Lyle Talbot
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Michael Garvin Sr.
1957
Series
Bonanza
The Handsome Dude in Bar
1959
Series
Maverick
1957
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Gibralter
1963
Series
St. Elsewhere
Johnny Barnes
1982
Series
The Lucy Show
Mr. Stanford
1962
Series
The Lucy Show
Howard Wilcox
1962
Series
Adam-12
Avery Dawson
1968
Series
Charlie's Angels
Tom Mills
1976
Series
Rawhide
Dr. Otis Gray
1959
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
Second Psychiatrist
1962
Series
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Al Simon
1950
Series
Newhart
Cousin Ned
1982
Series
Leave It to Beaver
Mr. Chuck Dennison
1957
Series
Green Acres
Horace Bennett
1965
Series
Green Acres
Sen. Lyle Talbot
1965
Series
Green Acres
Gov. Carstairs
1965
Series
Petticoat Junction
Mr. Cheever
1963
Series
Studio One
Trent
1948
Series
Who's the Boss?
1984
Series
Run for Your Life
Steven Blakely
1965
Series
Here's Lucy
Lawyer
1968
Series
Here's Lucy
Fred Fox
1968
Series
Navy Log
1955
Series
Surfside 6
Alan Crandell
1960
Series
Mister Ed
George Hausner
1961
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Eddie Kling
1952
Series
The Lone Ranger
George Wilson
1949
Series
The Lone Ranger
Roger Burnett
1949
Series
The Lone Ranger
Fred Logan
1949
Series
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Joe Randolph (uncredited)
1952
Series
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Joe Randolph
1952
Series
227
1985
Series
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Victor Long
1957
Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Jimmy Dill
1952
Series
The Millionaire
Joe Price
1955
Series
M Squad
Paul Crowley
1957
Series
Laredo
1965
Series
Laredo
Sheriff
1965
Series
Dennis the Menace
Mayor
1959
Series
The Cisco Kid
Judge (uncredited)
1950
Series
The Cisco Kid
Judge Watkins
1950
Series
The Cisco Kid
Bob Wilkerson
1950
Series
Arrest and Trial
Phil Paige
1963
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mr. Anders
1959
Series
Racket Squad
1951
Series
December Bride
1954
Series
December Bride
Bill Jeffries
1954
Series
Cavalcade of America
1952
Series
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Series
Dangerous Assignment
George
1952
Series
Lock-Up
1959
Series
Annie Oakley
Pa Wiggins
1954
Series
Annie Oakley
Col. Dawson
1954
Series
Public Defender
Dobin
1954
Series
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Series
The Bob Cummings Show
Paul Fonda
1955
Broken Arrow
Judge Judd Hinshaw
1956
Series
Boston Blackie
Wildcat Cannon
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Paul
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Johnson
1950
Lux Video Theatre
O'Leary
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Abner
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Capt. Flood
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Bowers
1950
Series
87th Precinct
Woody Gaynor
1961
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
W.T. Emerson
1951
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Bank Teller
1951
Series
The Restless Gun
Mort Askins
1957
Series
The Legend of Jesse James
Warden
1965
Series
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Series
The Roaring 20's
1960
Series
Hey, Jeannie!
Adams
1956
Series
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Series
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
Series
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Series
Stories of the Century
Colonel Marsham
1954
Ben Jerrod
Police Lt. Choates
1963
Series
The Whistler
1954
Series
Mona McCluskey
Benson
1965
Series
The Roy Rogers Show
John Zachary
1951
Gang Busters
1952
Series
I'm the Law
1953
Film
A Lost Lady
Neil
1934
Series
Dick Tracy
88 Keyes
1950
Series
Meet McGraw
Carl Maddon
1957
Film
Plan 9 from Outer Space
General Roberts
1957
Series
Cowboy G-Men
1952
Film
There's No Business Like Show Business
Stage Manager (uncredited)
1954
Series
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
Additional Voices (voice)
1981
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Father Serra
1951
Series
Terry and the Pirates
1952
Film
The Mad Magician
Program Hawker (uncredited)
1954
Film
Gun Town
Lucky Dorgan
1946
Film
42nd Street
Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Fred Carlson
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Film
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Bud Saunders
1932
Film
That's Dancing!
Self
1985
Film
Jail Busters
Cy Bowman
1955
Film
Federal Man
Agent Johnson
1950
Film
Guns Don't Argue
Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
1957
Film
Batman and Robin
Commissioner Jim Gordon
1949
Film
One Night of Love
Bill Houston
1934
Film
High School Confidential!
William Remington Kane
1958
Film
Ladies They Talk About
Don
1933
Film
Strange Impersonation
Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
1946
Film
He Married His Wife
Paul Hunter
1940
Film
Triple Trouble
Prison Yard Guard
1950
Film
Love is a Racket
Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
1932
Film
Ringside
Radio Announcer
1949
Film
Glen or Glenda
Inspector Warren
1953
Film
Three on a Match
Michael Loftus
1932
Film
The Jackpot
Fred Burns
1950
Film
The Steel Cage
Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
1954
Series
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
Baylor
1955
Film
Shep Comes Home
Dr. Wilson
1948
Film
Miss Pinkerton
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1932
Film
Up in Arms
Sergeant Gelsey
1944
Film
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960
Film
Modify
Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)
2025
Film
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
1935
Film
God Is My Partner
Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
1957
Film
Song of Arizona
King Blaine
1946
Film
The Singing Kid
Bob Carey
1936
Film
Our Little Girl
Rolfe Brent
1935
Film
Johnny One-Eye
Official from District Attorney's Office
1950
Film
Atom Man vs. Superman
Luthor, alias The Atom Man
1950
Film
Colorado Ambush
Sheriff Ed Lowery
1951
Film
With a Song in My Heart
Radio Station Director (uncredited)
1952
Film
Outlaw Women
Judge Roger Dixon
1952
Film
Chick Carter, Detective
Chick Carter
1946
Film
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
Capt. Pace
1954
Film
The Desperado
Judge
1954
Film
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Barent
1954
Film
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Doc
1933
Film
Wings of the Hawk
1953
Film
The Purchase Price
Eddie Fields
1932
Film
Hurricane Island
Doctor (uncredited)
1951
Film
Tobor the Great
An Admiral
1954
Film
Purple Heart Diary
Maj. Green
1951
Film
Wild Weed
Capt. Hayes
1949
Film
Oil for the Lamps of China
Jim
1935
Film
While the Patient Slept
Ross Lonergan
1935
Film
And She Learned About Dames
Himself
1934
Film
Jail Bait
Inspector John
1954
Film
Second Fiddle
Willie Hogger
1939
Film
Champagne for Caesar
Executive No. 2
1950
The Hot Angel
Van Richards
1958
Film
She Had to Say Yes
Daniel 'Danny' Drew
1933
Film
City of Fear
Chief Jensen
1959
Film
Sunrise at Campobello
Mr. Brimmer
1960
Film
Tumbleweed
Weber
1953
Film
The Great Man
Harry Connors
1956
Film
Mesa of Lost Women
Narrator (voice)
1953
Film
Gateway
Henry Porter
1938
Film
Fog Over Frisco
Spencer Carlton
1934
Film
Broadway Hostess
Lucky Lorimer
1935
Film
Mystery of the Riverboat
Rudolph Toller
1944
Film
The Pathfinder
British Ship Captain
1952
Film
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
1995
Film
Boulder Dam
Mr. Harry Lacy
1936
Film
Page Miss Glory
Slattery
1935
Film
The Thirteenth Guest
Phil Winston
1932
Film
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Reddy
1942
Film
Heat Lightning
Jeff
1934
Film
The Meanest Man in the World
Bill Potts (uncredited)
1943
Film
The 42nd Street Special
Self (uncredited)
1933
Film
Star of Texas
Telegraph Operator
1953
Film
College Coach
Buck Weaver
1933
Film
Fighting Fools
Blinky Harris
1949
Film
Gold Raiders
Taggart
1951
Film
Gambler's Choice
Yellow Gloves Weldon
1944
Film
Miracle on Main Street
Dick Porter
1939
Film
Second Honeymoon
Bob Benton
1937
Film
Feudin' Fools
Big Jim, bank robbery leader
1952
Film
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Don A. Andrews
1933
Film
Gunfighters of the Northwest
Inspector Wheeler
1954
Film
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Major Gerald Curwin
1953
Film
The Scarf
City Detective
1951
Film
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)
1989
Film
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Henerson
1948
Film
Wyoming Roundup
Franklin
1952
Film
Trail to Gunsight
U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
1944
Film
Montana Incident
Mooney
1952
Film
The Dragon Murder Case
Gale Leland
1934
Film
No More Orchids
Tony Gage
1932
Film
Cherokee Uprising
Chief Marshal
1950
Film
Sensations of 1945
Randall
1944
Film
Mandalay
Dr. Gregory Burton
1934
Film
Appointment with Murder
Fred Muller
1948
Film
Go West Young Man
Francis X. Harrigan
1936
Film
Sonic Boom
French Representative
1974
Film
Parole Fixer
Ross Waring
1940
Film
Sky Dragon
Andrew J. Barrett
1949
Film
Son of Geronimo
Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
1952
Film
Havana Widows
Bob Jones
1933
Film
Big City Blues
Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
1932
Film
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
Pops
1986
Film
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
George Pierce
1947
Film
Fingerprints Don't Lie
Police Lt. Grayson
1951
Film
Revenue Agent
Augustus 'Gus' King
1950
Film
A Shriek in the Night
Ted Rand
1933
Film
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Lt. Muldoon
1949
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
1954
Film
Torture Ship
Lt. Bob Bennett
1939
Film
White Lightning
Rocky Gibraltar
1953
Film
Big Timber
Logger #1
1950
Film
One Wild Night
Singer Martin
1938
Film
Dixie Jamboree
Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
1944
Film
She's in the Army
Army Capt. Steve Russell
1942
Film
The Law in Her Hands
Frank Gordon
1936
Film
Murder by an Aristocrat
Allen Carick
1936
Film
I Stand Accused
Charles Eastman
1938
Film
What Price Vengeance
'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
1937
Film
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
Bart Miller
1952
Film
The Arkansas Traveler
Matt Collins
1938
Film
Call of The Yukon
Hugo Henderson
1938
Film
Danger Street
Charles Johnson
1947
Film
Murder in the Clouds
"Three-Star" Bob Halsey
1934
Film
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Dr. Robert Doray
1935
Film
Six Gun Decision
Blackburn
1953
Film
Murder Is My Business
Buell Renslow
1946
Film
Jungle Manhunt
Dr. Mitchell Heller
1951
Film
Trapped by Television
Fred Dennis
1936
Film
Mask of the Dragon
Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
1951
Film
One Too Many
Mr. Boyer
1950
Film
The Falcon Out West
Tex Irwin
1944
They Asked For It
Marty Collins
1939
Film
A Night for Crime
Joe Powell
1943
Film
One Body Too Many
Jim Davis
1944
Film
Chinatown Squad
Ted Lacey
1935
Film
Border Rangers
Ranger Captain McLain
1950
Film
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Bill Peck
1937
Film
Fury of the Congo
Grant
1951
Film
Registered Nurse
Dr. Greg Connolly
1934
Film
Return of the Terror
Dr. Leonard Goodman
1934
Film
West Bound Limited
Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
1937
Film
Texas City
Captain Hamilton
1952
Film
Highway 13
Company Detective
1948
Film
It Happened in New York
Charley Barnes
1935
Film
Girl Missing
Raymond Fox
1933
Film
Abilene Trail
Dr. Martin
1951
Film
Everybody's Dancin'
Contractor
1950
Film
The Old West
Doc Lockwood
1952
Are These Our Parents?
George Kent
1944
Film
The Mutineers
Capt. Jim Duncan
1949
Film
Untamed Women
Col. Loring
1952
Film
Forged Passport
Jack Scott
1939
Three Legionnaires
Pvt. Jimmy Barton
1937
Film
Lucky Losers
Bruce McDermott
1950
Film
Desperadoes' Outpost
Walter Fleming
1952
Film
Devil's Cargo
Johnny Morello
1948
Film
The Vicious Circle
Miller
1948
Film
The Daltons' Women
Jim Thorne
1950
Film
Calling Homicide
Tony Fuller
1956
Film
Red Hot Tires
Wallace Storm
1935
Film
Clipped Wings
Captain Blair
1953
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett
1982
Film
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
1958
Film
With This Ring
Miller Executive
1954
Film
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Himself
1996
Film
Man from Sonora
Sheriff Frank Casey
1951
Film
Varieties on Parade
Himself
1951
Film
Unholy Love
Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
1932
Film
North of the Border
Sgt. Jack Craig
1946
Film
Parole, Inc.
Police Commissioner Hughes
1948
Film
African Treasure
Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
1952
Film
Sudden Danger
Harry Woodruff
1955
Film
Blue Blood
Teasdale
1951
Film
They Raid by Night
Capt. Robert Owen
1942
Film
Stranger in Town
Ed Brice
1931
Film
Mind Your Own Business
Crane
1936
Film
Thunder in the Pines
Nick Roulade
1948
Film
Quick on the Trigger
Garvey Yager
1948
Film
Mississippi Rhythm
O'Neill
1949
Film
Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics
Mr. Casey
1952
Film
Klondike
Robert Cromwell
1932
Film
Man of Courage
George Dickson
1943
Film
Change of Heart
Phillip Reeves
1938
Film
Sea Tiger
Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
1952
Film
The Secret Bride
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1934
The Clyde Mystery
Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)
1931
The du Pont Story
Eugene du Pont
1950