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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Certainly an unusual subject, I guess. You mentioned he was the first, and I think still the best, live action Lex Luther. He was also the first live action Commissioner Gordon in the serial Batman and Robin in 1949. For anyone who desires more info on Talbot and his career than what IMDB provides, I recommend going to “The Files of Jerry Blake” website focusing on serials. Talbot is one of the villains covered. The information and background on any actor who appeared in serials as a major segment of his career is unique in depth and scope at this site.
Hey John…..this was a request for another website…..in the end…. I figured I would include it here….I mean it is 36 classic movies…..but without Top Billed request…..not thinking Mr. Talbot would have had a UMR page until we were in the 1000s of UMR pages versus the 500 we are currently at. So he has a Superman and a Batman credit in his past….that is pretty cool. I will have to check out The Files of Jerry Blake…thanks for the suggestion. Sounds like a pretty interesting site. Thanks for the comment and the visit.
Interesting though I must admit I have always gotten this guy and the guy from Carol Burnett show mixed up. Thanks for eliminating the confusion. Lyle Waggoner was the other Lyle.
Hey Stein….glad this page has allowed you to know the difference between Talbot and Waggoner.
Have to confess I’ve never heard of this guy. His face isn’t familiar either. I think we’ve veered into obscure character actor territory. I’ve seen three of those films.
Hey Steve….he was a Warner Brothers star in the 1930s….usually playing second and third leads….when he graduated to lead roles they were in low budget B movies….and then he joined the Ed Wood film company and made history for making some of the worst movies ever. Tim Burton did not include him in Ed Wood….but Talbot was in Plane Nine From Outer Space. My tally is two….and I do not remember his part at all in Three On A Match. I do remember him as the general in Plan Nine. Thanks for checking out this obscure character actor. He did play Lex Luther in Superman vs Atomic Man….he beat Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey and Jesse Eisenberg to that role by 25 plus years.
Hey Bruce, thanks for the info. Lex Luthor eh? so Lyle Talbot has his place in comic book history. 🙂
The three I’ve seen are – Up in Arms, 20,000 Years in Sing Sing and that multi-Oscar winner Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Hey Steve…..no problem. On TopBilled’s Week 1 suggestion….I felt that I could locate more of Talbot’s movies than anybody else. I did great in the 1930s….but when he got to the 1940s and 1950s I think his movies reached “C” level. One step above what me and the kids film for fun around the house. I think Plan 9 got 4 Oscar nominations…and won the Golden Globe for Best Picture…lol.
Hey Pops. Never heard of this guy.
Oh the guy from Plan Nine. Got it.
Yep Plan Nine From Outer Space. The pinnacle of Ed Wood’s career.
Hey BryRog57……he had a long career….but I think the fact that is best remembered for one of the worst movies ever made…might have something to do with why many are not too familiar with him.
Thanks! That is so great. I wrote a piece on him yesterday (see link below to his page on my blog).
When I post it in the Golden Age roll call thread in early January, I will also post a link to what you’ve done. I think people will enjoy getting to know more about him.
https://ayearofstars.wordpress.com/2016/12/21/lyle-talbot/
Hey Top Billed…glad you like it…sorry it is missing so many movies…but a quick look at the internet and this is the one of the most detailed pages on his career. Thanks for sharing the link.