson, O'Leary, Abner, Capt. Flood, Bowers · 1 ep
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV · as Al Simon · 2 eps
Dick Tracy
TV · as 88 Keyes · 1 ep
The Cisco Kid
TV · as Judge (uncredited), Judge Watkins, Bob Wilkerson · 1 ep
Batman and Robin
Movie · as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Fighting Fools
Movie · as Blinky Harris
Sky Dragon
Movie · as Andrew J. Barrett
Ringside
Movie · as Radio Announcer
The Mutineers
Movie · as Capt. Jim Duncan
Wild Weed
Movie · as Capt. Hayes
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Movie · as Lt. Muldoon
Mississippi Rhythm
Movie · as O'Neill
The Lone Ranger
TV · as George Wilson, Roger Burnett, Fred Logan · 1 ep
Batman and Robin
TV · as Commissioner Jim Gordon · 15 eps
The Vicious Circle
Movie · as Miller
Devil's Cargo
Movie · as Johnny Morello
Appointment with Murder
Movie · as Fred Muller
Highway 13
Movie · as Company Detective
Parole, Inc.
Movie · as Police Commissioner Hughes
Quick on the Trigger
Movie · as Garvey Yager
Thunder in the Pines
Movie · as Nick Roulade
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Movie · as Henerson
Shep Comes Home
Movie · as Dr. Wilson
Studio One
TV · as Trent · 1 ep
Danger Street
Movie · as Charles Johnson
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
Movie · as George Pierce
Strange Impersonation
Movie · as Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
Chick Carter, Detective
Movie · as Chick Carter
Song of Arizona
Movie · as King Blaine
Murder Is My Business
Movie · as Buell Renslow
North of the Border
Movie · as Sgt. Jack Craig
Gun Town
Movie · as Lucky Dorgan
One Body Too Many
Movie · as Jim Davis
The Falcon Out West
Movie · as Tex Irwin
Up in Arms
Movie · as Sergeant Gelsey
Sensations of 1945
Movie · as Randall
Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie · as Rudolph Toller
Gambler's Choice
Movie · as Yellow Gloves Weldon
Dixie Jamboree
Movie · as Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
Are These Our Parents?
Movie · as George Kent
Trail to Gunsight
Movie · as U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
Man of Courage
Movie · as George Dickson
A Night for Crime
Movie · as Joe Powell
The Meanest Man in the World
Movie · as Bill Potts (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Movie · as Reddy
They Raid by Night
Movie · as Capt. Robert Owen
She's in the Army
Movie · as Army Capt. Steve Russell
He Married His Wife
Movie · as Paul Hunter
Parole Fixer
Movie · as Ross Waring
Torture Ship
Movie · as Lt. Bob Bennett
Second Fiddle
Movie · as Willie Hogger
Miracle on Main Street
Movie · as Dick Porter
Forged Passport
Movie · as Jack Scott
They Asked For It
Movie · as Marty Collins
Change of Heart
Movie · as Phillip Reeves
Call of The Yukon
Movie · as Hugo Henderson
The Arkansas Traveler
Movie · as Matt Collins
I Stand Accused
Movie · as Charles Eastman
Gateway
Movie · as Henry Porter
One Wild Night
Movie · as Singer Martin
Second Honeymoon
Movie · as Bob Benton
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Movie · as Bill Peck
What Price Vengeance
Movie · as 'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
Three Legionnaires
Movie · as Pvt. Jimmy Barton
West Bound Limited
Movie · as Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
Go West Young Man
Movie · as Francis X. Harrigan
Trapped by Television
Movie · as Fred Dennis
Boulder Dam
Movie · as Mr. Harry Lacy
Mind Your Own Business
Movie · as Crane
Murder by an Aristocrat
Movie · as Allen Carick
The Law in Her Hands
Movie · as Frank Gordon
The Singing Kid
Movie · as Bob Carey
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Movie · as Dr. Robert Doray
While the Patient Slept
Movie · as Ross Lonergan
Page Miss Glory
Movie · as Slattery
Broadway Hostess
Movie · as Lucky Lorimer
Oil for the Lamps of China
Movie · as Jim
Our Little Girl
Movie · as Rolfe Brent
Chinatown Squad
Movie · as Ted Lacey
It Happened in New York
Movie · as Charley Barnes
Red Hot Tires
Movie · as Wallace Storm
A Dream Comes True
Movie · as Himself (uncredited)
Return of the Terror
Movie · as Dr. Leonard Goodman
Fog Over Frisco
Movie · as Spencer Carlton
The Dragon Murder Case
Movie · as Gale Leland
One Night of Love
Movie · as Bill Houston
Heat Lightning
Movie · as Jeff
Murder in the Clouds
Movie · as "Three-Star" Bob Halsey
Registered Nurse
Movie · as Dr. Greg Connolly
A Lost Lady
Movie · as Neil
Mandalay
Movie · as Dr. Gregory Burton
The Secret Bride
Movie · as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
And She Learned About Dames
Movie · as Himself
A Shriek in the Night
Movie · as Ted Rand
Ladies They Talk About
Movie · as Don
She Had to Say Yes
Movie · as Daniel 'Danny' Drew
College Coach
Movie · as Buck Weaver
Girl Missing
Movie · as Raymond Fox
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Movie · as Don A. Andrews
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Movie · as Doc
Havana Widows
Movie · as Bob Jones
42nd Street
Movie · as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
The 42nd Street Special
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Movie · as Bud Saunders
Three on a Match
Movie · as Michael Loftus
The Purchase Price
Movie · as Eddie Fields
The Thirteenth Guest
Movie · as Phil Winston
Love is a Racket
Movie · as Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
Klondike
Movie · as Robert Cromwell
No More Orchids
Movie · as Tony Gage
Stranger in Town
Movie · as Ed Brice
Unholy Love
Movie · as Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
Miss Pinkerton
Movie · as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Big City Blues
Movie · as Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
The Clyde Mystery
Movie · as Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)