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