Lyle Talbot
Acting • Born 1902-02-08 – Died 1996-03-02
Biography
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.
Filmography
286 credits
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Movie • 1957
General Roberts
Strange Impersonation
Movie • 1946
Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie • 1954
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Jail Bait
Movie • 1954
Inspector John
Mesa of Lost Women
Movie • 1953
Narrator (voice)
One Body Too Many
Movie • 1944
Jim Davis
Revenue Agent
Movie • 1950
Augustus 'Gus' King
A Shriek in the Night
Movie • 1933
Ted Rand
Triple Trouble
Movie • 1950
Prison Yard Guard
The Clyde Mystery
Movie • 1931
Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)
Torture Ship
Movie • 1939
Lt. Bob Bennett
The Mad Magician
Movie • 1954
Program Hawker (uncredited)
The Scarf
Movie • 1951
City Detective
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Movie • 1932
Bud Saunders
Three on a Match
Movie • 1932
Michael Loftus
The Vicious Circle
Movie • 1948
Miller
Ladies They Talk About
Movie • 1933
Don
Second Fiddle
Movie • 1939
Willie Hogger
She Had to Say Yes
Movie • 1933
Daniel 'Danny' Drew
The Falcon Out West
Movie • 1944
Tex Irwin
City of Fear
Movie • 1959
Chief Jensen
Return of the Terror
Movie • 1934
Dr. Leonard Goodman
Calling Homicide
Movie • 1956
Tony Fuller
Devil's Cargo
Movie • 1948
Johnny Morello
Appointment with Murder
Movie • 1948
Fred Muller
With a Song in My Heart
Movie • 1952
Radio Station Director (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco
Movie • 1934
Spencer Carlton
The Dragon Murder Case
Movie • 1934
Gale Leland
Guns Don't Argue
Movie • 1957
Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
Go West Young Man
Movie • 1936
Francis X. Harrigan
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Movie • 1996
Himself
Man of Courage
Movie • 1943
George Dickson
One Night of Love
Movie • 1934
Bill Houston
The Purchase Price
Movie • 1932
Eddie Fields
Batman and Robin
Movie • 1949
Commissioner Jim Gordon
The Thirteenth Guest
Movie • 1932
Phil Winston
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
Movie • 1954
Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
Sudden Danger
Movie • 1955
Harry Woodruff
Love is a Racket
Movie • 1932
Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
Heat Lightning
Movie • 1934
Jeff
Atom Man vs. Superman
Movie • 1950
Luthor, alias The Atom Man
African Treasure
Movie • 1952
Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
Murder in the Clouds
Movie • 1934
Bob 'Three Star' Halsey
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Movie • 1958
Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
Highway 13
Movie • 1948
Company Detective
Chick Carter, Detective
Movie • 1946
Chick Carter
Federal Man
Movie • 1950
Agent Johnson
Fingerprints Don't Lie
Movie • 1951
Police Lt. Grayson
Change of Heart
Movie • 1938
Phillip Reeves
Mask of the Dragon
Movie • 1951
Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
Trapped by Television
Movie • 1936
Fred Dennis
The Steel Cage
Movie • 1954
Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
Jungle Manhunt
Movie • 1951
Dr. Mitchell Heller
Fury of the Congo
Movie • 1951
Grant
Untamed Women
Movie • 1952
Col. Loring
Up in Arms
Movie • 1944
Sergeant Gelsey
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Movie • 1935
Dr. Robert Doray
While the Patient Slept
Movie • 1935
Ross Lonergan
Feudin' Fools
Movie • 1952
Big Jim, bank robbery leader
Klondike
Movie • 1932
Robert Cromwell
Danger Street
Movie • 1947
Charles Johnson
College Coach
Movie • 1933
Buck Weaver
The Hot Angel
Movie • 1958
Van Richards
Clipped Wings
Movie • 1953
Captain Blair
Call of The Yukon
Movie • 1938
Hugo Henderson
Second Honeymoon
Movie • 1937
Bob Benton
Boulder Dam
Movie • 1936
Mr. Harry Lacy
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
Movie • 1954
Capt. Pace
Registered Nurse
Movie • 1934
Dr. Greg Connolly
Girl Missing
Movie • 1933
Raymond Fox
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Slattery
Broadway Hostess
Movie • 1935
Lucky Lorimer
No More Orchids
Movie • 1932
Tony Gage
Stranger in Town
Movie • 1931
Ed Brice
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Movie • 1933
Don A. Andrews
Jail Busters
Movie • 1955
Cy Bowman
He Married His Wife
Movie • 1940
Paul Hunter
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Movie • 1933
Doc
A Night for Crime
Movie • 1943
Joe Powell
Gold Raiders
Movie • 1951
Taggart
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
Movie • 1947
George Pierce
Oil for the Lamps of China
Movie • 1935
Jim
Sensations of 1945
Movie • 1944
Randall
A Lost Lady
Movie • 1934
Neil
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Movie • 1937
Bill Peck
Mind Your Own Business
Movie • 1936
Crane
The Arkansas Traveler
Movie • 1938
Matt Collins
Unholy Love
Movie • 1932
Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
What Price Vengeance
Movie • 1937
'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
Havana Widows
Movie • 1933
Bob Jones
Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie • 1944
Rudolph Toller
With This Ring
Movie • 1954
Miller Executive
Miss Pinkerton
Movie • 1932
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Mandalay
Movie • 1934
Dr. Gregory Burton
Hurricane Island
Movie • 1951
Doctor (uncredited)
Gambler's Choice
Movie • 1944
Yellow Gloves Weldon
Tumbleweed
Movie • 1953
Weber
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Movie • 1942
Reddy
Murder by an Aristocrat
Movie • 1936
Allen Carick
The Law in Her Hands
Movie • 1936
Frank Gordon
I Stand Accused
Movie • 1938
Charles Eastman
Everybody's Dancin'
Movie • 1950
Contractor
Our Little Girl
Movie • 1935
Rolfe Brent
Chinatown Squad
Movie • 1935
Ted Lacey
It Happened in New York
Movie • 1935
Charley Barnes
The du Pont Story
Movie • 1950
Eugene du Pont
Gateway
Movie • 1938
Henry Porter
Miracle on Main Street
Movie • 1939
Dick Porter
Red Hot Tires
Movie • 1935
Wallace Storm
One Too Many
Movie • 1950
Mr. Boyer
The Great Man
Movie • 1956
Harry Connors
Lucky Losers
Movie • 1950
Bruce McDermott
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Movie • 1953
Major Gerald Curwin
One Wild Night
Movie • 1938
Singer Martin
God Is My Partner
Movie • 1957
Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics
Movie • 1952
Mr. Casey
Outlaw Women
Movie • 1952
Judge Roger Dixon
The Meanest Man in the World
Movie • 1943
Bill Potts (uncredited)
Tobor the Great
Movie • 1954
An Admiral
Song of Arizona
Movie • 1946
King Blaine
Parole Fixer
Movie • 1940
Ross Waring
Parole, Inc.
Movie • 1948
Police Commissioner Hughes
The Secret Bride
Movie • 1934
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Six Gun Decision
Movie • 1953
Blackburn
Dixie Jamboree
Movie • 1944
Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
Quick on the Trigger
Movie • 1948
Garvey Yager
Abilene Trail
Movie • 1951
Dr. Martin
The Old West
Movie • 1952
Doc Lockwood
The Desperado
Movie • 1954
Judge
Three Legionnaires
Movie • 1937
Pvt. Jimmy Barton
They Raid by Night
Movie • 1942
Capt. Robert Owen
Johnny One-Eye
Movie • 1950
Official from District Attorney's Office
Man from Sonora
Movie • 1951
Sheriff Frank Casey
The Daltons' Women
Movie • 1950
Jim Thorne
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
Movie • 1986
Pops
Forged Passport
Movie • 1939
Jack Scott
West Bound Limited
Movie • 1937
Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
Murder Is My Business
Movie • 1946
Buell Renslow
They Asked For It
Movie • 1939
Marty Collins
She's in the Army
Movie • 1942
Army Capt. Steve Russell
Are These Our Parents?
Movie • 1944
George Kent
42nd Street
Movie • 1933
Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
Movie • 1936
Bob Carey
Fighting Fools
Movie • 1949
Blinky Harris
Sky Dragon
Movie • 1949
Andrew J. Barrett
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
Movie • 1952
Bart Miller
White Lightning
Movie • 1953
Rocky Gibraltar
Wyoming Roundup
Movie • 1952
Franklin
Montana Incident
Movie • 1952
Mooney
Big City Blues
Movie • 1932
Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
Thunder in the Pines
Movie • 1948
Nick Roulade
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
Movie • 1982
Dashiell Hammett
Border Rangers
Movie • 1950
Ranger Captain McLain
Cherokee Uprising
Movie • 1950
Chief Marshal
Colorado Ambush
Movie • 1951
Sheriff Ed Lowery
Desperadoes' Outpost
Movie • 1952
Walter Fleming
Son of Geronimo
Movie • 1952
Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
Texas City
Movie • 1952
Captain Hamilton
Trail to Gunsight
Movie • 1944
U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
North of the Border
Movie • 1946
Sgt. Jack Craig
Gun Town
Movie • 1946
Lucky Dorgan
Star of Texas
Movie • 1953
Telegraph Operator
Gunfighters of the Northwest
Movie • 1954
Inspector Wheeler
Varieties on Parade
Movie • 1951
Himself
A Dream Comes True
Movie • 1935
Himself (uncredited)
And She Learned About Dames
Movie • 1934
Himself
Ringside
Movie • 1949
Radio Announcer
The Mutineers
Movie • 1949
Capt. Jim Duncan
Champagne for Caesar
Movie • 1950
Executive No. 2
Big Timber
Movie • 1950
Logger #1
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Movie • 1948
Henerson
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Self
The Pathfinder
Movie • 1952
British Ship Captain
Glen or Glenda
Movie • 1953
Inspector Warren
Blue Blood
Movie • 1951
Teasdale
High School Confidential!
Movie • 1958
William Remington Kane
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Movie • 1954
Barent
Sea Tiger
Movie • 1952
Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
Sonic Boom
Movie • 1974
French Representative
The Jackpot
Movie • 1950
Fred Burns
Wild Weed
Movie • 1949
Capt. Hayes
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Movie • 1949
Lt. Muldoon
Inside the Dream Factory
Movie • 1995
Self
Shep Comes Home
Movie • 1948
Dr. Wilson
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Movie • 1989
Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)
The 42nd Street Special
Movie • 1933
Self (uncredited)
Purple Heart Diary
Movie • 1951
Maj. Green
Sunrise at Campobello
Movie • 1960
Mr. Brimmer
Wings of the Hawk
Movie • 1953
Mississippi Rhythm
Movie • 1949
O'Neill
Around the World with Nellie Bly
Movie • 1960
Modify
Movie • 2025
Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Johnny Barnes
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Lawyer
December Bride
TV • 1954
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Mr. Stanford
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Second Psychiatrist
227
TV • 1985
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Tom Mills
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
TV • 1981
Additional Voices (voice)
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Alan Crandell
Newhart
TV • 1982
Cousin Ned
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Michael Garvin Sr.
Studio One
TV • 1948
Trent
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Father Serra
Leave It to Beaver
TV • 1957
Mr. Chuck Dennison
Laredo
TV • 1965
Cowboy G-Men
TV • 1952
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Mayor
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Steven Blakely
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Joe Price
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Paul
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Fred Carlson
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Victor Long
M Squad
TV • 1957
Paul Crowley
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV • 1954
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
TV • 1955
Baylor
Navy Log
TV • 1955
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
Mona McCluskey
TV • 1965
Benson
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
The Whistler
TV • 1954
Buffalo Bill Jr.
TV • 1955
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Terry and the Pirates
TV • 1952
The Legend of Jesse James
TV • 1965
Warden
Ben Jerrod
TV • 1963
Police Lt. Choates
I'm the Law
TV • 1953
Dangerous Assignment
TV • 1952
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Mr. Anders
The Roaring 20's
TV • 1960
Gang Busters
TV • 1952
Hopalong Cassidy
TV • 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV • 1952
Maverick
TV • 1957
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Al Simon
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Gibralter
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Adams
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Dobin
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
W.T. Emerson
The Bob Cummings Show
TV • 1955
Paul Fonda
December Bride
TV • 1954
Bill Jeffries
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Horace Bennett
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Avery Dawson
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Mr. Cheever
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Johnson
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV • 1952
Joe Randolph (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Howard Wilcox
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
O'Leary
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Abner
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Fred Fox
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
George Wilson
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Phil Paige
Boston Blackie
TV • 1951
Wildcat Cannon
Broken Arrow
TV • 1956
Judge Judd Hinshaw
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Capt. Flood
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Roger Burnett
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
George Hausner
The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
Mort Askins
Bonanza
TV • 1959
The Handsome Dude in Bar
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV • 1952
Joe Randolph
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Bowers
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Woody Gaynor
Stories of the Century
TV • 1954
Colonel Marsham
Dick Tracy
TV • 1950
88 Keyes
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Sen. Lyle Talbot
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Judge (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Judge Watkins
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Dr. Otis Gray
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Gov. Carstairs
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Bank Teller
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Fred Logan
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Jimmy Dill
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Eddie Kling
Meet McGraw
TV • 1957
Carl Maddon
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Bob Wilkerson
Dangerous Assignment
TV • 1952
George
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Laredo
TV • 1965
Sheriff
Annie Oakley
TV • 1954
Pa Wiggins
Annie Oakley
TV • 1954
Col. Dawson