Want to know the best Lyle Talbot movies? How about the worst Lyle Talbot movies? Curious about Lyle Talbot box office grosses or which Lyle Talbot movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Lyle Talbot movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Lyle Talbot (1902-1996) was an American actor. Talbot has an incredible 331 acting credits on his IMDb page. Since many of his performances were on television and low budget “B” movies we were only able to find box office information on many of his movies. This page will rank 36 Lyle Talbot movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Drivel part of the page: So this page comes from a request by TCM’s Top Billed. Top Billed is putting together a weekly classic actor/actress series in January 2017. Week 1 he is looking at B Movie Stars like Allan Lane; Mary Beth Hughes; Lyle Talbot; Jinx Falkenburg; Tom Conway; Ann Savage; and Robert Livingston. He asked if we could come up with a page on one of these performers….we picked Mr. Talbot.
Lyle Talbot Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Lyle Talbot movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Lyle Talbot movies by actual domestic box office grosses
- Sort Lyle Talbot movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Lyle Talbot movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Lyle Talbot movie received and how many Oscar® wins each movie won.
- Sort Lyle Talbot movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Lyle Talbot Table
- Six Lyle Talbot movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 16.66% of his movies listed. Up In Arms (1944) was his biggest box office hit.
- An average Lyle Talbot movie grossed $57.60 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 15 Lyle Talbot movies are rated as good movies…or 41.66% of his movies. Page Miss Glory (1935) is his highest rated movie while Broadway Hostess (1935) is his lowest rated movie.
- Five Lyle Talbot movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 13.88% of his movies.
- One Lyle Talbot movie won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 2.77% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 39.86. 9 Lyle Talbot movies scored higher that average….or 25.00 of his movies. Up In Arms (1944) got the the highest UMR Score while Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) got the lowest UMR Score.
Adjusted Worlwide Box Office Grosses on 14 Lyle Talbot Movies
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) $102.20 adjusted worldwide gross
- Page Miss Glory (1935) $99.90 adjusted worldwide gross
- The Singing Kid (1936) $99.90 adjusted worldwide gross
- Oil For The Lamps Of China (1935) $96.10 adjusted worldwide gross
- He Married His Wife (1940) $66.30 adjusted worldwide gross
- Three on a Match (1932) $49.00 adjusted worldwide gross
- Mary Stevens M.D. (1933) $48.90 adjusted worldwide gross
- The Dragon Murder Case (1934) $44.80 adjusted worldwide gross
- Fog Over Frisco (1934) $40.20 adjusted worldwide gross
- A Lost Lady (1934) $39.50 adjusted worldwide gross
- Ladies They Talk About (1933) $38.90 adjusted worldwide gross
- The Purchase Price (1932) $37.70 adjusted worldwide gross
- Murder in the Clouds (1934) $36.60 adjusted worldwide gross
- Registered Nurse (1934) $33.30 adjusted worldwide gross
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I remember Lyle for playing the father of one of Beaver Cleaver’s friends on Leave it to Beaver and Ozzie Nelson’s buddy on Ozzie and Harriet. You know even though Ozzie and Harriet was on 14 years they never reran it on free TV in New York City.
I saw Plan 9 about 1980 at a worst film festival at the Beacon theater in NYC. Harry and Michael Medved hosted it. There were about 23 films shown and I saw this and Bride of the Monster and Robot Monster and White Pongo. Saw 7 of the films (each was a separate admission). This festival started right after an 11 day strike by the New York MTA, no subways or busses running.
I keep track of the films I see on index cards. In the old days I just listed as TV for seeing it on TV or T-Bx or T-M for the Bronx or Manhattan. I lived in the Bronx then and worked in Manhattan. When I moved to Queens (1998) I listed the particular theater and for TV for the last 25 years or so I listed what channel I caught it on.
I couldn’t resist doing Lyle. Lyle never made the Oracle of Bacon top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. Here are the only people on the current list who have appeared with him in a film including 17 in one film.
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) – 65 Robert Loggia, 132 Ed Begley Jr., 186 Rosanna Arquette, 200 Joe Pantalaino, 290 Bryan Cranston, 369 Michelle Pfeiffer, 540 Griffin Dunne, 572 Carrie Fisher, 692 Robert Picardo, 744 David Alan Grier, 772 Dick Miller, 791 Kelly Preston, 871 Helen Kelly, 913 Frank Collison, 956 Larry Hankin, 963 Jenny Agutter, 973 Sybil Danning
Feudin’ Fools (1952) – 937 Robert Easton
High School Confidential (1958) – 571 William Smith
Parole Fixer (1940) – 681 Anthony Quinn
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) – 245 Mickey Rooney
With a Song in My Heart (1952) – 271 Robert Wagner, 937 Robert Easton
Here are all the actors who appeared on the first list back in 2000 who have since fallen off but worked with Lyle on a movie. Rank is for 2000.
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1933) – 918 Bette Davis
42nd Street (1933) – 571 Charles Lane
African Treasure (1952) – 118 Woody Strode
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) – 146 Mike Mazurki, 161 Paul Bartel, 310 Steve Forrest, 507 Ralph Bellamy, 604 Bernie Casey, 665 Howard Hesseman, 716 Lou Jacobi, 746 Herb Vigran, 970 Garry Goodrow, 996 Marc McClure
Appointment with Murder (1948) – 271 Peter Brocco
Batman and Robin (1949) – 599 John Doucette, 859 Myron Healey
Big Timber (1950) – 25 Roddy McDowell
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) – 221 John Crawford, 520 William Schallert, 863 Alan Hale Jr.
Champagne for Caesar (1950) – 125 Vincent Price, 222 Bess Flowers, 271 Peter Brocco, 969 Byron Foulger
Chick Carter, Detective (1946) – 506 Douglas Fowley
Chinatown Squad (1935) – 783 James Flavin
Clipped Wings (1953) – 562 Paul Bryar, 894 Philip Van Zandt
College Coach (1933) – 179 John Wayne
Colorado Ambush (1951) – 859 Myron Healey
Danger Street (1947) – 222 Bess Flowers, 963 Frank Ferguson
Desperadoes Outpost (1952) – 859 Myron Healey
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953) – 236 Lee Marvin
Everybody’s Dancin’ (1950) – 25 Roddy McDowell
Federal Man (1950) – 859 Myron Healey
Fighting Fools (1949) – 982 Billy Benedict
Fog Over Frisco (1934) – 740 George Chandler, 918 Bette Davis
Gambler’s Choice (1944) – 969 Byron Foulger
Gateway (1938) – 14 John Carradine, 384 Gilbert Roland, 740 George Chandler, 783 James Flavin
God is My Partner (1957) – 571 Charles Lane, 731 John Hoyt, 994 Ellen Corby
He Married His Wife (1940) – 151 Cesar Romero, 219 Elisha Cook Jr.
High School Confidential (1958) – 623 Russ Tamblyn
Hurricane Island (1951) – 27 Marc Lawrence
Jail Busters (1955) – 299 Fritz Feld
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948) – 506 Douglas Fowley
Johnny One-Eye (1950) – 599 John Doucette
Love is a Racket (1932) – 410 George Raft
Lucky Losers (1950) – 982 Billy Benedict
Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant (1942) – 222 Bess Flowers, 278 Keye Luke
Mississippi Rhythm (1949) – 562 Paul Bryar, 783 James Flavin
Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) – 222 Bess Flowers, 278 Keye Luke
One Body Too Many (1944) – 506 Douglas Fowley
Page Miss Glory (1935) – 81 Lionel Stander, 832 Don Brodie
Parachute Jumper (1933) – 740 George Chandler, 918 Bette Davis, 959 Leon Ames
Parole Fixer (1940) – 571 Charles Lane, 832 Don Brodie, 969 Byron Foulger
Parole, inc. (1948) – 222 Bess Floers, 562 Paul Bryar
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) – 891 Gregory Walcott
Purple Heart Diary (1951) – 564 Harry Guardino
Ringside (1949) – 611 Don ‘Red’ Barry
Second Fiddle (1939) – 571 Charles Lane, 740 George Chandler
Sensation Hunters (1945) – 969 Byron Foulger
She Had to Say Yes (1933) – 571 Charles Lane, 740 George Chandler
Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) – 221 John Crawford
Song of Arizona (1946) – 222 Bess Flowers
Strange Impersonation (1946) – 740 George Chandler
Sunrise at Campobello (1960) – 507 Ralph Bellamy, 555 Hume Cronyn, 963 Frank Ferguson
The Arkansas Traveler (1938) – 783 James Flavin
The Desperado (1954) – 180 Lee Van Cleef, 459 Dabbs Greer
The Falcon Out West (1944) – 194 Lawrence Tierney
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) – 221 John Crawford, 290 George Wallace
The Great Man (1956) – 43 Keenan Wynn, 77 Jose Ferrer, 532 Jim Backus, 744 Dean Jagger
The Jackpot (1950) – 222 Bess Flowers, 299 Fritz Feld, 344 James Stewart, 379 Ann Doran, 894 Philip Van Zandt
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) – 179 John Wayne, 740 George Chandler, 832 Don Brodie
The Mad Magician (1954) – 125 Vincent Price, 238 Patrick O’Neal
The Meanest Man in the World (1943) – 963 Frank Ferguson
The Mystery of the Riverboat (1944) – 100 Ian Wolfe, 969 Byron Foulger
The Scarf (1951) – 90 John Ireland
The Sky Dragon (1949) – 278 Keye Luke
The Vicious Circle (1948) – 271 Peter Brocco, 894 Philip Van Zandt, 963 Frank Ferguson
Three on a Match (1932) – 918 Bette Davis
Tobor the Great (1954) – 271 Peter Brocco, 520 William Schallert
Torture Ship (1939) – 816 Carleton Young
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954) – 221 John Crawford
Trapped by Television (1936) – 27 Marc Lawrence
Triple Trouble (1950) – 562 Paul Bryar, 740 George Chandler, 982 Billy Benedict
Tumbleweed (1953) – 180 Lee Van Cleef
Up in Arms (1944) – 100 Ian Wolfe, 451 Dana Andrews
While the Patient Slept (1935) – 740 George Chandler
White Lightning (1953) – 180 Lee Van Cleef, 562 Paul Bryar, 859 Myron Healey
Wild Weed (1949) – 404 Jack Elam
With a Song in My Heart (1952) – 867 Rory Calhoun
Wyoming Roundup (1952) – 917 Robert J. Wilke
I come up with 22 Oscar winners that Lyle appeared with.
Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy (20 Years in Sing Sing 1933), Ginger Rogers (42nd Street 1933, A Shriek in the Night 1932, The Thirteenth Guest 1932), Walter Brennan (Affairs of Cappy Ricks 1937, Girl Missing 1933, God is My Partner 1957, Miss Pinkerton 1932, Parachute Jumper 1933), Humphrey Bogart (Big City Blues 1932, Three on a Match 1932), Celeste Holm (Champagne for Caesar (1950), Ronald Colman (Champagne for Caesar 1950), John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Don Ameche (Gateway 1938), Alice Brady (Go West, Young Man 1936), Jane Darwell (Heat Lightning 1934, One Night of Love 1934), Mary Astor (Page Miss Glory 1935, Red Hot Tires 1935, Trapped by Television 1936), Claire Trevor (Second Honeymoon 1937), Loretta Young (Second Honeymoon 1937, She Had to Say Yes 1933, The Life of Jimmy Dolan 1933), Greer Garson (Sunrise at Campobello 1960), Jose Ferrer, Dean Jagger, James Stewart, Hattie McDaniel (The Singing Kid 1936), Van Heflin (Wings of the Hawk (1953), Susan Hayward (With a Song in My Heart 1952)
Hey Dan….thanks for the Oracle list. Wow Amazon Women on The Moon is packed with Oracle people. 17 of his 23 remaining Oracle people on that one list. Looking at the second list….it is actually surprising that Talbot was not on the Bacon list in 2000. Seems he was the Danny Trejo of his time….making one low budget movie after another. Looks like he and Bess Flowers made lots of movies togehter…I wonder if they even appeared in any scenes together. Only 22 Oscar winners…that seems pretty low….but I guess his low budget movies did not pull in many Oscar winners….as it looks like most of his Oscar winning co-stars are from the 1930s when he was making movies with Warner Brothers. Thanks for all of this information..I think Mr. Talbot is getting a lot of attention with all of this information….from this page, to Top Billed’s page and your Oracle research.
Hey Dan…..Wow….I should have paid more attention to Talbot’s credits that did not make the page. So he was on Leave It To Beaver….I am sure I saw him….but when I watched that show all the time I only saw the kids…lol.
The Golden Turkey Awards by Medved Brothers is what got me to pay attention to Plan Nine From Outer Space. They put Ed Wood and that movie on the map. To bad Wood passed away before he became famous. The power of index cards. I had my red notebook. Then a database WoC set up for me…..to be replaced by Letterboxd.com. Which is a great way to keep track of the movies you watch. I imagine you went through lots of index cards. Glad to know I am not the only one keeping track…..makes the world seem smaller….lol.