

Cast & creator
Best known for Perry Mason, Bonanza, Adam-12
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.
Also known as: Lysle Henderson, Lysle Talbot, Lyle Florenz Talbot, Lisle Henderson
192
film credits
96
television credits
288
1931–2025 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Across film & television
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Michael Garvin Sr.
1957
The Handsome Dude in Bar
1959
Avery Dawson
1968

Tom Mills
1976
Johnny Barnes
1982Gibralter
1963
Mr. Cheever
1963
Trent
1948
Second Psychiatrist
1962

Cousin Ned
1982
Dr. Otis Gray
1959
Mr. Stanford
1962
Howard Wilcox
1962
George Wilson
1949
Roger Burnett
1949
Fred Logan
1949
Mr. Chuck Dennison
1957
Joe Randolph (uncredited)
1952
Joe Randolph
1952
Lawyer
1968
Fred Fox
1968
Horace Bennett
1965
Sen. Lyle Talbot
1965
Gov. Carstairs
1965
Steven Blakely
1965


Mayor
1959
Al Simon
1950
Eddie Kling
1952
Alan Crandell
1960
Victor Long
1957
Paul Crowley
1957
Joe Price
1955
Paul Fonda
1955

Sheriff
1965
George Hausner
1961

Bill Jeffries
1954
Mr. Anders
1959

W.T. Emerson
1951
Bank Teller
1951


Jimmy Dill
1952
Dobin
1954
Judge (uncredited)
1950
Judge Watkins
1950
Bob Wilkerson
1950
Paul
1950Johnson
1950O'Leary
1950Abner
1950Capt. Flood
1950Bowers
1950
Pa Wiggins
1954
Col. Dawson
1954
Phil Paige
1963

Woody Gaynor
1961

Judge Judd Hinshaw
1956
Wildcat Cannon
1951

Mort Askins
1957
Warden
1965
Mr. Hodge
1955

George
1952




John Zachary
1951
Adams
1956
Colonel Marsham
1954

Carl Maddon
1957
Father Serra
1951

88 Keyes
1950
Benson
1965

Additional Voices (voice)
1981
Fred Carlson
1951
Police Lt. Choates
1963
Baylor
1955

Stage Manager (uncredited)
1954
General Roberts
1957
Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Bud Saunders
1932
Program Hawker (uncredited)
1954
Hugo Henderson
1938
Don
1933
Michael Loftus
1932
Pops
1986
Self
1985
Himself (uncredited)
1935
Radio Station Director (uncredited)
1952
Square, Convict, segment "The Hostages"
1954

Bill Houston
1934
Rudolph Toller
1944
Narrator (voice)
1953
Paul Hunter
1940
Luthor, alias The Atom Man
1950
Bill Potts (uncredited)
1943
Commissioner Jim Gordon
1949
Willie Hogger
1939

Mr. Brimmer
1960
Radio Announcer
1949
Inspector Warren
1953
Don A. Andrews
1933
Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
1932
Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
1957
Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
1946
George Pierce
1947
Jim
1935
Executive No. 2
1950
Self
1995
Gale Leland
1934
Allen Carick
1936
Dr. Warburton, Psychiatrist
1957
Dr. Robert Doray
1935
Himself
1996
Rolfe Brent
1935
Crane
1936
Maj. Green
1951
Henerson
1948
Tex Irwin
1944
Cy Bowman
1955
Prison Yard Guard
1950
Jim Davis
1944Eugene du Pont
1950
Himself
1934
William Remington Kane
1958
Grant
1951
Spencer Carlton
1934
Dick Porter
1939
Ted Rand
1933
Doc
1933
Army Capt. Steve Russell
1942
Inspector Wheeler
1954
Sergeant Gelsey
1944
Eddie Fields
1932
Henry Porter
1938
Reddy
1942
Frank Gordon
1936
Sheriff Ed Lowery
1951
Neil
1934
Self (uncredited)
1933
Capt. Pace
1954
Francis X. Harrigan
1936
Agent Johnson
1950
Police Lt. Grayson
1951Marty Collins
1939
Ross Lonergan
1935
Major Gerald Curwin
1953
Dr. Leonard Goodman
1934
Dr. Wilson
1948
Capt. Robert Owen
1942
Bart Miller
1952
Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited)
1932
Daniel 'Danny' Drew
1933
Self / Commissioner Gordon (archive footage)
1989
Official from District Attorney's Office
1950
An Admiral
1954
King Blaine
1946
Miller Executive
1954
Leonardo, Prosecuting Attorney
1958
Chief Jensen
1959
Judge
1954
"Three-Star" Bob Halsey
1934
Mooney
1952
Taggart
1951
Buell Renslow
1946
Bill Peck
1937
Teasdale
1951
Singer Martin
1938
Lucky Dorgan
1946
Lt. Muldoon
1949
Nick Roulade
1948
Slattery
1935
Capt. Jim Duncan
1949
Lucky Lorimer
1935
Barent
1954
City Detective
1951Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)
1954
Bruce McDermott
1950
Phil Winston
1932
Ross Waring
1940
Doctor (uncredited)
1951
Fred Burns
1950
Chick Carter
1946
Bob Carey
1936
Weber
1953
Garvey Yager
1948
Randall
1944
Harry Connors
1956
Dr. Gregory Burton
1934
French Representative
1974
Police Lt. Ralph McLaughlin
1951
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1932
Sgt. Jack Craig
1946
Logger #1
1950
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Charley Barnes
1935
Mr. Casey
1952
Big Jim, bank robbery leader
1952George Kent
1944
Fred Dennis
1936
Mr. Williams, Insurance Man
1952
Col. Foster [Chs.5-6]
1952
Tony Fuller
1956
Inspector John
1954
'Dynamite' Hogan / Tom Connors
1937
British Ship Captain
1952
Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy
1952
Judge Roger Dixon
1952
Buck Weaver
1933
Capt. Hayes
1949
Johnny Morello
1948
Dashiell Hammett
1982
Tony Gage
1932
Telegraph Operator
1953Van Richards
1958
Himself
1951
Bob Jones
1933
Joe Powell
1943
Captain Blair
1953
Mr. Harry Lacy
1936
Yellow Gloves Weldon
1944
Miller
1948
Captain Hamilton
1952
Fred Muller
1948
Charles Eastman
1938
Dr. Greg Connolly
1934
Company Detective
1948
Rocky Gibraltar
1953
Dr. Martin
1951
Dave Tolliver aka Bob Kirk
1937
Jim Thorne
1950
Anthony 'Tony' Sardell
1944
Harry Woodruff
1955
Doc Lockwood
1952
Andrew J. Barrett
1949
George Dickson
1943
Ed Brice
1931
Ted Lacey
1935
Col. Loring
1952
Raymond Fox
1933
Contractor
1950
Phillip Reeves
1938
Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)
2025
Jack Scott
1939
Jeff
1934
Augustus 'Gus' King
1950
Charles Johnson
1947
Mr. Boyer
1950
Lt. Bob Bennett
1939
Blinky Harris
1949
Franklin
1952
Chief Marshal
1950
Bob Benton
1937
Wallace Storm
1935
Matt Collins
1938
Ranger Captain McLain
1950
Dr. Mitchell Heller
1951
Walter Fleming
1952
U. S. Marshal Bill Hollister
1944
Blackburn
1953
Robert Cromwell
1932
Police Commissioner Hughes
1948
Sheriff Frank Casey
1951Pvt. Jimmy Barton
1937
O'Neill
1949Police Capt. Dick Rugg (as Lysle Talbot)
1931
Dr. Jerome Preston 'Jerry' Gregory
1932