Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

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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

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Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)

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Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)

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Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)

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Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)

1989

Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Movie

Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)

1982

St. Elsewhere
Tv

Johnny Barnes

1976

1968

Adam-12
Tv

Avery Dawson

1965

Laredo
Tv

Unknown

1963

1963

Ben Jerrod
Tv

Police Lt. Choates

1962

The Beverly Hillbillies
Tv

Second Psychiatrist

1961

87th Precinct
Tv

Woody Gaynor

1960

Surfside 6
Tv

Alan Crandell

1959

1959

1959

City of Fear
Movie

Chief Jensen

1958

High School Confidential!
Movie

William Remington Kane

1957

Leave It to Beaver
Tv

Mr. Chuck Dennison

1957

Perry Mason
Tv

Michael Garvin Sr.

1957

Guns Don't Argue
Movie

Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon

1956

The Great Man
Movie

Harry Connors

1954

1954

1954

December Bride
Tv

Bill Jeffries

1954

1954

The Mad Magician
Movie

Program Hawker (uncredited)

1954

Jail Bait
Movie

Inspector John

1954

1953

Mesa of Lost Women
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1953

Glen or Glenda
Movie

Inspector Warren

1953

1952

The Pathfinder
Movie

British Ship Captain

1952

1952

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Tv

Joe Randolph (uncredited)

1952

Feudin' Fools
Movie

Big Jim, bank robbery leader

1952

1952

Sea Tiger
Movie

Mr. Williams, Insurance Man

1952

With a Song in My Heart
Movie

Radio Station Director (uncredited)

1951

1951

Hurricane Island
Movie

Doctor (uncredited)

1951

The Scarf
Movie

City Detective

1950

1950

1950

1950

1950

1950

1950

Border Rangers
Movie

Ranger Captain McLain

1950

Border Rangers
Movie

Ranger Captain McLain

1950

1950

1950

The Cisco Kid
Tv

Judge Watkins

1950

The Cisco Kid
Tv

Bob Wilkerson

1950

The Cisco Kid
Tv

Judge (uncredited)

1950

Atom Man vs. Superman
Movie

Luthor, alias The Atom Man

1950

1949

Ringside
Movie

Radio Announcer

1949

Batman and Robin
Movie

Commissioner Jim Gordon

1949

Batman and Robin
Tv

Commissioner Jim gordon

1948

Highway 13
Movie

Company Detective

1948

Parole, Inc.
Movie

Police Commissioner Hughes

1948

1948

Devil's Cargo
Movie

Johnny Morello

1946

1944

Up in Arms
Movie

Sergeant Gelsey

1942

They Raid by Night
Movie

Capt. Robert Owen

1939

Torture Ship
Movie

Lt. Bob Bennett

1939

Second Fiddle
Movie

Willie Hogger

1938

1937

1936

Go West Young Man
Movie

Francis X. Harrigan

1936

Boulder Dam
Movie

Mr. Harry Lacy

1935

A Dream Comes True
Movie

Himself (uncredited)

1935

1935

Red Hot Tires
Movie

Wallace Storm

1935

1934

The Secret Bride
Movie

Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1934

Murder in the Clouds
Movie

Bob 'Three Star' Halsey

1934

1934

Return of the Terror
Movie

Dr. Leonard Goodman

1934

Fog Over Frisco
Movie

Spencer Carlton

1934

Mandalay
Movie

Dr. Gregory Burton

1933

1933

1933

She Had to Say Yes
Movie

Daniel 'Danny' Drew

1933

42nd Street
Movie

Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)

1933

1933

1932

Big City Blues
Movie

Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)

1932

Klondike
Movie

Robert Cromwell

1932

1932

Love Is a Racket
Movie

Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw

1932

Miss Pinkerton
Movie

Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

1931

The Clyde Mystery
Movie

Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)

Infos

Full Name
Lyle Talbot
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
2/8/1902
Date of Death
3/2/1996
Also Known As

Lysle Henderson

Lysle Talbot

Lyle Florenz Talbot