

Cast & creator
Best known for Perry Mason, Bonanza, Maverick
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

Tom Mills
1976
Avery Dawson
1968
Johnny Barnes
1982
Second Psychiatrist
1962
Trent
1948

Mr. Cheever
1963Gibralter
1963
Mr. Chuck Dennison
1957
Cousin Ned
1982
Dr. Otis Gray
1959
Mr. Stanford
1962
Howard Wilcox
1962
George Wilson
1949
Roger Burnett
1949
Fred Logan
1949
Horace Bennett
1965
Sen. Lyle Talbot
1965
Gov. Carstairs
1965
Steven Blakely
1965
Lawyer
1968
Fred Fox
1968
Joe Randolph (uncredited)
1952
Joe Randolph
1952


Eddie Kling
1952
Mayor
1959
Alan Crandell
1960
Al Simon
1950
Paul Crowley
1957
Joe Price
1955
Victor Long
1957
George Hausner
1961

Bill Jeffries
1954


W.T. Emerson
1951
Bank Teller
1951


Sheriff
1965
Mr. Anders
1959
Judge (uncredited)
1950
Judge Watkins
1950
Bob Wilkerson
1950
Jimmy Dill
1952Paul
1950Johnson
1950O'Leary
1950Abner
1950Capt. Flood
1950Bowers
1950

Paul Fonda
1955
Dobin
1954
Pa Wiggins
1954
Col. Dawson
1954



Woody Gaynor
1961Judge Judd Hinshaw
1956
Mort Askins
1957
Wildcat Cannon
1951
Phil Paige
1963


Warden
1965

Mr. Hodge
1955

George
1952

John Zachary
1951


Carl Maddon
1957
Adams
1956
Colonel Marsham
1954
Benson
1965

88 Keyes
1950
Police Lt. Choates
1963
Father Serra
1951
Additional Voices (voice)
1981
Stage Manager (uncredited)
1954
Fred Carlson
1951


Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Baylor
1955
General Roberts
1957
Program Hawker (uncredited)
1954
Bud Saunders
1932
Michael Loftus
1932
Himself (uncredited)
1935
Radio Announcer
1949
Narrator (voice)
1953
Don
1933
Self
1985
Commissioner Jim Gordon
1949
Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
1946
Luthor, alias The Atom Man
1950
Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
1932
Hugo Henderson
1938

Bill Houston
1934
Prison Yard Guard
1950
Radio Station Director (uncredited)
1952
Paul Hunter
1940
Lucky Dorgan
1946
Mr. Brimmer
1960
Pops
1986
Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon
1957
Willie Hogger
1939
Gale Leland
1934
Inspector Warren
1953
Cy Bowman
1955
Grant
1951
Neil
1934
Don A. Andrews
1933
Bill Potts (uncredited)
1943
Eddie Fields
1932
Self
1995
William Remington Kane
1958
George Pierce
1947
Doc
1933
Sergeant Gelsey
1944

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