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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

151

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-08-11

Day of Death

1985-09-27 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Lloyd Benedict Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Among his many roles, Nolan is remembered for originating the role of private investigator Michael Shayne in a series of 1940s B movies. Nolan was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Margaret and James Nolan, who was a shoe manufacturer of Irish descent. He attended Santa Clara Preparatory School and Stanford University, flunking out of Stanford as a freshman "because I never got around to attending any other class but dramatics." His parents disapproved of his choice of a career in acting, preferring that he join his father's shoe business, "one of the most solvent commercial firms in San Francisco." Nolan served in the United States Merchant Marine before joining the Dennis Players theatrical troupe in Cape Cod. He began his career on stage and was subsequently lured to Hollywood, where he played mainly doctors, private detectives, and policemen in many film roles. Nolan also contributed solid and key character parts in numerous other films. One, The House on 92nd Street, was a startling revelation to audiences in 1945. It was a conflation of several true incidents of attempted sabotage by the Nazi regime (incidents which the FBI was able to thwart during World War II), and many scenes were filmed on location in New York City, unusual at the time. Nolan portrayed FBI Agent Briggs, and actual FBI employees interacted with Nolan throughout the film; he reprised the role in a subsequent 1948 movie, The Street with No Name. Nolan appeared three times on NBC's Laramie Western series, as sheriff Tully Hatch in the episode "The Star Trail (1959), as outlaw Matt Dyer in the episode "Deadly Is the Night" (1961)[5] and then as former Union Army General George Barton in the episode "War Hero" (1962).[6] On December 8, 1960, Nolan was cast as Dr. Elisha Pittman, in "Knife of Hate" on Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre. In the story line, Dr. Pittman removed one of the legs of Jack Hoyt (Robert Harland) after Hoyt sustained a gunshot wound from which infection was developing. Hoyt wants to marry Susan Pittman (Susan Oliver), but her father is at first unyielding on the matter. Nolan starred in The Outer Limits episode "Soldier" written by Harlan Ellison. He appeared in the NBC Western Bonanza as LaDuke, a New Orleans detective. In 1967, Strother Martin and he guest-starred in the episode "A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord" of NBC's The Road West series, starring Barry Sullivan. Also in 1967, Nolan was a guest star in the popular Western TV series The Virginian, in the episode "The Masquerade" and in the first episode of Mannix. A long-time cigar and pipe smoker, Nolan died of lung cancer on September 27, 1985, at his home in Brentwood, California; he was 83. He is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. CLR Description above from the Wikipedia article Lloyd Nolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Lady in the Lake

1946

Lady in the Lake

as

Lieutenant DeGarmot

Airport

1970

Airport

as

Harry Standish

Earthquake

1974

Earthquake

as

Dr. James Vance

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as

Officer McShane

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951

The Lemon Drop Kid

as

Oxford Charley

Blues in the Night

1941

Blues in the Night

as

Del Davis

Island in the Sky

1953

Island in the Sky

as

Captain Stutz

The House on 92nd Street

1945

The House on 92nd Street

as

Agent George A. Briggs

Dressed to Kill

1941

Dressed to Kill

as

Michael Shayne

The Street with No Name

1948

The Street with No Name

as

Inspector George A. Briggs

Circus World

1964

Circus World

as

Cap Carson

A Hatful of Rain

1957

A Hatful of Rain

as

John Pope, Sr

Peyton Place

1957

Peyton Place

as

Dr. Matthew Swain

Bataan

1943

Bataan

as

Cpl. Barney Todd

Guadalcanal Diary

1943

Guadalcanal Diary

as

Sgt. Hook Malone

The House Across the Bay

1940

The House Across the Bay

as

Slant Kolma

Portrait in Black

1960

Portrait in Black

as

Matthew S. Cabot

Ice Station Zebra

1968

Ice Station Zebra

as

Admiral Garvey

Johnny Apollo

1940

Johnny Apollo

as

Mickey Dwyer

Green Grass of Wyoming

1948

Green Grass of Wyoming

as

Rob McLaughlin

Time to Kill

1942

Time to Kill

as

Michael Shayne

The Texas Rangers

1936

The Texas Rangers

as

Sam 'Polka Dot' McGee

We Joined the Navy

1963

We Joined the Navy

as

Vice Admiral Ryan

Mr. Dynamite

1941

Mr. Dynamite

as

Tommy N. Thornton ('Mr. Dynamite')

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as

Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)

Big Brown Eyes

1936

Big Brown Eyes

as

Russ Cortig

Galyon

1980

Galyon

as

Willard Morgan

Susan Slade

1961

Susan Slade

as

Roger Slade

Fire!

1977

Fire!

as

Doc Bennett

The Girl Hunters

1963

The Girl Hunters

as

Arthur Rickerby

Two Smart People

1946

Two Smart People

as

Bob Simms

It Happened in Flatbush

1942

It Happened in Flatbush

as

Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire

Abandon Ship

1957

Abandon Ship

as

Frank Kelly

Easy Living

1949

Easy Living

as

Lenahan

King of Alcatraz

1938

King of Alcatraz

as

Raymond Grayson

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

1942

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

as

Michael Shayne

Just Off Broadway

1942

Just Off Broadway

as

Michael Shayne

Sleepers West

1941

Sleepers West

as

Michael Shayne

The Double Man

1967

The Double Man

as

Edwards

The Last Hunt

1956

The Last Hunt

as

Woodfoot

Wells Fargo

1937

Wells Fargo

as

Dal Slade

Pier 13

1940

Pier 13

as

Danny Dolan

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

1944

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

as

USAF Debriefing Officer / Narrator

The Sun Comes Up

1949

The Sun Comes Up

as

Thomas I. Chandler

An American Dream

1966

An American Dream

as

Barney Kelly

The Golden Fleecing

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as

Gus Fender

Toward the Unknown

1956

Toward the Unknown

as

Brig. Gen. Bill Banner

Girl of the Night

1960

Girl of the Night

as

Dr. Mitchell

Blue, White, and Perfect

1942

Blue, White, and Perfect

as

Michael Shayne

The Magnificent Fraud

1939

The Magnificent Fraud

as

Sam Barr

You May Be Next!

1936

You May Be Next!

as

Neil Bennett

Santiago

1956

Santiago

as

Clay Pike

Never Too Late

1965

Never Too Late

as

Mayor Crane

The Man I Married

1940

The Man I Married

as

Kenneth Delane

My Boys Are Good Boys

1978

My Boys Are Good Boys

as

Dan Montgomery

Behind the News

1940

Behind the News

as

Stuart Woodrow

Isn't It Shocking?

1973

Isn't It Shocking?

as

Jesse Chapin

Atlantic Adventure

1935

Atlantic Adventure

as

Dan Miller

Ebb Tide

1937

Ebb Tide

as

Attwater

Exclusive

1937

Exclusive

as

Charles Gillette

Somewhere in the Night

1946

Somewhere in the Night

as

Police Lt. Donald Kendall

Crazylegs

1953

Crazylegs

as

Win Brockmeyer

Bad Boy

1949

Bad Boy

as

Marshall Brown

Tip-Off Girls

1938

Tip-Off Girls

as

Bob Anders

Stolen Harmony

1935

Stolen Harmony

as

Chesty Burrage

Dangerous to Know

1938

Dangerous to Know

as

Inspector Brandon

Manila Calling

1942

Manila Calling

as

Lucky Matthews

Hunted Men

1938

Hunted Men

as

Joe Albany

Charter Pilot

1940

Charter Pilot

as

King Morgan

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

1977

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

as

Attorney General Harlan Stone

Flight to Holocaust

1977

Flight to Holocaust

as

Wilton Bender

Apache Trail

1942

Apache Trail

as

Trigger Bill Folliard

'G' Men

1935

'G' Men

as

Hugh Farrell

Prison Farm

1938

Prison Farm

as

Larry Harrison

Undercover Doctor

1939

Undercover Doctor

as

Robert Anders

Devil's Squadron

1936

Devil's Squadron

as

Dana Kirk

Steel Against the Sky

1941

Steel Against the Sky

as

Rocky Evans

Prince Jack

1985

Prince Jack

as

Joe Kennedy

Gangs of Chicago

1940

Gangs of Chicago

as

Matthew J. 'Matty' Burns

15 Maiden Lane

1936

15 Maiden Lane

as

Det. Sgt. Walsh

One Way Ticket

1935

One Way Ticket

as

Jerry

Counterfeit

1936

Counterfeit

as

Capper Stevens

King of Gamblers

1937

King of Gamblers

as

Jim Adams

Ambush

1939

Ambush

as

Tony Andrews

Buy Me That Town

1941

Buy Me That Town

as

Rickey Deane

Captain Eddie

1945

Captain Eddie

as

Lt. Jim Whitaker

St. Louis Blues

1939

St. Louis Blues

as

Dave Geurney

Don't Be a Sucker!

1943

Don't Be a Sucker!

as

Commentator (voice)

Wild Harvest

1947

Wild Harvest

as

Kink

Sergeant Ryker

1968

Sergeant Ryker

as

Gen. Amos Bailey

War Comes to America

1945

War Comes to America

as

Narrator

Every Day's a Holiday

1937

Every Day's a Holiday

as

John Quade

The November Plan

1977

The November Plan

as

Gen. Smedley Butler

Valentine

1979

Valentine

as

Brother Joe

Lady of Secrets

1936

Lady of Secrets

as

Michael Harvey

Wings of Fire

1967

Wings of Fire

as

Max Clarity

The Sky's the Limit

1975

The Sky's the Limit

as

Cornwall

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

1984

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

as

Monsignor Donoghue

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Julian Tenley

Remington Steele

Remington Steele

as

Lloyd Nolan

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure

as

Col. Fraser

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as

Gen. Amos Bailey

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as

Judge Harper

Mannix

Mannix

as

Sam Dubrio

Lincoln

Lincoln

as

William H. Seward

The Waltons

The Waltons

as

Cyrus Guthrie

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

as

Ben Hanks

Julia

Julia

as

Dr. Morton Chegley

The Virginian

The Virginian

as

Wade Anders

Climax!

Climax!

as

Jack London

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

as

Tom Kagan

The Magician

The Magician

as

Charles Keegan

The Virginian

The Virginian

as

Abe Clayton

The Virginian

The Virginian

as

Tom Foster

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self - Panelist

The Ford Theatre Hour

The Ford Theatre Hour

as

Nifty Miller

Production

Crew

Directing