Biography
Lyle Talbot (born Lisle Henderson) was an American stage, film and television actor. He began his career in tent shows and stock theatre before moving to Hollywood, where he appeared in his first film in 1932 under contract to Warner Bros.
Talbot appeared in more than 150 films, including Three on a Match (1932), 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), College Coach (1933) and several Ed Wood productions such as Glen or Glenda (1953) and Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957), in which he played General Roberts. He was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild and served on its first board of directors. On television he played Joe Randolph, neighbour to the Nelsons, for ten years in the series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966).
His career, which spanned seven decades, is recounted in the 2012 book The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century by his daughter Margaret Talbot.
