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
Maverick
1957
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Tom Mills
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Second Psychiatrist
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mr. Cheever
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Johnny Barnes
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Gibralter
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Mr. Chuck Dennison
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mr. Stanford / Howard Wilcox
Rawhide
1959
as Dr. Otis Gray
Green Acres
1965
as Horace Bennett / Sen. Lyle Talbot / Gov. Carstairs
Studio One
1948
as Trent
Newhart
1982
as Cousin Ned
Who's the Boss?
1984
Run for Your Life
1965
as Steven Blakely
The Lone Ranger
1949
as George Wilson / Roger Burnett / Fred Logan
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Joe Randolph (uncredited)
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Here's Lucy
1968
as Lawyer / Fred Fox
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Dennis the Menace
1959
as Mayor
Mister Ed
1961
as George Hausner
Surfside 6
1960
as Alan Crandell
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Eddie Kling
The Millionaire
1955
as Joe Price
227
1985
M Squad
1957
as Paul Crowley
Laredo
1965
as Sheriff
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Victor Long
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
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Paul / Johnson / O'Leary / Abner / Capt. Flood / Bowers
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Judge (uncredited) / Judge Watkins / Bob Wilkerson
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as W.T. Emerson / Bank Teller
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Paul Fonda
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Phil Paige
Annie Oakley
1954
as Pa Wiggins / Col. Dawson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Mr. Anders
87th Precinct
1961
as Woody Gaynor
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Broken Arrow
1956
as Judge Judd Hinshaw
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Racket Squad
1951
The Restless Gun
1957
as Mort Askins
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Boston Blackie
1951
as Wildcat Cannon
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Adams
Dangerous Assignment
1952
as George
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Warden
The Whistler
1954
Stories of the Century
1954
as Colonel Marsham
Movies (192)
The Purchase Price
1932
as Eddie Fields
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957
as General Roberts
A Lost Lady
1934
as Neil
The Mad Magician
1954
as Program Hawker (uncredited)
42nd Street
1933
as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
Heat Lightning
1934
as Jeff
The Secret Bride
1934
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Torture Ship
1939
as Lt. Bob Bennett
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Batman and Robin
1949
as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Chinatown Squad
1935
as Ted Lacey
Boulder Dam
1936
as Mr. Harry Lacy
The Jackpot
1950
as Fred Burns
Ringside
1949
as Radio Announcer
Border Rangers
1950
as Ranger Captain McLain
Outlaw Women
1952
as Judge Roger Dixon
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
as Bud Saunders
Girl Missing
1933
as Raymond Fox
Federal Man
1950
as Agent Johnson
North of the Border
1946
as Sgt. Jack Craig
Havana Widows
1933
as Bob Jones
Gateway
1938
as Henry Porter
The Desperado
1954
as Judge
Jail Busters
1955
as Cy Bowman
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
as Luthor, alias The Atom Man
Guns Don't Argue
1957
as Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
Forged Passport
1939
as Jack Scott
Second Fiddle
1939
as Willie Hogger
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
as Self
The Scarf
1951
as City Detective
Tumbleweed
1953
as Weber
Sonic Boom
1974
as French Representative
Glen or Glenda
1953
as Inspector Warren
The Steel Cage
1954
as Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
Sky Dragon
1949
as Andrew J. Barrett
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Ross Lonergan
Big City Blues
1932
as Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
Fury of the Congo
1951
as Grant
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Rudolph Toller
Song of Arizona
1946
as King Blaine
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Mr. Brimmer
Up in Arms
1944
as Sergeant Gelsey
Miss Pinkerton
1932
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Champagne for Caesar
1950
as Executive No. 2
One Night of Love
1934
as Bill Houston
Mandalay
1934
as Dr. Gregory Burton
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Spencer Carlton
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Doc
Jungle Manhunt
1951
as Dr. Mitchell Heller
Mask of the Dragon
1951
as Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
Wings of the Hawk
1953
Sudden Danger
1955
as Harry Woodruff
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
Colorado Ambush
1951
as Sheriff Ed Lowery
Jail Bait
1954
as Inspector John
Klondike
1932
as Robert Cromwell
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Ted Rand
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
as Reddy
Go West Young Man
1936
as Francis X. Harrigan
Man from Sonora
1951
as Sheriff Frank Casey
City of Fear
1959
as Chief Jensen
Tobor the Great
1954
as An Admiral
What Price Vengeance
1937
as 'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
Ladies They Talk About
1933
as Don
No More Orchids
1932
as Tony Gage
Three on a Match
1932
as Michael Loftus
The 42nd Street Special
1933
as Self (uncredited)
Clipped Wings
1953
as Captain Blair
The Law in Her Hands
1936
as Frank Gordon
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
1982
as Dashiell Hammett
Texas City
1952
as Captain Hamilton
Dixie Jamboree
1944
as Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
Our Little Girl
1935
as Rolfe Brent
Triple Trouble
1950
as Prison Yard Guard
Love is a Racket
1932
as Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
The Pathfinder
1952
as British Ship Captain
Star of Texas
1953
as Telegraph Operator
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
1949
as Lt. Muldoon
Gambler's Choice
1944
as Yellow Gloves Weldon
Johnny One-Eye
1950
as Official from District Attorney's Office
The Old West
1952
as Doc Lockwood
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1996
as Himself
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
as Gale Leland
One Wild Night
1938
as Singer Martin
Strange Impersonation
1946
as Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Daniel 'Danny' Drew
Mesa of Lost Women
1953
as Narrator (voice)
Three Legionnaires
1937
as Pvt. Jimmy Barton
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Slattery
Wyoming Roundup
1952
as Franklin
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Major Gerald Curwin
Change of Heart
1938
as Phillip Reeves
Broadway Hostess
1935
as Lucky Lorimer
Miracle on Main Street
1939
as Dick Porter
The Falcon Out West
1944
as Tex Irwin
Return of the Terror
1934
as Dr. Leonard Goodman
Quick on the Trigger
1948
as Garvey Yager
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
as Dr. Robert Doray
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Radio Station Director (uncredited)
They Raid by Night
1942
as Capt. Robert Owen
African Treasure
1952
as Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
Second Honeymoon
1937
as Bob Benton
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989
as Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)
The Vicious Circle
1948
as Miller
Sea Tiger
1952
as Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Himself
The Great Man
1956
as Harry Connors
Trail to Gunsight
1944
as U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
Fighting Fools
1949
as Blinky Harris
Danger Street
1947
as Charles Johnson
Murder in the Clouds
1934
as Bob 'Three Star' Halsey
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954
as Capt. Pace
College Coach
1933
as Buck Weaver
Parole Fixer
1940
as Ross Waring
Fingerprints Don't Lie
1951
as Police Lt. Grayson
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as Don A. Andrews
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
1986
as Pops
Mississippi Rhythm
1949
as O'Neill
A Night for Crime
1943
as Joe Powell
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
- Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) — as General Roberts
- A Lost Lady (1934) — as Neil
- The Mad Magician (1954) — as Program Hawker (uncredited)
- 42nd Street (1933) — as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
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