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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.
Known For
There's No Business Like Show Business
(1954)
Stage Manager (uncredited)
42nd Street
(1933)
Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
Plan 9 from Outer Space
(1959)
General Roberts
One Body Too Many
(1944)
Jim Davis
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Stranger in Town
(1931)
Ed Brice
The Clyde Mystery
(1931)
Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
(1932)
Bud Saunders
Three on a Match
(1932)
Michael Loftus
The Purchase Price
(1932)
Eddie Fields
The Thirteenth Guest
(1932)
Phil Winston
Love Is a Racket
(1932)
Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
Klondike
(1932)
Robert Cromwell
No More Orchids
(1932)
Tony Gage
Unholy Love
(1932)
Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
Miss Pinkerton
(1932)
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Big City Blues
(1932)
Len 'Lenny' Sully
A Shriek in the Night
(1933)
Ted Rand
Ladies They Talk About
(1933)
Don
She Had to Say Yes
(1933)
Daniel 'Danny' Drew
College Coach
(1933)
Buck Weaver
Girl Missing
(1933)
Raymond Fox
Mary Stevens, M.D.
(1933)
Don A. Andrews
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
(1933)
Doc
Havana Widows
(1933)
Bob Jones
42nd Street
(1933)
Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
The 42nd Street Special
(1933)
Self (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco
(1934)
Spencer Carlton
The Dragon Murder Case
(1934)
Gale Leland
One Night of Love
(1934)
Bill Houston
Heat Lightning
(1934)
Jeff
Murder in the Clouds
(1934)
Bob 'Three Star' Halsey
Registered Nurse
(1934)
Dr. Greg Connolly
A Lost Lady
(1934)
Neil
Mandalay
(1934)
Dr. Gregory Burton
The Secret Bride
(1934)
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
And She Learned About Dames
(1934)
Himself
Return of the Terror
(1934)
Dr. Leonard Goodman
While the Patient Slept
(1935)
Ross Lonergan
The Case of the Lucky Legs
(1935)
Dr. Robert Doray
Page Miss Glory
(1935)
Slattery
Broadway Hostess
(1935)
Lucky Lorimer
Oil for the Lamps of China
(1935)
Jim
Our Little Girl
(1935)
Rolfe Brent
Chinatown Squad
(1935)
Ted Lacey
Red Hot Tires
(1935)
Wallace Storm
A Dream Comes True
(1935)
Himself (uncredited)
It Happened in New York
(1935)
Charley Barnes
Go West Young Man
(1936)
Francis X. Harrigan
Trapped by Television
(1936)
Fred Dennis
Boulder Dam
(1936)
Mr. Harry Lacy
Mind Your Own Business
(1936)
Crane
Murder by an Aristocrat
(1936)
Dr. Allen Carick
The Law in Her Hands
(1936)
Frank Gordon
The Singing Kid
(1936)
Bob Carey
Second Honeymoon
(1937)
Bob Benton
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
(1937)
Bill Peck
What Price Vengeance
(1937)
'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
Three Legionnaires
(1937)
Pvt. Jimmy Barton
West Bound Limited
(1937)
Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
Change of Heart
(1938)
Phillip Reeves
Call of The Yukon
(1938)
Hugo Henderson
The Arkansas Traveler
(1938)
Matt Collins
Gateway
(1938)
Henry Porter
One Wild Night
(1938)
Singer Martin
I Stand Accused
(1938)
Charles Eastman
Torture Ship
(1939)
Lt. Bob Bennett
Second Fiddle
(1939)
Willie Hogger
Miracle on Main Street
(1939)
Dick Porter
Forged Passport
(1939)
Jack Scott
They Asked For It
(1939)
Marty Collins
He Married His Wife
(1940)
Paul Hunter
Parole Fixer
(1940)
Ross Waring
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
(1942)
Reddy
They Raid by Night
(1942)
Capt. Robert Owen
She's in the Army
(1942)
Army Capt. Steve Russell
Man of Courage
(1943)
George Dickson
A Night for Crime
(1943)
Joe Powell
The Meanest Man in the World
(1943)
Bill Potts (uncredited)
One Body Too Many
(1944)
Jim Davis
The Falcon Out West
(1944)
Tex Irwin
Up in Arms
(1944)
Sgt. Gelsey
Sensations of 1945
(1944)
Randall
Mystery of the Riverboat
(1944)
Rudolph Toller
Gambler's Choice
(1944)
Yellow Gloves Weldon
Dixie Jamboree
(1944)
Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
Are These Our Parents?
(1944)
George Kent
Trail to Gunsight
(1944)
U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
Strange Impersonation
(1946)
Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
Chick Carter, Detective
(1946)
Chick Carter
Song of Arizona
(1946)
King Blaine
Murder Is My Business
(1946)
Buell Renslow
Gun Town
(1946)
Lucky Dorgan
North of the Border
(1946)
Sgt. Jack Craig
Danger Street
(1947)
Charles Johnson
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
(1947)
George Pierce
The Vicious Circle
(1948)
Miller
Appointment with Murder
(1948)
Fred Muller
Devil's Cargo
(1948)
Johnny Morello
Highway 13
(1948)
Company Detective
Parole, Inc.
(1948)
Police Commissioner Hughes
Quick on the Trigger
(1948)
Garvey Yager
Thunder in the Pines
(1948)
Nick Roulade
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
(1948)
Henerson
Shep Comes Home
(1948)
Dr. Wilson
Batman and Robin
(1949)
Commissioner Jim Gordon
Fighting Fools
(1949)
Blinky Harris
Sky Dragon
(1949)
Andrew J. Barrett
Ringside
(1949)
Radio Announcer
The Mutineers
(1949)
Capt. Jim Duncan
Wild Weed
(1949)
Capt. Hayes
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
(1949)
Lt. Muldoon
Federal Man
(1950)
Agent Johnson
One Too Many
(1950)
Mr. Boyer
Lucky Losers
(1950)
Bruce McDermott
Johnny One-Eye
(1950)
Official from District Attorney's Office
The Daltons' Women
(1950)
Jim Thorne
Border Rangers
(1950)
Ranger Captain McLain
Cherokee Uprising
(1950)
Chief Marshal
Atom Man vs. Superman
(1950)
Luthor, alias The Atom Man
Champagne for Caesar
(1950)
Executive No. 2
Big Timber
(1950)
Logger #1
The Jackpot
(1950)
Fred Burns
Revenue Agent
(1950)
Augustus 'Gus' King
Everybody's Dancin'
(1950)
Contractor
The Du Pont Story
(1950)
Eugene du Pont
Triple Trouble
(1950)
Prison Yard Guard
The Scarf
(1951)
City Detective
Fingerprints Don't Lie
(1951)
Police Lt. Grayson
Mask of the Dragon
(1951)
Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
Jungle Manhunt
(1951)
Dr. Mitchell Heller
Fury of the Congo
(1951)
Grant
Gold Raiders
(1951)
Taggart
Hurricane Island
(1951)
Doctor (uncredited)
Colorado Ambush
(1951)
Sheriff Ed Lowery
Abilene Trail
(1951)
Dr. Martin
Man from Sonora
(1951)
Sheriff Frank Casey
Varieties on Parade
(1951)
Himself
Blue Blood
(1951)
Teasdale
Purple Heart Diary
(1951)
Maj. Green
With a Song in My Heart
(1952)
Radio station director
African Treasure
(1952)
Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
Untamed Women
(1952)
Col. Loring
Feudin' Fools
(1952)
Big Jim, bank robbery leader
Outlaw Women
(1952)
Judge Roger Dixon
The Old West
(1952)
Doc Lockwood
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
(1952)
Bart Miller
Montana Incident
(1952)
Mooney
Wyoming Roundup
(1952)
Franklin
Desperadoes' Outpost
(1952)
Walter Fleming
Son of Geronimo
(1952)
Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
Texas City
(1952)
Captain Hamilton
The Pathfinder
(1952)
British Ship Captain
Sea Tiger
(1952)
Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics
(1952)
Mr. Casey
Mesa of Lost Women
(1953)
Narrator (voice)
Clipped Wings
(1953)
Captain Blair
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
(1953)
Major Gerald Curwin
Six Gun Decision
(1953)
Blackburn
White Lightning
(1953)
Rocky Gibraltar
Star of Texas
(1953)
Telegraph Operator
Glen or Glenda
(1953)
Inspector Warren
Tumbleweed
(1953)
Weber
There's No Business Like Show Business
(1954)
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Jail Bait
(1954)
Inspector John
The Mad Magician
(1954)
Program Hawker (uncredited)
The Steel Cage
(1954)
Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
(1954)
Capt. Pace
Tobor the Great
(1954)
An Admiral
Gunfighters of the Northwest
(1954)
Inspector Wheeler
Trader Tom of the China Seas
(1954)
Barent
The Desperado
(1954)
Judge
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
(1954)
Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
With This Ring
(1954)
Sudden Danger
(1955)
Harry Woodruff
Jail Busters
(1955)
Cy Bowman
Calling Homicide
(1956)
Tony Fuller
The Great Man
(1956)
Harry Connors
Guns Don't Argue
(1957)
Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
God Is My Partner
(1957)
Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
The Notorious Mr. Monks
(1958)
Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
The Hot Angel
(1958)
Van Richards
High School Confidential!
(1958)
William Remington Kane
Plan 9 from Outer Space
(1959)
General Roberts
City of Fear
(1959)
Chief Jensen
Sonic Boom
(1974)
French Representative
Current Affairs: The Case of Dashiell Hammett
(1982)
Dashiell Hammett
That's Dancing!
(1985)
Self
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
(1986)
Pops
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
(1989)
Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)
Inside the Dream Factory
(1995)
Self
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
(1996)
Himself
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
(2015)
Self (archive footage)