Lyle Talbot (February 8, 1902 - March 2, 1996) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor on stage and screen, best known for playing Joe Randolph on television's
The Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. The series starred Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson , and their young sons, David Nelson and Eric Nelson, better known as Ricky...
and for his long career in films from 1931 to 1960.
He began his movie career under contract to Warner Brothers in the early days of
"talking pictures"A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before reliable synchronization was made commercially...
and went on to appear in more than 150 films, first as a young matinée idol and later as a character actor and star of many B movies. He was a founding member of the
Screen Actors GuildThe Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
(SAG) and later served on the board.
Early career
Born
Lisle Henderson in Pittsburgh, Talbot was raised in a small Nebraska town. He first began his career as a magician's assistant and became a leading actor in traveling tent shows in the Midwest and established his own theater company in Memphis. He then went to Hollywood when the film industry began producing movies with sound and needed "actors who could talk."
Career
Most notable among his film work: his appearance in the classic pre-noir
Three on a MatchThree on a Match is a Warner Bros. drama film irected by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis. The film also features Warren William, Lyle Talbot, Humphrey Bogart , Allen Jenkins and Edward Arnold.-Plot:Three friends from childhood, Mary , Ruth , and Vivian , meet...
(1932) with
Humphrey BogartHumphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor.After trying various jobs, Bogart began acting in 1921 and became a regular in Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s. When the stock market crash of 1929 reduced the demand for plays, Bogart turned to film...
and
Bette DavisRuth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional...
, co-starring with
Spencer TracySpencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American theatrical and film actor, who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 9th on the list...
in the prison movie
20,000 Years in Sing Sing20,000 Years in Sing Sing is a 1932 black-and-white drama film set in Sing Sing, the notorious maximum security prison in New York State. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Spencer Tracy as a convict and Bette Davis as his girlfriend. The film was based on the book Twenty Thousand Years...
, romancing opera singer
Grace MooreGrace Moore was an American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film, nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience.-Early life:...
in
One Night of Love, and pursuing
Mae WestMae West was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol.Known for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in Vaudeville and on the stage in New York before moving to Hollywood to become a comedienne, actress and writer in the motion picture industry...
in
Go West, Young Man. He appeared opposite many famous actresses including
Carole LombardCarole Lombard was an American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in several classic films of the 1930s, most notably in the 1936 film My Man Godfrey...
,
Barbara StanwyckBarbara Stanwyck was an American actress, a star of film and television, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra...
,
Mary AstorMary Astor was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s.She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost...
,
Ginger RogersGinger Rogers was an American film and stage actress, dancer and singer.During her long career, she made a total of 73 films, and is noted for her role as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that revolutionized the genre...
, and
Shirley TempleShirley Jane Temple , known for most of her adult life by her married name, Shirley Temple Black, is an actress, singer, and tap dancer, who is best known for being an American child actress of the 1930s...
.
Talbot's activism in union affairs affected his career path. Warner Bros. dropped him from its roster, and Talbot seldom received starring roles again. He became a capable character actor, playing affable neighbors or crafty villains with equal finesse. In countless low-budget B-movie work, Talbot's roles spanned the gamut. He played cowboys, pirates, detectives, cops, surgeons, psychiatrists, soldiers, judges, newspaper editors, storekeepers, and boxers. In later life he proudly claimed to have never rejected any role offered to him, which explains his participation in three infamous Edward D. Wood, Jr. films:
Glen or Glenda,
Jail Bait and
Plan 9 from Outer SpacePlan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction/horror film written, and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi...
. Talbot also worked with the
Three StoogesThe Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce.- Overview :...
in
Gold RaidersGold Raiders is a comedy Western film, directed by Edward Bernds with a script by B-movie writer William Lively and veteran comedy writer Elwood Ullman. The film was an attempt by independent producer Bernard Glasser to inaugurate a new western series starring old favorite George O'Brien...
, portrayed
Lex LuthorLex Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is the archenemy of Superman and first appeared in Action Comics #23 , and was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Luthor is described as "a power-mad, evil scientist" of incredible...
in 1950's
Atom Man vs. SupermanAtom Man vs. Superman , Columbia's 43rd serial, finds Lex Luthor , secretly the Atom Man, blackmailing the city of Metropolis by threatening to destroy the entire community...
, played villains in four comedies with
The Bowery BoysThe Bowery Boys were a group of actors who made a series of films released by Monogram Pictures from 1946 through 1958. The group was a revamping of "The East Side Kids," who had been making films together since 1940...
, and took the role of
Commissioner GordonJames Worthington "Jim" Gordon is a fictional character, an ally of Batman that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane...
in the 1949 serial
Batman and RobinBatman and Robin is a 15-chapter serial released by Columbia Pictures.Robert Lowery played Batman, while Johnny Duncan played Robin...
. His last movie role was in the
Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt , the only U.S. President elected to more than two terms, was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
biography,
Sunrise at CampobelloSunrise at Campobello is a 1960 biographical film made by Dore Schary Productions and Warner Bros. It tells the story of the initial struggle by future President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his family when he was stricken with paralysis at the age of 39 in August 1921.-Plot...
, in 1960.
As his film career tapered off, Talbot became a familiar character actor on American television in the 1950s and 1960s as a regular on
Ozzie and Harriet. He appeared three times as Colonel Billings on the
syndicatedIn broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple individual stations, without going through a broadcast network. It is common in countries where television is scheduled by networks with local affiliates, particularly in the United States...
westernThe Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska The Western...
series,
The Adventures of Kit CarsonThe Adventures of Kit Carson is a 103-episode, half-hour syndicated western television series starring Bill Williams in the fictional title role of the Kentucky-born frontier scout, Christopher "Kit" Carson . Don Diamond co-starred as El Toro, Carson's Mexican companion. The program aired from...
(1951-1955), starring
Bill WilliamsBill Williams was an American television and film actor. His son, William Katt , is also a successful actor.-Career:Born William H...
. He appeared four times a judge on the syndicated western
The Cisco KidThe Cisco Kid is a durable half-hour western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho...
, starring
Duncan RenaldoRenault Renaldo Duncan , better known as Duncan Renaldo, was an American actor who portrayed The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950-1956 American TV series, The Cisco Kid.-Early years:...
and
Leo CarrilloLeopoldo Antonio Carrillo , was an actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist.-Family roots:...
. He appeared on
Gene AutryOrvon Gene Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
's
The Range RiderThe Range Rider is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from 1951-1953. A single lost episode was first shown in 1959...
, starring
Jock MahoneyJock Mahoney was an American actor and stuntman, who was of French, Irish and Cherokee descent. Born Jacques O'Mahoney, sometimes he was credited as Jack Mahoney, Jock O'Mahomey, Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney...
and
Dick JonesDickie Jones is an American actor who achieved some success as a child and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns and television. He is best known as the voice of Pinocchio in the 1940 Walt Disney film.-Early life:...
.
Talbot guest starred as
Robert CummingsCharles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings , known professionally as Bob Cummings, , was an American motion picture and television actor....
'
United States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the U.S. armed forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947 - 80 P.L....
buddy Paul Fonda on
The Bob Cummings ShowThe Bob Cummings Show is an American television sitcom which was produced from 1955 to 1959, and originally sponsored by R.J. Reynolds' Winston cigarettes. The program began with a half-season run on NBC, then ran for two full seasons on CBS, and returned to NBC for its final two seasons...
. Talbot guest starred frequently on such classic TV series as
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show,
Leave It to BeaverLeave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naive boy named Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver , about his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh...
,
The Lone RangerThe Lone Ranger is an American radio and television show created by George W. Trendle and developed by writer Fran Striker.The eponymous character is a masked Texas Ranger in the American Old West, originally played by Paul Halliwell, who gallops about righting injustices with the aid of his...
,
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.-Synopsis:The Adventures of Wild...
,
TopperTopper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film of the same name. The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955, and stars Leo G. Carroll in the title role.-Synopsis:...
,
The Adventures of Rin Tin TinThe Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program which originally aired in 166 episodes on ABC from October 1954 until August 1959. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post...
,
Perry MasonPerry Mason is an American TV series produced by Paisano Productions that ran from 1957 to 1966. Perry Mason was played by actor Raymond Burr. The title character is a fictional Los Angeles, California, defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...
,
RawhideRawhide is an American Western series that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes...
,
Wagon TrainWagon Train is an American Western series that ran on NBC from 1957-1962 and then on ABC from 1962-1965...
,
The Beverly HillbilliesThe Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom. It ranked among the top 12 most watched series on television for seven of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the #1 series of the year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most-watched television episodes of all time...
,
Green AcresGreen Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a farm in the country...
,
Charlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men. The series was broadcast in the USA on the ABC Television Network from 1976 to 1981 and was one of the most...
,
NewhartNewhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and his wife who owned and operated a historic inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was populated by eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to...
,
The Dukes of Hazzard,
St. ElsewhereSt. Elsewhere is a U.S. drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood. The hospital's nickname, "St...
, and
Who's the Boss?Who's the Boss? is an American television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond...
.
Having started his career in the theater and later co-starred on Broadway in
Separate Rooms, Talbot returned to the stage in the 1960s and 1970s, starring in national road company versions of
Thornton WilderThornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. His best known work is his play Our Town.-Early years:...
's
The MatchmakerThe Matchmaker is a play by Thornton Wilder.The play has a long and colorful history. John Oxenford's 1835 one-act farce A Day Well Spent had been extended into a full-length play entitled Einen Jux will er sich machen by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy in 1842...
,
Gore VidalGore Vidal is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter and political activist...
's political drama
The Best ManThe Best Man is a 1964 film based on the play of the same title, both written by Gore Vidal. Starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, and Lee Tracy, the film lays bare the seamy political maneuverings behind the nomination of a presidential candidate...
,
Neil SimonMarvin Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. His numerous Broadway succcesses have led to his work being among the most regularly performed in the world...
's
The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple is a 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series, as well as other derivative works and spin offs, many featuring one or more of the same actors. The plot concerns two mismatched roommates, one neat and uptight, the other more easygoing but...
and
Barefoot in the Park- Characters :* Corie Bratter* Telephone Man* Paul Bratter* Mrs. Banks* Victor Velasco* Delivery Man- Act Summaries :Place: Top-floor Apartment in a Brownstone on East Forty-eight Street, New York City...
, and appearing in a revival of
South PacificSouth Pacific is a 1949 musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The story draws from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning, 1948 novel, Tales of the South Pacific, weaving together characters and elements from several of...
, at New York's
Lincoln CenterLincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City.-Tenant organizations:Lincoln Center serves as home for 12 arts organizations:*Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center...
. He continued to appear occasionally on TV shows well into his 80s, and narrated two PBS biographies,
The Case of Dashiell Hammett and
World Without Walls about pioneering pilot
Beryl MarkhamBeryl Markham , was a British-born Kenyan horse trainer and adventurer. She was a record-breaking aviatrix in the pioneer days of aviation, and is primarily remembered as the author of the memoir West with the Night....
, both produced and written by his son,
Stephen TalbotStephen Henderson Talbot is an American award-winning TV reporter, writer, and producer and was a TV child actor of the 1950s and 1960s....
.
Talbot was the first live action actor to play two prominent
DC ComicsDC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. It is the publishing division of DC Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary company of Warner Bros. Entertainment...
characters on-screen: the aforementioned Commissioner Gordon in
Batman and RobinBatman and Robin is a 15-chapter serial released by Columbia Pictures.Robert Lowery played Batman, while Johnny Duncan played Robin...
, and
supervillainA supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the villain character type, commonly found in comic books, action movies and science fiction in various mediums.They are often used as foils to superheroes and other fictional heroes...
Lex LuthorLex Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is the archenemy of Superman and first appeared in Action Comics #23 , and was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Luthor is described as "a power-mad, evil scientist" of incredible...
in
Atom Man vs. SupermanAtom Man vs. Superman , Columbia's 43rd serial, finds Lex Luthor , secretly the Atom Man, blackmailing the city of Metropolis by threatening to destroy the entire community...
(who at the time was simply known as Luthor). Talbot began a longstanding tradition of actors in these roles that were most recently filled by
Gary OldmanGary Leonard Oldman is an English actor and filmmaker .He found fame in roles such as Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy, Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK, Count Dracula in Dracula and Ludwig Van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved...
and
Kevin SpaceyKevin Spacey is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television...
, respectively.
Personal life
Three of his four children became
journalistA journalist is a person who practises journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that are not biased.Reporters are one type of journalist...
s: Stephen Talbot (who also played Gilbert Bates on
Leave it to Beaver) is a
documentaryDocumentary film is a broad category of visual expressions that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and digital productions that can...
producer for the PBS series
Frontline. David is the founder and editor of Salon.com, and Margaret is a staff writer for
The New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry published by Condé Nast Publications...
. His other child, Cynthia Talbot, is a family physician and residency director in Portland, Oregon. After several brief marriages, Talbot was married for over 40 years to Margaret Talbot, who also used the stage name, Paula Talbot.
Into his nineties he remained sharp and alert, and was a delightful raconteur, regaling fans at conventions with anecdotes about friends and colleagues in the movie industry. He died in 1996 at his home in
San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2008 estimated population of 808,976. It is the eighth most densely populated city in the U.S. and is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the larger San...
.
Talbot's granddaughter, Caitlin Talbot, is an actress in New York, having graduated from the American Conservatory of Theater in San Francisco.
Partial filmography
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Other notes |
| 1932 |
Love Is a Racket Love Is a Racket is a romantic comedy drama 1932 film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Ann Dvorak. The movie was written by Courtney Terrett from the novel by Rian James, and directed by William A. Wellman....
|
Edw. Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw |
Alternative title: Such Things Happen |
| No More Orchids No More Orchids is a 1932 drama film starring Carole Lombard and Lyle Talbot as mismatched lovers, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Perkins.-Plot:...
|
Tony Holt |
|
| 20,000 Years in Sing Sing 20,000 Years in Sing Sing is a 1932 black-and-white drama film set in Sing Sing, the notorious maximum security prison in New York State. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Spencer Tracy as a convict and Bette Davis as his girlfriend. The film was based on the book Twenty Thousand Years...
|
Bud Saunders |
|
| 1933 |
The Life of Jimmy Dolan The Life of Jimmy Dolan, UK title The Kid's Last Fight, is a 1933 film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young. It features John Wayne in a small supporting role as a frightened boxer. It was remade in 1939 as They Made Me a Criminal.-Cast:* Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Jimmy Dolan* Loretta...
|
Doc Woods |
|
| A Shriek in the Night A Shriek in the Night is a 1933 American comedy horror film starring Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, and Harvey Clark.-Plot Outline:Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Kord find themselves unravelling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell from his penthouse...
|
Ted Kord |
|
| 1934 |
Fog Over FriscoFog Over Frisco is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle. The screenplay by Robert N. Lee and Eugene Solow was based on the short story The Five Fragments by George Dyer.-Plot:...
|
Spencer Carlton |
|
| The Dragon Murder Case |
Dale Leland |
|
| 1935 |
Page Miss Glory |
Slattery of the Express |
|
| The Case of the Lucky Legs The Case of the Lucky Legs is a 1935 mystery film, the third in a series of Perry Mason films starring Warren William as the famed lawyer. A woman wins a contest, but has trouble collecting her prize when the promoter turns up dead.-Cast:...
|
Dr. Bob Doray |
|
| 1937 |
Second Honeymoon Second Honeymoon is a 1937 comedy film starring Tyrone Power and Loretta Young....
|
Robert "Bob" Benton |
|
| 1940 |
He Married His Wife He Married His Wife is a 1940 film about a race horse owner who wants his ex-wife to remarry so he'll no longer have to pay alimony...
|
Paul Hunter |
|
| 1944 |
Gambler's Choice Gambler's Choice is a 1944 film starring Chester Morris and Nancy Kelly. The movie was directed by Frank McDonald.-Cast:*Chester Morris as Ross Hadley*Nancy Kelly as Mary Hayes aka Vi Parker*Russell Hayden as Mike McGlennon...
|
Yellow Gloves Weldon |
|
| Sensations of 1945 Sensations of 1945 is a 1944 American musical-comedy film which was released by United Artists.This film was an attempt to recapture the ensemble style of films such as Broadway Melody of 1936 by showcasing a number of top musical and comedy acts of the day, in a film linked together by a loose...
|
Randall |
|
| 1946 |
Chick Carter, Detective Chick Carter, Detective is a 1946 Columbia film serial. Columbia could not afford the rights to produce a Nick Carter serial so they made Chick Carter, Detective about his son instead. This was based on the radio series Chick Carter, Boy Detective...
|
Chick Carter |
|
| 1949 |
Batman and Robin Batman and Robin is a 15-chapter serial released by Columbia Pictures.Robert Lowery played Batman, while Johnny Duncan played Robin...
|
Commissioner Jim Gordon |
|
She Shoulda Said No!"She Shoulda Said 'No'!" is a 1949 exploitation film in the spirit of morality tales such as Reefer Madness and Marihuana...
|
Police Captain Hayes |
|
| 1950 |
Dick Tracy |
B.R. Ayne aka The Brain |
TV, 7 episodes |
| Atom Man vs. Superman Atom Man vs. Superman , Columbia's 43rd serial, finds Lex Luthor , secretly the Atom Man, blackmailing the city of Metropolis by threatening to destroy the entire community...
|
Luthor/The Atom Man |
|
| 1950-1954 |
The Cisco Kid |
Various roles |
TV, 4 episodes |
| 1950-1956 |
The Lone Ranger |
Various roles |
TV, 5 episodes |
| 1951 |
Gold Raiders Gold Raiders is a comedy Western film, directed by Edward Bernds with a script by B-movie writer William Lively and veteran comedy writer Elwood Ullman. The film was an attempt by independent producer Bernard Glasser to inaugurate a new western series starring old favorite George O'Brien...
|
Taggert |
Alternative title: The Stooges Go West |
| 1951-1956 |
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.-Synopsis:The Adventures of Wild...
|
Various roles |
TV, 4 episodes |
| 1952 |
Untamed Women Untamed Women is a 1952 United States science fiction film which was written by George Wallace Sayre and directed by W. Merle Connell. The plot synopsis consists of an American Bomber pilot is rescued after drifting at sea during World War II...
|
Col. Loring |
|
| Death Valley Days Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology about true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. It was created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman and ran on radio until 1945. It ran from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series...
|
|
TV, 1 episode |
| 1953 |
Glen or Glenda |
Insp. Warren |
|
| The Roy Rogers Show The Roy Rogers Show is an American Western television series that broadcast 100 episodes on NBC for six seasons between December 30, 1951 and June 9, 1957. The show starred Roy Rogers as a ranch owner, Dale Evans as the proprietor of the Eureka Cafe in fictional Mineral City, and Pat Brady as...
|
John Zachary |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1954 |
Gunfighters of the Northwest Gunfighters of the Northwest was the 53rd serial released by Columbia Pictures. Its was enterily filmed on location at Big Bear Lake, California, USA, and not a single scene was filmed in indoors setting-Plot:NW Mounted Police Sgt...
|
Inspector Wheeler |
|
| Tobor the Great Tobor the Great is a 1954 science fiction film, written by Carl Dudley & Philip MacDonald, and directed by Lee Sholem. It stars Charles Drake, Karin Booth, and Billy Chapin. The film was released on DVD on May 13, 2008 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.Dr...
|
An Admiral |
|
| 1954-1958 |
December Bride December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.-Overview:...
|
Bill Monahan |
TV, 6 episodes |
| 1955 |
Hallmark Hall of FameHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television. It has had a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and still continuing today. From 1954 onward, all of their productions have been shown in color, although color television productions were extremely rare in 1954...
|
|
TV, 1 episode |
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the UniverseCommando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe is a science fiction television series or serial. It consists of twelve 25-minute episodes. The series was filmed and intended to be broadcast as a television limited series but, due to contract restrictions, it was originally released in theaters as a...
|
Baylor |
TV, 6 episodes |
| 1955-1959 |
The Bob Cummings Show The Bob Cummings Show is an American television sitcom which was produced from 1955 to 1959, and originally sponsored by R.J. Reynolds' Winston cigarettes. The program began with a half-season run on NBC, then ran for two full seasons on CBS, and returned to NBC for its final two seasons...
|
Paul Fonda |
TV, 4 episodes |
| 1956 |
Navy Log Navy Log was an American anthology series that initially aired on CBS. The series featured over 70 regular guests and told about the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955. The following year, it was moved to ABC, where it...
|
Captain Morgan |
TV, 1 episode |
| The Millionaire The Millionaire is a television drama anthology series that aired on CBS from January 19, 1955 to June 8, 1960, originally sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive.. The series explored the ways unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse...
|
Joe Price |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1956-1966 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. The series starred Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson , and their young sons, David Nelson and Eric Nelson, better known as Ricky...
|
Joe Randolph |
TV, 24 episodes |
| 1957 |
Science Fiction Theatre Science Fiction Theatre is a syndicated science fiction anthology series. It was produced in the United States by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv....
|
General Dothan |
TV, 1 episode |
| Tales of Wells Fargo Tales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series that ran from March 18, 1957 to June 2, 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season when it expanded to an hour.-Synopsis:...
|
Reporter |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1958 |
M Squad M Squad is an American police drama television series that ran from 1957 to 1960 on NBC.-Synopsis:Set in Chicago, Illinois, it starred Lee Marvin as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of "M Squad," a special unit of the Chicago Police, assisting other units in battling violent crime...
|
Paul Crowley |
TV, 1 episode |
Leave It to BeaverLeave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naive boy named Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver , about his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh...
|
Charles "Chuck" Dennison |
TV, 2 episodes |
| 1958-1959 |
The Restless Gun The Restless Gun is a western television series that appeared on NBC. The series starred John Payne as a gregarious, intelligent, wandering cowhand–gunslinger. The half-hour black and white 1957–59 program ran for 78 episodes...
|
Various roles |
TV, 2 episodes |
| 1959 |
Plan 9 from Outer SpacePlan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction/horror film written, and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi...
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General Roberts |
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| The Ann Sothern Show The Ann Sothern Show is an American sitcom starring Ann Sothern that aired on CBS for 93 episodes. The series began on October 6, 1958, and ended on September 25, 1961. The Ann Sothern Show was Sothern's second sitcom for CBS...
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Finletter |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1960 |
Surfside 6Surfside 6 is an ABC television series about a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, featuring Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield, II, Van Williams as Kenny Madison , and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne...
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Alan Crandell |
TV, 1 episode |
Hawaiian EyeHawaiian Eye is an American television series that ran from October 1959 to September 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company television network.-Premise:...
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George Wallace |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1960 |
The DuPont Show with June Allyson The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts continuing until June 12, 1961...
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Mr. Anders |
TV, 1 episode, "The Trench Coat" |
| 1961 |
Mister EdMister Ed was an American television situation comedy produced by Filmways that first aired in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961 and then on CBS from October 1, 1961 to February 6, 1966...
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George Hausner |
TV, 1 episode |
| Lawman Lawman is a western television series originally telecast from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and Peter Brown as Deputy Johnny McKay. Set in Laramie, Wyoming, the action often centered on the Birdcage Saloon, owned by Lily Merrill, portrayed by Peggie Castle...
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Orville Luster |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1962 |
Make Room for Daddy The Danny Thomas Show is a sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS...
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TV, 1 episode |
| Dennis the Menace |
Mayor |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1962-1967 |
The Beverly HillbilliesThe Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom. It ranked among the top 12 most watched series on television for seven of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the #1 series of the year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most-watched television episodes of all time...
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Colonel Blake |
TV, 4 episodes |
| 1963 |
Arrest and Trial Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime drama that aired one season on ABC. The show was set in Los Angeles and aired Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern during the 1963-64 season....
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Phil Paige |
TV, 1 episode |
The Lucy ShowThe Lucy Show is a television series that aired on CBS from 1962 until 1968. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965-66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its...
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TV, 1 episode |
| 1964 |
77 Sunset Strip77 Sunset Strip is an hour-length American television private detective series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes....
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Tatum |
TV, 1 episode |
Petticoat Junction Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Filmways which originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 to 1970. The series is part of a triad of interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning, the other two being The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres.The...
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Mr. Cheever |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1965 |
Run for Your LifeRun for Your Life is a television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.-Synopsis:Gazzara plays lawyer Paul Bryan...
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Steven Blakely |
TV, 1 episode |
| The Smothers Brothers Show The Smothers Brothers Show was an American sitcom featuring the Smothers Brothers that aired on CBS on Friday nights at 9:30 p.m. ET from September 17, 1965 to September 9, 1966, co-sponsored by Alberto-Culver's VO5 hairdressing products and American Tobacco...
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Marty Miller |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1965-1966 |
Laredo Laredo is an NBC Western television series starring Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. The program premiered on September 16, 1965, and the final new episode was broadcast on April 7, 1967. The series was produced by Universal Television.-Synopsis:Laredo...
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Various roles |
TV, 2 episodes |
| 1968 |
Dragnet |
William Joseph Cornelius |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1970 |
Here's Lucy Here's Lucy is Lucille Ball's third network television sitcom. It ran on CBS from 1968 to 1974.-Background:Though The Lucy Show was still hugely popular during the previous season, finishing in the top five of the Nielsen Ratings , Ball opted to end that series at the end of that season and create...
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Various roles |
TV, 2 episodes |
| 1972 |
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury O'Hara, U.S. Treasury is an American television crime drama broadcast by CBS during the 1971-72 television season. Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited packaged the program for Universal Television. Webb and longtime colleague James E. Moser created the show; Leonard B. Kaufman was the...
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Art Prescott |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1973 |
Adam-12Adam-12 is an American television drama which originally aired from September 21, 1968 to August 30, 1975 on NBC for 175 episodes. The show was produced by Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited, which also produced Dragnet and Emergency!...
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Avery Dawson |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1979 |
Charlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men. The series was broadcast in the USA on the ABC Television Network from 1976 to 1981 and was one of the most...
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Mills |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1984 |
The Dukes of Hazzard |
Carter Stewart |
TV, 1 episode |
St. ElsewhereSt. Elsewhere is a U.S. drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood. The hospital's nickname, "St...
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Johnny Barnes |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1985 |
227227 is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985 until May 6, 1990. The series starred Marla Gibbs and was produced by Embassy Television from 1985 until 1988, then ELP Communications produced the series in its final two seasons .-Origins:The series was...
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Harold |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1986 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents, also known as The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a 1985 updated re-imagining of the classic series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.-Background:...
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Mr. Fletcher |
TV, 1 episode |
Who's the Boss?Who's the Boss? is an American television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond...
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Ralph |
TV, 1 episode |
| 1987 |
NewhartNewhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and his wife who owned and operated a historic inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was populated by eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to...
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Cousin Ned |
TV, 1 episode |
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