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Lyle Talbot

8th February 1902 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

192 Movies 73 TV Shows 265 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Modify 31st December 2025 as Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)
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The Steel Cage 1st December 1954 as Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
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Sea Tiger 27th July 1952 as Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
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Gateway 5th August 1938 as Henry Porter
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Mandalay 10th February 1934 as Dr. Gregory Burton
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42nd Street 11th March 1933 as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
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Klondike 29th August 1932 as Robert Cromwell
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Unholy Love 8th June 1932 as Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
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227 14th September 1985
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Newhart 2nd October 1982 as Cousin Ned
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Adam-12 21st September 1968 as Avery Dawson
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Laredo 16th September 1965 as Sheriff
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Bonanza 12th September 1959 as The Handsome Dude in Bar
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Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Dr. Otis Gray
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M Squad 20th September 1957 as Paul Crowley