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