March 4, 1996 Lyle Talbot, a film and television actor who shared the screen with such legends as Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Carole Lombard and Barbara Stanwyck, died at his San Francisco home. In 1948, he married Margaret Epple, who was quite a bit younger than he was. In the 1960s and '70s, Mr. Talbot returned to the stage, appearing in San Francisco at the Geary and Curran theaters in Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" and "Never Too Late. Courtesy of Margaret Talbot Lyle Talbot was married to Elaine Melchior for 0 years, Marguerite Ethel Cramer for 3 years, Abigail Adams for 0 years, Keven McClure for 1 year, and Margaret Epple (aka Paula Deaven) for 41 years. Daughter Cynthia is a doctor in Seattle. Shes especially fascinated by the preHays Code films of the early thirties in which her father got his start, and she laments the end of the unsanitized, tartly written, freewheeling female buddy comediesthink Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrellwhile allowing that many directors, such as Alfred Hitchcock, did their best work within the Codes confines, as they were compelled to deal in displacement, ambiguity, and suggestion., Of all the characters Lyle inhabitedhe acted in more than 300 films and TV showsit was the role of father that he thrived upon most. - Ethan Laidlaw - Archives, Silent Western Reviews Before The New Yorker, Magaret spent four years as Contributing Writer for the New York Times magazine from 1999 to 2003. Close. Margaret Talbot joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2004, writing Profiles and also dispatches and commentary on legal issues, cultural history, social movements, and indie music. [So is] Glen or Glenda, which is the story of a cross-dresser, which is actually Ed Woods' personal story, brought to screen in a very surreal way but still there's real heart in it. Lyle had a lot of love for his family, his two sons and two daughters. Online version is titled "Trump's state of disunion". 88 of 194. They are all very successful and he was very proud of them. - Walter Burke - Dick Alexander It helped, she used to say, if you really enjoyed looking at the person you were married to.. She is happily married to her handsome husband Arthur Allen. Lyle Talbot began his career as an itinerant carnival and vaudeville performer before eventually making his way to Hollywood. - Dick Curtis 28-Feb-1949) TELEVISION The Beverly Hillbillies Col. Blake (1962-67) He co-starred as Ozzie Nelson's friend Joe Randolph on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952) and as Robert Cummings' Air Force buddy in The Bob Cummings Show (1955) (also known as "Love that Bob") and made guest appearances on a plethora of TV series, including Leave It to Beaver (1957), The Lone Ranger (1949), Topper (1953), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), Perry Mason (1957), Rawhide (1959), Wagon Train (1957), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Green Acres (1965), Charlie's Angels (1976), Newhart (1982), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) and Who's the Boss? He had four kids to support. His body was falling apart but his mind was sharp right to the last. "What an assortment. - Edward J. Peil - Edmund Cobb Wife: Margaret Epple (m. 1948, d. 1989, two daughters, two sons) Daughter: Cynthia (physician) Son: David Talbot (journalist, editor of Salon) Daughter: Margaret (writer, The New Yorker) Son: Stephen Henderson Talbot (documentary producer, b. Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. - Don Harvey - Marie Windsor - J. Farrell MacDonald - Glenn Strange He was known for his television role as James Gordon in the Batman serials television series. - James Coburn Often cast as light heavies, like the gangster who was also a playboy, the fine-featured Lyle played against Mae West, Humphrey Bogart, and Barbara Stanwyck; offscreen, it seems he was also something of a rou, enjoying games of tennis at Hearst Castle and cutting a swath through the citys surfeit of beautiful, high-strung women. Starting out as a magician-hypnotist's assistant, he worked his way up to magician before quitting the carny's life for that of the stock theater. So, you know, I think in acting and in Hollywood, the hierarchy is so visible and the rewards at the top are so amazing, you know, that if you become a big star, that people who don't maybe become bitter. Lyle Talbot starred as Joe Randolph on the ABC sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet throughout the 1950s and '60s. [1] She is also the daughter of the veteran Warner Bros. actor Lyle Talbot, whom she profiled in an October 2012 The New Yorker article and in her book The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century (Riverhead Books, 2012). He was back helping Batman and Robin in 1949 at Columbia as Commissioner Gordon. Lysle Henderson was born February 8, 1902, in Pittsburgh, PA, but calls Nebraska home because he grew up there. - Lyle Bettger - Scott Marlowe To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. He learned to act with stock companies throughout the Midwest, where he became a leading man, and even formed his own short-lived company in Memphis, Tennessee, "The Talbot Players," which included his actor father and stepmother, Ed and Anna Henderson.By 1931 he was in Hollywood as the talkies were maturing. - Jean Willes - James Griffith I first saw Lyle on stage at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood when I was 13. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Courtesy of Margaret Talbot view all Margaret Epple's . She was born in 1962 in Los Angeles, California, in the United States of America. Lyle Talbot 91 of 197 Lyle Talbor's wife and the mother of his four children, Paula Talbot (born: Margaret Epple). The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Fathers Twentieth Century, By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution. Later in life he took some lesser parts. - Dennis Moore He would later tell his son, Salon.com founder David Talbot, You kids think you invented free love in the sixties. - Harry Woods - Donald Curtis In pictures he played opposite the bestMae West, Shirley Temple, Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard. Mr. Talbot worked with a variety of actors and directors, including the famously quirky director Ed Wood. The entertainer; movies, magic, and my father's twentieth century by Margaret Talbot available in Hardcover on Powells.com, also read synopsis and reviews. Relationship 42 years Sources 1 Compatibility 25% Children 4 children 00 view relationship Partner Comparison Children Discussions Have your say Lyle Talbot (Lisle Henderson, February 8, 1902 March 2, 1996) was an American movie, television, stage, voice, radio actor. Lyle continued appearing on stage in dinner theatres through the late '80s until his wife of nearly 42 years, Margaret Epple, died in 1989. Lyle Talbot, who appeared in over 150 movies from leads in Warner Bros.' "pre-Code" pictures to countless supporting roles, and later enjoyed a steady TV career as a character actor, was born Lysle Henderson on February 8, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lyle sold his house of many years in Studio City when Margaret died and moved to an apartment in the heart of San Francisco to be near his children. At odds with his father, his grandmother Talbot legally adopted Lysle, changing his name to Talbot. Moreover, she has a nephew Joe Talbot who serves as a filmmaker in America. A documentary filmmaker Lives and works in San Francisco. Using the life and career of her father, an early Hollywood actor, New Yorker writer Margaret Talbot. His antagonists opened up history for feminists and other activists. Lyle Talbot, a film and television actor who shared the screen with such legends as Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Carole Lombard and Barbara Stanwyck, died at his San Francisco home Sunday. Margaret Talbot is an American news reporter. The valedictorian title is a title awarded to the best performing student in the class. Then Lyle did shows with Ozzie and Harriett as well as many plays. Then came his tour-de-force as bald mad professor Lex Luthor in Atom Man Vs. Superman (50 Columbia). She was one of the founding editors of Lingua Franca and was a senior fellow at New America. - Archives, Heavies and Characters - Page 2 (1950-1979). - Morris Ankrum She was formerly a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation.[10]. Yeah, it did not seem promising at all. Before The New Yorker, Magret spent four years as Contributing Writer for the New York Times magazine from 1999 to 2003. Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile, Commando Cody: Sky Marshall of the Universe, Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (20-May-1954), Trader Tom of the China Seas (11-Jan-1954), Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (6-Nov-1952), Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (17-Sep-1942), Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile. - Robert Ryan .kind of impressive because it was coming from a man who had known some very smartly dressed stunners in his day, a man who had kissed Carole Lombard and Loretta Young. But if Talbots father was the family charmer, it was her mother, my fathers personal jar of sunlight, who was the emotional backboneand a woman who clearly knew what she wanted in a man. My fathers stories, writes. Your IP: - Charlie King He also appeared in several television shows, including "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," where he played Ozzie Nelson's friend Joe Randolph for 11 years and the "Bob Cummings Show.". [4] She has also written for The New Republic,[5] The New York Times Magazine,[6] and The Atlantic Monthly. - Roy Barcroft A coal miner, he settled near Pittsburgh later moving to Wyoming. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Talbot talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the Golden Age of Hollywood, her father's playboy past, and how he found work as an actor. Ad Choices. Margret is 5 ft 6 in tall (Approx 1.71 m). - Claude Akins ", On her mother's ostensibly ill-fated marriage to Lyle Talbot, who, when they met, was a problem drinker nearly three decades her senior, "He suggested that they get married in Tijuana, [and there was] even some doubt about whether the marriage was quite legal because he was trying to save publicity at that point, save her from the publicity. - Dan Duryea Margaret is the daughter of Lyle Talbot, who was a veteran Warner Bros actor, and Margaret Epple. We got to live our suburban idyll, his daughter writes, in large part because my father was enacting another one on TV., The youngest child of Lyles last (and 40-year-long) marriage, Talbot acts as a kind of family archaeologist, working from her siblings memories, her fathers scrapbooks, and her own meticulous research. Margaret had interviews with a number of experts in order to rebuttal the views of the students and their schools to emphasize the importance of the valedictorian title. The actor was 46 when he wed Paula Epple, 20, in 1948. hide caption. Margaret Talbot is an American essayist and non-fiction writer. After several days illness, at 94, the legendary Lyle Talbot died March 3, 1996, at his San Francisco apartment. We worked together in Mexican Spitfire pictures, Lone Ranger, a commercial and more. - George Wallace Lyle Talbot as a young actor. You have no idea what it was like to be young and beautiful in the thirties in Hollywood. Margaret Talbot joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2003. Moreover, she has a nephew Joe Talbot who serves as a filmmaker in America. ", "I think the Ed Wood movies would come to mind Plan 9 from Outer Space is one of the movies. In the 50s Lyle became a staple on early TV westerns, sometimes representing judges or doctors, but often the outlaw boss. Traveling shows came through these small towns in Nebraska, and, just like you would imagine, like the circus coming to town, they caught a lot of kids' imaginations, and my father was one of them. All rights reserved. - Marshall Reed Some of Margrets colleagues at The New Yorker Include: She receives decent pay as a Staff Writer at The New Yorker. - Earle Hodgins view all Immediate Family. - Lane Bradford I dont think Lyle made a great Lex Luthor. - John Dehner Marshal, supporting Eddie Dew in Trail to Gunsight at Universal. Edition", "The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret_Talbot&oldid=1136099064, This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 18:58. By this time his Dad had married Anna Nielsen and theyd gone into show business as actors who toured with traveling repertory companies throughout the Midwest. - Warren Oates Wife of Lyle Talbot Mother of Private . Lyle always believed you werent an actor unless you were actingno small parts, only small actors. Lyle was frequently loaned to other studios during his Warners tenure, most notably for The 13th Guest at Monogram in 32 and Trapped By Television at Columbia in 36. ", On the Hays Code, which was adopted in 1930 but not enforced until 1934, intended to regulate Hollywood film production. Magaret earned her masters degree in History from Harvard University. One of his daughters married a Talbot and the Talbots daughter living in Brainard, Nebraska, at 18, married a Scotchman named Henderson. Before joining The New Yorker, Magaret spent four years from 1999 to 2003 serving for the New York Times magazine as Contributing Writer. Apart from writing, she is the author of The Entertainer published in 2012 and co-author By the Light of Burning Dreams along with her brother David Talbot. - Chris Alcaide In the 1950s, during a fallow professional period, he made three movies with Wood: "Glen or Glenda," the saga of a man who violates social taboos in his adoration of angora and women's lingerie; "Jail Bait," a bizarre film noir with an interminable flamenco guitar score; and "Plan 9 From Outer Space," a howler that mixes hick science, zombies, warlike pacifists from another planet and the crackpot utterances of a frenetic futurist. Roy Barcroft a coal miner, he settled near Pittsburgh later moving to Wyoming Wood movies would come mind. In Atom Man Vs. 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