Acting
Lyle Talbot
EN, FR cinema · 192 credits
Born
8 February 1902
Died
2 March 1996 (aged 94)
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Lysle Henderson · Lysle Talbot · Lyle Florenz Talbot · Lisle Henderson
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
Filmography
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as Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
as Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
as Self
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
as Dashiell Hammett
Sonic Boom
as French Representative
Sunrise at Campobello
as Mr. Brimmer
City of Fear
as Chief Jensen
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
The Hot Angel
1958
The Hot Angel
as Van Richards
High School Confidential!
as William Remington Kane
Plan 9 from Outer Space
as General Roberts
Guns Don't Argue
as Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
God Is My Partner
as Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
Calling Homicide
as Tony Fuller
The Great Man
as Harry Connors
Sudden Danger
as Harry Woodruff
Jail Busters
as Cy Bowman
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Jail Bait
as Inspector John
The Mad Magician
as Program Hawker (uncredited)
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
1954
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
as Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
The Steel Cage
as Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
as Capt. Pace
With This Ring
as Miller Executive
Tobor the Great
as An Admiral
The Desperado
as Judge
Gunfighters of the Northwest
as Inspector Wheeler
Mesa of Lost Women
as Narrator (voice)
Clipped Wings
as Captain Blair
Tumbleweed
as Weber
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Major Gerald Curwin
Six Gun Decision
as Blackburn
White Lightning
as Rocky Gibraltar
Star of Texas
as Telegraph Operator
Glen or Glenda
as Inspector Warren
With a Song in My Heart
as Radio Station Director (uncredited)
African Treasure
as Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
Untamed Women
as Col. Loring
Feudin' Fools
as Big Jim, bank robbery leader
Outlaw Women
as Judge Roger Dixon
The Old West
as Doc Lockwood
Wyoming Roundup
as Franklin
Montana Incident
as Mooney
Desperadoes' Outpost
as Walter Fleming
Son of Geronimo
as Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
Texas City
as Captain Hamilton
The Pathfinder
as British Ship Captain
Sea Tiger
as Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
The Scarf
as City Detective
Fingerprints Don't Lie
as Police Lt. Grayson
Mask of the Dragon
as Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
Jungle Manhunt
as Dr. Mitchell Heller
Fury of the Congo
as Grant
Gold Raiders
as Taggart
Hurricane Island
as Doctor (uncredited)
One Too Many
as Mr. Boyer
Abilene Trail
as Dr. Martin
Man from Sonora
as Sheriff Frank Casey
Colorado Ambush
as Sheriff Ed Lowery
Varieties on Parade
as Himself
Blue Blood
as Teasdale
Purple Heart Diary
as Maj. Green
Revenue Agent
as Augustus 'Gus' King
Triple Trouble
as Prison Yard Guard
Atom Man vs. Superman
as Luthor, alias The Atom Man
Federal Man
as Agent Johnson
Everybody's Dancin'
as Contractor
The du Pont Story
1950
The du Pont Story
as Eugene du Pont
Lucky Losers
as Bruce McDermott
Johnny One-Eye
as Official from District Attorney's Office
The Daltons' Women
as Jim Thorne
Border Rangers
as Ranger Captain McLain
Cherokee Uprising
as Chief Marshal
Champagne for Caesar
as Executive No. 2
Big Timber
as Logger #1
The Jackpot
as Fred Burns
Batman and Robin
as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Fighting Fools
as Blinky Harris
Sky Dragon
as Andrew J. Barrett
Ringside
as Radio Announcer
The Mutineers
as Capt. Jim Duncan
Wild Weed
as Capt. Hayes
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
as Lt. Muldoon
Mississippi Rhythm
as O'Neill
The Vicious Circle
as Miller
Appointment with Murder
as Fred Muller
Devil's Cargo
as Johnny Morello
Highway 13
as Company Detective
Parole, Inc.
as Police Commissioner Hughes
Quick on the Trigger
as Garvey Yager
Thunder in the Pines
as Nick Roulade
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Henerson
Shep Comes Home
as Dr. Wilson
Danger Street
as Charles Johnson
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
as George Pierce
Strange Impersonation
as Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
Chick Carter, Detective
as Chick Carter
Song of Arizona
as King Blaine
Murder Is My Business
as Buell Renslow
North of the Border
as Sgt. Jack Craig
Gun Town
as Lucky Dorgan
One Body Too Many
as Jim Davis
The Falcon Out West
as Tex Irwin
Up in Arms
as Sergeant Gelsey
Sensations of 1945
as Randall
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Rudolph Toller
Gambler's Choice
as Yellow Gloves Weldon
Dixie Jamboree
as Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
Trail to Gunsight
as U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
Man of Courage
as George Dickson
A Night for Crime
as Joe Powell
The Meanest Man in the World
as Bill Potts (uncredited)
They Raid by Night
as Capt. Robert Owen
She's in the Army
as Army Capt. Steve Russell
He Married His Wife
as Paul Hunter
Parole Fixer
as Ross Waring
Torture Ship
as Lt. Bob Bennett
Second Fiddle
as Willie Hogger
Miracle on Main Street
as Dick Porter
Forged Passport
as Jack Scott
They Asked For It
1939
They Asked For It
as Marty Collins
Change of Heart
as Phillip Reeves
Call of The Yukon
as Hugo Henderson
The Arkansas Traveler
as Matt Collins
I Stand Accused
as Charles Eastman
Gateway
as Henry Porter
One Wild Night
as Singer Martin
Second Honeymoon
as Bob Benton
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Bill Peck
What Price Vengeance
as 'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
Three Legionnaires
1937
Three Legionnaires
as Pvt. Jimmy Barton
West Bound Limited
as Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
Go West Young Man
as Francis X. Harrigan
Trapped by Television
as Fred Dennis
Boulder Dam
as Mr. Harry Lacy
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Allen Carick
The Law in Her Hands
as Frank Gordon
The Singing Kid
as Bob Carey
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Dr. Robert Doray
While the Patient Slept
as Ross Lonergan
Page Miss Glory
as Slattery
Broadway Hostess
as Lucky Lorimer
Our Little Girl
as Rolfe Brent
Chinatown Squad
as Ted Lacey
It Happened in New York
as Charley Barnes
Red Hot Tires
as Wallace Storm
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
Return of the Terror
as Dr. Leonard Goodman
Fog Over Frisco
as Spencer Carlton
The Dragon Murder Case
as Gale Leland
One Night of Love
as Bill Houston
Heat Lightning
as Jeff
Murder in the Clouds
as "Three-Star" Bob Halsey
Registered Nurse
as Dr. Greg Connolly
A Lost Lady
as Neil
Mandalay
as Dr. Gregory Burton
The Secret Bride
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
And She Learned About Dames
as Himself
A Shriek in the Night
as Ted Rand
She Had to Say Yes
as Daniel 'Danny' Drew
College Coach
as Buck Weaver
Girl Missing
as Raymond Fox
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Don A. Andrews
Havana Widows
as Bob Jones
42nd Street
as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
The 42nd Street Special
as Self (uncredited)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Bud Saunders
Three on a Match
as Michael Loftus
The Purchase Price
as Eddie Fields
The Thirteenth Guest
as Phil Winston
Love is a Racket
as Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
Klondike
as Robert Cromwell
No More Orchids
as Tony Gage
Stranger in Town
as Ed Brice
Unholy Love
as Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
Miss Pinkerton
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Big City Blues
as Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
The Clyde Mystery
1931
The Clyde Mystery
as Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)