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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
Strange Impersonation
Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
There's No Business Like Show Business
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Jail Bait
Inspector John
Mesa of Lost Women
Narrator (voice)
One Body Too Many
Jim Davis
Revenue Agent
Augustus 'Gus' King
A Shriek in the Night
Ted Rand
Triple Trouble
Prison Yard Guard
The Clyde Mystery
Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)
The Mad Magician
Program Hawker (uncredited)
Torture Ship
Lt. Bob Bennett
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
She Had to Say Yes
Daniel 'Danny' Drew
The Falcon Out West
Tex Irwin
City of Fear
Chief Jensen
Return of the Terror
Dr. Leonard Goodman
Calling Homicide
Tony Fuller
Devil's Cargo
Johnny Morello
Appointment with Murder
Fred Muller
With a Song in My Heart
Radio station director
Fog Over Frisco
Spencer Carlton
The Dragon Murder Case
Gale Leland
Guns Don't Argue
Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Self (archive footage)
Go West Young Man
Francis X. Harrigan
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Himself
Man of Courage
George Dickson
One Night of Love
Bill Houston
The Purchase Price
Eddie Fields
Batman and Robin
Commissioner Jim Gordon
The Thirteenth Guest
Phil Winston
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
Sudden Danger
Harry Woodruff
Love Is a Racket
Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
Heat Lightning
Jeff
Atom Man vs. Superman
Luthor, alias The Atom Man
Murder in the Clouds
Bob 'Three Star' Halsey
African Treasure
Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
Highway 13
Company Detective
Federal Man
Agent Johnson
Chick Carter, Detective
Chick Carter
Fingerprints Don't Lie
Police Lt. Grayson
Change of Heart
Phillip Reeves
Mask of the Dragon
Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
Trapped by Television
Fred Dennis
The Steel Cage
Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
Jungle Manhunt
Dr. Mitchell Heller
Fury of the Congo
Grant
Up in Arms
Sergeant Gelsey
Untamed Women
Col. Loring
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Dr. Robert Doray
While the Patient Slept
Ross Lonergan
Feudin' Fools
Big Jim, bank robbery leader
Klondike
Robert Cromwell
Danger Street
Charles Johnson
College Coach
Buck Weaver
The Hot Angel
Van Richards
Clipped Wings
Captain Blair
Call of The Yukon
Hugo Henderson
Second Honeymoon
Bob Benton
Boulder Dam
Mr. Harry Lacy
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
Capt. Pace
Registered Nurse
Dr. Greg Connolly
Girl Missing
Raymond Fox
Page Miss Glory
Slattery
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
Sensations of 1945
Randall
A Lost Lady
Neil
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Bill Peck
Mind Your Own Business
Crane
The Arkansas Traveler
Matt Collins
Unholy Love
Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
What Price Vengeance
'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
Havana Widows
Bob Jones
Mystery of the Riverboat
Rudolph Toller
With This Ring
Miss Pinkerton
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Mandalay
Dr. Gregory Burton
Hurricane Island
Doctor (uncredited)
Gambler's Choice
Yellow Gloves Weldon
Tumbleweed
Weber
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Reddy
Murder by an Aristocrat
Dr. Allen Carick
The Law in Her Hands
Frank Gordon
I Stand Accused
Charles Eastman
Everybody's Dancin'
Contractor
Our Little Girl
Rolfe Brent
Chinatown Squad
Ted Lacey
It Happened in New York
Charley Barnes
The Du Pont Story
Eugene du Pont
Gateway
Henry Porter
Miracle on Main Street
Dick Porter
Red Hot Tires
Wallace Storm
One Too Many
Mr. Boyer
The Great Man
Harry Connors
Lucky Losers
Bruce McDermott
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Major Gerald Curwin
One Wild Night
Singer Martin
God Is My Partner
Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics
Mr. Casey
Outlaw Women
Judge Roger Dixon
The Meanest Man in the World
Bill Potts (uncredited)
Tobor the Great
An Admiral
Song of Arizona
King Blaine
Parole, Inc.
Police Commissioner Hughes
Parole Fixer
Ross Waring
The Secret Bride
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Six Gun Decision
Blackburn
Dixie Jamboree
Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
Quick on the Trigger
Garvey Yager
Abilene Trail
Dr. Martin
The Old West
Doc Lockwood
The Desperado
Judge
Three Legionnaires
Pvt. Jimmy Barton
They Raid by Night
Capt. Robert Owen
Johnny One-Eye
Official from District Attorney's Office
Man from Sonora
Sheriff Frank Casey
The Daltons' Women
Jim Thorne
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
Pops
Forged Passport
Jack Scott
West Bound Limited
Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
Murder Is My Business
Buell Renslow
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
Sky Dragon
Andrew J. Barrett
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
Bart Miller
White Lightning
Rocky Gibraltar
Montana Incident
Mooney
Wyoming Roundup
Franklin
Big City Blues
Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
Thunder in the Pines
Nick Roulade
Current Affairs: The Case of Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett
Border Rangers
Ranger Captain McLain
Cherokee Uprising
Chief Marshal
Colorado Ambush
Sheriff Ed Lowery
Desperadoes' Outpost
Walter Fleming
Son of Geronimo
Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
Texas City
Captain Hamilton
Trail to Gunsight
U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
North of the Border
Sgt. Jack Craig
Gun Town
Lucky Dorgan
Star of Texas
Telegraph Operator
Gunfighters of the Northwest
Inspector Wheeler
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
Shows
St. Elsewhere
77 Sunset Strip
Green Acres
Who's the Boss?
December Bride
Here's Lucy
Lawyer
The Lucy Show
Mr. Stanford
The Beverly Hillbillies
Second Psychiatrist
227
Charlie's Angels
Tom Mills
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
Additional Voices (voice)
Surfside 6
Alan Crandell
Newhart
Cousin Ned
Perry Mason
Michael Garvin Sr.
Studio One
Trent
Hawaiian Eye
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Father Serra
Leave It to Beaver
Mr. Chuck Dennison
Laredo
Cowboy G-Men
Dennis the Menace
Mayor
Run for Your Life
Steven Blakely
The Millionaire
Joe Price
Lux Video Theatre
Paul
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Fred Carlson
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Victor Long
M Squad
Paul Crowley
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
Baylor
Navy Log
Lock-Up
Mona McCluskey
Racket Squad
The Whistler
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Cavalcade of America
Terry and the Pirates
The Legend of Jesse James
Warden
Ben Jerrod
Police Lt. Choates
I'm the Law
Dangerous Assignment
The Adventures of Kit Carson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mr. Anders
The Roaring 20's
Gang Busters
Hopalong Cassidy
Mr. & Mrs. North
Maverick
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Al Simon
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Gibralter
Hey, Jeannie!
Adams
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
W.T. Emerson
Public Defender
Dobin
The Bob Cummings Show
Paul Fonda
December Bride
Bill Jeffries
Green Acres
Horace Bennett
Adam-12
Avery Dawson
Petticoat Junction
Mr. Cheever
Lux Video Theatre
Johnson
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Joe Randolph (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
Howard Wilcox
Lux Video Theatre
O'Leary
Lux Video Theatre
Abner
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
Lux Video Theatre
Capt. Flood
Mister Ed
George Hausner
The Lone Ranger
Roger Burnett
The Restless Gun
Mort Askins
Bonanza
The Handsome Dude in Bar
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Joe Randolph
Lux Video Theatre
Bowers
87th Precinct
Woody Gaynor
Stories of the Century
Colonel Marsham
Dick Tracy
88 Keyes
Green Acres
Sen. Lyle Talbot