Lyle Talbot
Known for Acting · 265 credits
- Born
- 1902-02-08
- Died
- 1996-03-02
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Lysle Henderson · Lysle Talbot · Lyle Florenz Talbot · Lisle Henderson
Biography
Lyle Talbot (born Lisle Henderson) 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
TV Shows (73)
Perry Mason
1957
as Michael Garvin Sr.
Bonanza
1959
as The Handsome Dude in Bar
Adam-12
1968
as Avery Dawson
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Tom Mills
Maverick
1957
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Second Psychiatrist
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mr. Cheever
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Gibralter
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Johnny Barnes
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Mr. Chuck Dennison
Studio One
1948
as Trent
Rawhide
1959
as Dr. Otis Gray
Green Acres
1965
as Horace Bennett / Sen. Lyle Talbot / Gov. Carstairs
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mr. Stanford / Howard Wilcox
Run for Your Life
1965
as Steven Blakely
Newhart
1982
as Cousin Ned
Who's the Boss?
1984
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Lone Ranger
1949
as George Wilson / Roger Burnett / Fred Logan
Here's Lucy
1968
as Lawyer / Fred Fox
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Joe Randolph (uncredited)
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Eddie Kling
Dennis the Menace
1959
as Mayor
Surfside 6
1960
as Alan Crandell
The Millionaire
1955
as Joe Price
Mister Ed
1961
as George Hausner
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Victor Long
Laredo
1965
as Sheriff
M Squad
1957
as Paul Crowley
227
1985
Navy Log
1955
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Al Simon
Public Defender
1954
as Dobin
December Bride
1954
as Bill Jeffries
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Jimmy Dill
Lock-Up
1959
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Judge (uncredited) / Judge Watkins / Bob Wilkerson
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Paul / Johnson / O'Leary / Abner / Capt. Flood / Bowers
Cavalcade of America
1952
87th Precinct
1961
as Woody Gaynor
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Phil Paige
Annie Oakley
1954
as Pa Wiggins / Col. Dawson
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as W.T. Emerson / Bank Teller
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Paul Fonda
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Mr. Anders
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Broken Arrow
1956
as Judge Judd Hinshaw
Racket Squad
1951
The Roaring 20's
1960
Stories of the Century
1954
as Colonel Marsham
Boston Blackie
1951
as Wildcat Cannon
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
The Restless Gun
1957
as Mort Askins
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Adams
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Warden
The Whistler
1954
Dangerous Assignment
1952
as George
Movies (192)
The Purchase Price
1932
as Eddie Fields
A Lost Lady
1934
as Neil
Chinatown Squad
1935
as Ted Lacey
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957
as General Roberts
The Mad Magician
1954
as Program Hawker (uncredited)
The Jackpot
1950
as Fred Burns
Boulder Dam
1936
as Mr. Harry Lacy
Heat Lightning
1934
as Jeff
Girl Missing
1933
as Raymond Fox
Outlaw Women
1952
as Judge Roger Dixon
Border Rangers
1950
as Ranger Captain McLain
42nd Street
1933
as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
Federal Man
1950
as Agent Johnson
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Secret Bride
1934
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Havana Widows
1933
as Bob Jones
Guns Don't Argue
1957
as Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
Second Fiddle
1939
as Willie Hogger
Torture Ship
1939
as Lt. Bob Bennett
Ringside
1949
as Radio Announcer
The Desperado
1954
as Judge
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
as Reddy
Song of Arizona
1946
as King Blaine
Sonic Boom
1974
as French Representative
Tumbleweed
1953
as Weber
Sudden Danger
1955
as Harry Woodruff
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
as Luthor, alias The Atom Man
Batman and Robin
1949
as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Gateway
1938
as Henry Porter
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Rudolph Toller
The Steel Cage
1954
as Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
Forged Passport
1939
as Jack Scott
Fury of the Congo
1951
as Grant
Three on a Match
1932
as Michael Loftus
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Major Gerald Curwin
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Mr. Brimmer
Up in Arms
1944
as Sergeant Gelsey
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
as Bud Saunders
Jail Busters
1955
as Cy Bowman
What Price Vengeance
1937
as 'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
Wings of the Hawk
1953
Our Little Girl
1935
as Rolfe Brent
No More Orchids
1932
as Tony Gage
Ladies They Talk About
1933
as Don
One Night of Love
1934
as Bill Houston
Go West Young Man
1936
as Francis X. Harrigan
African Treasure
1952
as Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
as Self
The Scarf
1951
as City Detective
Triple Trouble
1950
as Prison Yard Guard
Clipped Wings
1953
as Captain Blair
Texas City
1952
as Captain Hamilton
Broadway Hostess
1935
as Lucky Lorimer
Glen or Glenda
1953
as Inspector Warren
Jail Bait
1954
as Inspector John
The Law in Her Hands
1936
as Frank Gordon
The Pathfinder
1952
as British Ship Captain
Mandalay
1934
as Dr. Gregory Burton
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Spencer Carlton
Big City Blues
1932
as Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
Sky Dragon
1949
as Andrew J. Barrett
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
Miss Pinkerton
1932
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
North of the Border
1946
as Sgt. Jack Craig
Champagne for Caesar
1950
as Executive No. 2
Second Honeymoon
1937
as Bob Benton
Mask of the Dragon
1951
as Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Daniel 'Danny' Drew
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Doc
Klondike
1932
as Robert Cromwell
Mesa of Lost Women
1953
as Narrator (voice)
The 42nd Street Special
1933
as Self (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds
1934
as Bob 'Three Star' Halsey
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Ted Rand
Colorado Ambush
1951
as Sheriff Ed Lowery
Change of Heart
1938
as Phillip Reeves
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
1986
as Pops
One Wild Night
1938
as Singer Martin
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
as Bill Potts (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
1936
as Bob Carey
Danger Street
1947
as Charles Johnson
City of Fear
1959
as Chief Jensen
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
1949
as Lt. Muldoon
Quick on the Trigger
1948
as Garvey Yager
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Slattery
One Too Many
1950
as Mr. Boyer
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
as Gale Leland
Tobor the Great
1954
as An Admiral
Dixie Jamboree
1944
as Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
Appointment with Murder
1948
as Fred Muller
The Old West
1952
as Doc Lockwood
It Happened in New York
1935
as Charley Barnes
God Is My Partner
1957
as Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Radio Station Director (uncredited)
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
as Jim
And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Himself
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
1982
as Dashiell Hammett
High School Confidential!
1958
as William Remington Kane
College Coach
1933
as Buck Weaver
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Ross Lonergan
Gambler's Choice
1944
as Yellow Gloves Weldon
Red Hot Tires
1935
as Wallace Storm
Parole Fixer
1940
as Ross Waring
Man from Sonora
1951
as Sheriff Frank Casey
Hurricane Island
1951
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1996
as Himself
Johnny One-Eye
1950
as Official from District Attorney's Office
A Night for Crime
1943
as Joe Powell
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954
as Capt. Pace
Lucky Losers
1950
as Bruce McDermott
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
Sea Tiger
1952
as Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
Shep Comes Home
1948
as Dr. Wilson
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Phil Winston
Everybody's Dancin'
1950
as Contractor
Star of Texas
1953
as Telegraph Operator
Miracle on Main Street
1939
as Dick Porter
They Raid by Night
1942
as Capt. Robert Owen
Three Legionnaires
1937
as Pvt. Jimmy Barton
About Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot (born Lisle Henderson) 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 w… With 265 credits spanning from 1931 to 2025, Lyle Talbot has appeared in 192 films and 73 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lyle Talbot Movies
- The Purchase Price (1932) — as Eddie Fields
- A Lost Lady (1934) — as Neil
- Chinatown Squad (1935) — as Ted Lacey
- Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) — as General Roberts
- The Mad Magician (1954) — as Program Hawker (uncredited)
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