Portrait of Lloyd Nolan

Acting

Lloyd Nolan

Career

Active from 1935 to 2000, with a break from 1987 to 1999, busiest in 1940 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles
64
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 69 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lloyd Nolan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 12
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Classic Hollywood 6
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Classic Film 4
  • Moral Dilemma 4
  • 1940s 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Romance 3
  • Moral Conflict 3
  • Melodrama 2
  • World War II 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

144
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America (2000)

as Narrator

1980s

6 titles ยท average score 78
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
GoodWatch score 85

as Evan

Prince Jack
Prince Jack (1985)

as Joe Kennedy

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Julian Tenley

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
GoodWatch score 72

as Monsignor Donoghue

Remington Steele
Remington Steele (1982)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Lloyd Nolan

Galyon
Galyon (1980)

as Willard Morgan

1970s

21 titles ยท average score 62
My Boys Are Good Boys
My Boys Are Good Boys (1978)

as Dan Montgomery

Fire!
Fire! (1977)
GoodWatch score 61

as Doc Bennett

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show

Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

The Sky's the Limit
The Sky's the Limit (1975)

as Cornwall

Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen (1975)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

The Abduction of Saint Anne
The Abduction of Saint Anne (1975)

as Carl Gentry

Police Woman
Police Woman (1974)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

Isn't It Shocking?
Isn't It Shocking? (1973)
GoodWatch score 64

as Jesse Chapin

The Waltons
The Waltons (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Cyrus Guthrie

McCloud
McCloud (1970)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Airport
Airport (1970)
GoodWatch score 60

as Harry Standish

1960s

27 titles ยท average score 61
Julia
Julia (1968)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Dr. Morton Chegley

Sergeant Ryker
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gen. Amos Bailey

Wings of Fire
Wings of Fire (1967)

as Max Clarity

The Double Man
The Double Man (1967)
GoodWatch score 61

as Edwards

Mannix
Mannix (1967)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Sam Dubrio

An American Dream
An American Dream (1966)
GoodWatch score 39

as Barney Kelly

Circus World
Circus World (1964)
GoodWatch score 50

as Cap Carson

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (1964)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Ben Hanks

We Joined the Navy
We Joined the Navy (1963)
GoodWatch score 57

as Vice Admiral Ryan

The Girl Hunters
The Girl Hunters (1963)
GoodWatch score 50

as Arthur Rickerby

The Virginian
The Virginian (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Abe Clayton / Tom Foster

Girl of the Night
Girl of the Night (1960)

as Dr. Mitchell

1950s

18 titles ยท average score 68
Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Inspector Charles Leduque

Laramie
Laramie (1959)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Seven Waves Away
Seven Waves Away (1957)
GoodWatch score 77

as Frank Kelly

Peyton Place
Peyton Place (1957)
GoodWatch score 58

as Dr. Matthew Swain

A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

as John Pope, Sr

Santiago
Santiago (1956)
GoodWatch score 59

as Clay Pike

The Last Hunt
The Last Hunt (1956)
GoodWatch score 76

as Woodfoot

Toward the Unknown
Toward the Unknown (1956)
GoodWatch score 59

as Brig. Gen. Bill Banner

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Dr. Elisha Pittman

Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky (1953)
GoodWatch score 75

as Captain Stutz

Crazylegs
Crazylegs (1953)
GoodWatch score 56

as Win Brockmeyer

The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
GoodWatch score 75

as Oxford Charley

1940s

44 titles ยท average score 64
Martin Kane, Private Eye
Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949)

TV show

The Street with No Name
The Street with No Name (1948)
GoodWatch score 82

as Inspector George A. Briggs

Lady in the Lake
Lady in the Lake (1946)
GoodWatch score 59

as Lieutenant DeGarmot

Somewhere in the Night
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
GoodWatch score 77

as Police Lt. Donald Kendall

The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
GoodWatch score 55

as Agent George A. Briggs

Guadalcanal Diary
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sgt. Hook Malone

Time to Kill
Time to Kill (1942)
GoodWatch score 62

as Michael Shayne

Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill (1941)
GoodWatch score 55

as Michael Shayne

Sleepers West
Sleepers West (1941)
GoodWatch score 63

as Michael Shayne

Steel Against the Sky
Steel Against the Sky (1941)
GoodWatch score 56

as Rocky Evans

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
GoodWatch score 69

as Michael Shayne

The House Across the Bay
The House Across the Bay (1940)
GoodWatch score 56

as Slant Kolma

1930s

27 titles ยท average score 64
Undercover Doctor
Undercover Doctor (1939)

as Robert Anders

Ambush
Ambush (1939)

as Tony Andrews

Tip-Off Girls
Tip-Off Girls (1938)

as Bob Anders

Hunted Men
Hunted Men (1938)

as Joe Albany

Prison Farm
Prison Farm (1938)

as Larry Harrison

King of Alcatraz
King of Alcatraz (1938)

as Raymond Grayson

Internes Can't Take Money
Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

as Hanlon

King of Gamblers
King of Gamblers (1937)

as Jim Adams

You May Be Next!
You May Be Next! (1936)

as Neil Bennett

Counterfeit
Counterfeit (1936)

as Capper Stevens

'G' Men
'G' Men (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

as Hugh Farrell

Atlantic Adventure
Atlantic Adventure (1935)

as Dan Miller