Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot
Talbot in 1947
Born	Lisle Henderson (1902-02-08)February 8, 1902 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 2, 1996(1996-03-02) (aged 94) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1927–1987
Spouses	Elaine Melchior ​ ​ (m. 1930; div. 1930)​ Marguerite Ethel Cramer ​ ​ (m. 1937; div. 1940)​ Abigail Adams ​ ​ (m. 1942; ann. 1942)​ Keven McClure ​ ​ (m. 1946; div. 1947)​ Margaret Epple (aka Paula Deaven) ​ ​ (m. 1948; died 1989)​
Children	4, including David Talbot Margaret Talbot Stephen Talbot

Lyle Florenz Talbot (born Lisle Henderson, also credited Lysle Talbot; February 8, 1902 – March 2, 1996) was an American stage, screen and television actor. His career in films spanned three decades, from 1931 to 1960, and he performed on a wide variety of television series from the early 1950s to the late 1980s.^[1] Among his notable roles on television was his portrayal of Ozzie Nelson's friend and neighbor Joe Randolph, a character he played for ten years on the ABC sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Talbot began his film career under contract with Warner Bros. during the early years of the sound era. Ultimately, he appeared in more than 175 productions with various studios, first as a young matinee idol, then as the star of many B movies, and later as a character actor.^[2] He was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild and in 1933 served on that organization's first board of directors.^[3] His long career is recounted in the 2012 book The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century by his youngest daughter Margaret Talbot, a staff writer for The New Yorker.^[4][a]

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