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Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Birthday: 1902-02-08 | Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1981
Goldie Gold and Action Jack

as    Additional Voices (voice)

1963
Ben Jerrod

as    Police Lt. Choates

1959
City of Fear

as    Chief Jensen

1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space

as    General Roberts

1958
The Notorious Mr. Monks

as    Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney

1957
Guns Don't Argue

as    Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon

1956
Calling Homicide

as    Tony Fuller

1955
Jail Busters

as    Cy Bowman

1955
Sudden Danger

as    Harry Woodruff

1954
Tobor the Great

as    An Admiral

1954
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

as    Capt. Pace

1954
Jail Bait

as    Inspector John

1954
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

as    Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)

1953
Clipped Wings

as    Captain Blair

1953
Glen or Glenda

as    Inspector Warren

1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms

as    Major Gerald Curwin

1953
Mesa of Lost Women

as    Narrator (voice)