Acting
Lloyd Nolan
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.
Filmography
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
Film · 2000
Hannah and Her Sisters
Film · 1986
Prince Jack
Film · 1985
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Film · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Remington Steele
Series · 1982
Galyon
Film · 1980
Valentine
Film · 1979
$weepstake$
Series · 1979
My Boys Are Good Boys
Film · 1978
Fire!
Film · 1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Film · 1977
Flight to Holocaust
Film · 1977
The November Plan
Film · 1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Series · 1977
Quincy, M.E.
Series · 1976
City of Angels
Series · 1976
The Abduction of Saint Anne
Film · 1975
The Sky's the Limit
Film · 1975
Ellery Queen
Series · 1975
Earthquake
Film · 1974
Police Woman
Series · 1974
Lincoln
Series · 1974
Isn't It Shocking?
Film · 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
The Magician
Series · 1973
The Waltons
Series · 1972
Airport
Film · 1970
McCloud
Series · 1970
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Series · 1969
Ice Station Zebra
Film · 1968
Sergeant Ryker
Film · 1968
Julia
Series · 1968
The Double Man
Film · 1967
Wings of Fire
Film · 1967
Mannix
Series · 1967
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
An American Dream
Film · 1966
Never Too Late
Film · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
Circus World
Film · 1964
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
The Bing Crosby Show
Series · 1964
We Joined the Navy
Film · 1963
The Girl Hunters
Film · 1963
The Great Adventure
Series · 1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Series · 1963
The Outer Limits
Series · 1963
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Susan Slade
Film · 1961
The Dick Powell Show
Series · 1961
Bus Stop
Series · 1961
Portrait in Black
Film · 1960
Girl of the Night
Film · 1960
Outlaws
Series · 1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Series · 1960
Laramie
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Startime
Series · 1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Series · 1958
A Hatful of Rain
Film · 1957
Peyton Place
Film · 1957
Seven Waves Away
Film · 1957
The Last Hunt
Film · 1956
Toward the Unknown
Film · 1956
Santiago
Film · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Film · 1955
Ford Star Jubilee
Series · 1955
MGM Parade
Series · 1955
Climax!
Series · 1954
Island in the Sky
Film · 1953
Crazylegs
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Natural Vision 3-Dimension
Film · 1952
The Lemon Drop Kid
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Easy Living
Film · 1949
The Sun Comes Up
Film · 1949
Bad Boy
Film · 1949
Martin Kane, Private Eye
Series · 1949
The Street with No Name
Film · 1948
Green Grass of Wyoming
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
The Ford Theatre Hour
Series · 1948
Wild Harvest
Film · 1947
Lady in the Lake
Film · 1946
Two Smart People
Film · 1946
Somewhere in the Night
Film · 1946
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Film · 1945
The House on 92nd Street
Film · 1945
Circumstantial Evidence
Film · 1945
Captain Eddie
Film · 1945
War Comes to America
Film · 1945
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Film · 1944
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Film · 1944
Bataan
Film · 1943
Guadalcanal Diary
Film · 1943
Don't Be a Sucker!
Film · 1943
Time to Kill
Film · 1942
It Happened in Flatbush
Film · 1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Film · 1942
Just Off Broadway
Film · 1942
Blue, White and Perfect
Film · 1942
Manila Calling
Film · 1942
Apache Trail
Film · 1942
Blues in the Night
Film · 1941
Dressed to Kill
Film · 1941
Mr. Dynamite
Film · 1941
Sleepers West
Film · 1941
Steel Against the Sky
Film · 1941
Buy Me That Town
Film · 1941
The House Across the Bay
Film · 1940
Johnny Apollo
Film · 1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Film · 1940
Pier 13
Film · 1940
The Golden Fleecing
Film · 1940
The Man I Married
Film · 1940
Behind the News
Film · 1940
Charter Pilot
Film · 1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Film · 1940
Gangs of Chicago
Film · 1940
The Magnificent Fraud
Film · 1939
Undercover Doctor
Film · 1939
Ambush
Film · 1939
St. Louis Blues
Film · 1939
We're in the Movies, Now!
Film · 1939
King of Alcatraz
Film · 1938
Tip-Off Girls
Film · 1938
Dangerous to Know
Film · 1938
Hunted Men
Film · 1938
Prison Farm
Film · 1938
Wells Fargo
Film · 1937
Ebb Tide
Film · 1937
Exclusive
Film · 1937
King of Gamblers
Film · 1937
Internes Can't Take Money
Film · 1937
Every Day's a Holiday
Film · 1937
The Texas Rangers
Film · 1936
Big Brown Eyes
Film · 1936
You May Be Next!
Film · 1936
Devil's Squadron
Film · 1936
15 Maiden Lane
Film · 1936
Counterfeit
Film · 1936
Lady of Secrets
Film · 1936
Atlantic Adventure
Film · 1935
She Couldn't Take It
Film · 1935
Stolen Harmony
Film · 1935
'G' Men
Film · 1935
One Way Ticket
Film · 1935