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 Nelsons 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 Talbots 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 Fathers Twentieth Century Riverhead Books 2012 Most notable among Talbots film work were his appearances in Three on a Match and 20000 Years in Sing Sing both 1932 He played a star running back in College Coach 1933 with Pat OBrien 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 costarred with Pat OBrien 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
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