Lyle Talbot

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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.

Filmography (265 Appearances)

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The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

1996

Inside the Dream Factory

1995

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

1989

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

1986

227

1985

That's Dancing!

1985

Who's the Boss?

1984

St. Elsewhere

1982

Newhart

1982

The Case of Dashiell Hammett

1982

Goldie Gold and Action Jack

1981

Charlie's Angels

1976

Sonic Boom

1974

Here's Lucy

1968

Adam-12

1968

Mona McCluskey

1965

Laredo

1965

Green Acres

1965

Run for Your Life

1965

The Legend of Jesse James

1965

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Petticoat Junction

1963

Arrest and Trial

1963

Ben Jerrod

1963

The Lucy Show

1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

87th Precinct

1961

Mister Ed

1961

The Roaring 20's

1960

Surfside 6

1960

Sunrise at Campobello

1960

Around the World with Nellie Bly

1960

Hawaiian Eye

1959

Dennis the Menace

1959

Lock-Up

1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

Bonanza

1959

City of Fear

1959

Rawhide

1959

The Hot Angel

1958

77 Sunset Strip

1958

High School Confidential!

1958

The Notorious Mr. Monks

1958

Leave It to Beaver

1957

The Restless Gun

1957

Maverick

1957

Perry Mason

1957

M Squad

1957

Guns Don't Argue

1957

God Is My Partner

1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

Meet McGraw

1957

Plan 9 from Outer Space

1957

The Great Man

1956

Calling Homicide

1956

Broken Arrow

1956

Hey, Jeannie!

1956

Sudden Danger

1955

Navy Log

1955

Jail Busters

1955

Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

1955

Buffalo Bill Jr.

1955

The Millionaire

1955

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954

The Steel Cage

1954

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

1954

December Bride

1954

Tobor the Great

1954

The Whistler

1954

The Desperado

1954

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

1954

The Mad Magician

1954

Jail Bait

1954

Gunfighters of the Northwest

1954

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

1954

Public Defender

1954

Stories of the Century

1954

Annie Oakley

1954

Trader Tom of the China Seas

1954

With This Ring

1954

Tumbleweed

1953

Six Gun Decision

1953

Wings of the Hawk

1953

Clipped Wings

1953

Mesa of Lost Women

1953

Glen or Glenda

1953

White Lightning

1953

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

1953

I'm the Law

1953

Star of Texas

1953

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid

1952

The Pathfinder

1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952

Terry and the Pirates

1952

Wyoming Roundup

1952

Son of Geronimo

1952

Desperadoes' Outpost

1952

Mr. & Mrs. North

1952

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

1952

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

Cavalcade of America

1952

The Old West

1952

Feudin' Fools

1952

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

Cowboy G-Men

1952

Untamed Women

1952

Montana Incident

1952

Sea Tiger

1952

African Treasure

1952

Outlaw Women

1952

With a Song in My Heart

1952

Gang Busters

1952

Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics

1952

Texas City

1952

Dangerous Assignment

1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Purple Heart Diary

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

Jungle Manhunt

1951

Gold Raiders

1951

Boston Blackie

1951

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

Varieties on Parade

1951

Hurricane Island

1951

Racket Squad

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

The Scarf

1951

Man from Sonora

1951

Mask of the Dragon

1951

Fury of the Congo

1951

Fingerprints Don't Lie

1951

Abilene Trail

1951

Blue Blood

1951

Colorado Ambush

1951

The du Pont Story

1950

Revenue Agent

1950

One Too Many

1950

The Jackpot

1950

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

Cherokee Uprising

1950

Border Rangers

1950

Lux Video Theatre

1950

Dick Tracy

1950

Big Timber

1950

The Cisco Kid

1950

Triple Trouble

1950

Atom Man vs. Superman

1950

Federal Man

1950

Lucky Losers

1950

Champagne for Caesar

1950

Johnny One-Eye

1950

Everybody's Dancin'

1950

The Daltons' Women

1950

The Lone Ranger

1949

Wild Weed

1949

Ringside

1949

Mississippi Rhythm

1949

Batman and Robin

1949

Sky Dragon

1949

The Mutineers

1949

Fighting Fools

1949

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

1949

Highway 13

1948

Shep Comes Home

1948

Quick on the Trigger

1948

Parole, Inc.

1948

Appointment with Murder

1948

Thunder in the Pines

1948

Studio One

1948

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

1948

The Vicious Circle

1948

Devil's Cargo

1948

Danger Street

1947

The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West

1947

North of the Border

1946

Chick Carter, Detective

1946

Strange Impersonation

1946

Song of Arizona

1946

Murder Is My Business

1946

Gun Town

1946

One Body Too Many

1944

Mystery of the Riverboat

1944

Trail to Gunsight

1944

Dixie Jamboree

1944

Sensations of 1945

1944

Are These Our Parents?

1944

Gambler's Choice

1944

The Falcon Out West

1944

Up in Arms

1944

A Night for Crime

1943

The Meanest Man in the World

1943

Man of Courage

1943

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

1942

They Raid by Night

1942

She's in the Army

1942

Parole Fixer

1940

He Married His Wife

1940

Miracle on Main Street

1939

Torture Ship

1939

Second Fiddle

1939

They Asked For It

1939

Forged Passport

1939

I Stand Accused

1938

The Arkansas Traveler

1938

Gateway

1938

One Wild Night

1938

Call of The Yukon

1938

Change of Heart

1938

Second Honeymoon

1937

West Bound Limited

1937

Three Legionnaires

1937

What Price Vengeance

1937

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

1937

Mind Your Own Business

1936

Go West Young Man

1936

Trapped by Television

1936

Murder by an Aristocrat

1936

The Law in Her Hands

1936

The Singing Kid

1936

Boulder Dam

1936

A Dream Comes True

1935

Broadway Hostess

1935

The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935

Page Miss Glory

1935

Oil for the Lamps of China

1935

Chinatown Squad

1935

It Happened in New York

1935

While the Patient Slept

1935

Red Hot Tires

1935

Our Little Girl

1935

The Secret Bride

1934

Murder in the Clouds

1934

A Lost Lady

1934

The Dragon Murder Case

1934

One Night of Love

1934

Return of the Terror

1934

Fog Over Frisco

1934

Registered Nurse

1934

And She Learned About Dames

1934

Heat Lightning

1934

Mandalay

1934

Havana Widows

1933

College Coach

1933

A Shriek in the Night

1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933

She Had to Say Yes

1933

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

1933

42nd Street

1933

Girl Missing

1933

The 42nd Street Special

1933

Ladies They Talk About

1933

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932

No More Orchids

1932

Three on a Match

1932

Big City Blues

1932

Klondike

1932

The Thirteenth Guest

1932

The Purchase Price

1932

Love is a Racket

1932

Unholy Love

1932

Miss Pinkerton

1932

The Clyde Mystery

1931

Stranger in Town

1931 Debut
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