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Acting

Lyle Talbot

Career: Active from 1931 to 2025, with a break from 1987 to 2024, busiest in 1934 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles: 54
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 104 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lyle Talbot Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.7, average 5.4
Psychological
3.8, average 5.5
Melancholy
3.2, average 4.7
Pathos
4.0, average 5.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 8
Social Commentary 7
Underdog Story 4
Historical Setting 4
Romantic Drama 3
Character-Driven 3
Crime Thriller 3
Nostalgic Charm 3
Good vs. Evil 3
Murder Mystery 3
Fast-Paced Plot 3
Whodunit 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

258

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

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as Inspector Warren (archival audio) (uncredited)

1980s

7 titles · average score 76

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

79

as Pops

227

78

TV show

Who's the Boss?

69

TV show

Newhart

79

TV show · as Cousin Ned

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Johnny Barnes

The Case of Dashiell Hammett

as Dashiell Hammett

Goldie Gold and Action Jack

TV show · as Additional Voices (voice)

1970s

2 titles · average score 44

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as Tom Mills

Sonic Boom

as French Representative

1960s

18 titles · average score 61

Adam-12

74

TV show · as Avery Dawson

Here's Lucy

68

TV show · as Fred Fox / Lawyer

Green Acres

72

TV show · as Gov. Carstairs / Sen. Lyle Talbot

Run for Your Life

73

TV show · as Steven Blakely

Laredo

46

TV show · as Sheriff

TV show · as Police Lt. Choates

Petticoat Junction

43

TV show · as Mr. Cheever

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show · as Gibralter

The Beverly Hillbillies

47

TV show · as Second Psychiatrist

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Mr. Stanford / Howard Wilcox

Mister Ed

45

TV show · as George Hausner

Surfside 6

71

TV show · as Alan Crandell

1950s

122 titles · average score 61

City of Fear

63

as Chief Jensen

Bonanza

73

TV show · as The Handsome Dude in Bar

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Michael Garvin Sr.

Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

60

TV show · as Baylor

Jail Bait

30

as Inspector John

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

as Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)

Trader Tom of the China Seas

as Barent

Glen or Glenda

40

as Inspector Warren

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid

as Bart Miller

Cowboy G-Men

TV show

The Old West

as Doc Lockwood

Atom Man vs. Superman

60

as Luthor, alias The Atom Man

1940s

45 titles · average score 56

Batman and Robin

57

as Commissioner Jim Gordon

Wild Weed

46

as Capt. Hayes

Batman and Robin

59

TV show · as Commissioner Jim Gordon

The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West

as George Pierce

Gun Town

as Lucky Dorgan

Chick Carter, Detective

as Chick Carter

Murder Is My Business

as Buell Renslow

Strange Impersonation

59

as Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator

Mystery of the Riverboat

as Rudolph Toller

A Night for Crime

49

as Joe Powell

Man of Courage

as George Dickson

They Raid by Night

48

as Capt. Robert Owen

1930s

63 titles · average score 57

Torture Ship

29

as Lt. Bob Bennett

Murder by an Aristocrat

53

as Allen Carick

Boulder Dam

as Mr. Harry Lacy

One Night of Love

57

as Bill Houston

The Dragon Murder Case

44

as Gale Leland

Murder in the Clouds

55

as "Three-Star" Bob Halsey

Ladies They Talk About

62

as Don

A Shriek in the Night

41

as Ted Rand

Mary Stevens, M.D.

64

as Don A. Andrews

She Had to Say Yes

58

as Daniel 'Danny' Drew

The Purchase Price

59

as Eddie Fields

The Thirteenth Guest

45

as Phil Winston