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Lloyd Benedict Nolan 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.
Birth Name
Lloyd Benedict Nolan
Born
Monday, 11 August 1902
Died
Friday, 27 September 1985
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| 3-D Rarities | (archive footage) | 2015 |
| The Sixties | Dr. Morton Chegley | 2013 |
| Pioneers of Television | Dr. Morton Chegley | 2008 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Announcer - for NyQuil | 2004 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Dr. Vance in Earthquake | 2003 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Dr. Swain | 1997 |
| The 59th Annual Academy Awards | Evan | 1987 |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Evan | 1986 |
| It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Monsignor Donoghue | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Julian Tenley | 1984 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| 3-D Rarities | (archive footage) | 2015 |
| The Sixties | Dr. Morton Chegley | 2013 |
| Pioneers of Television | Dr. Morton Chegley | 2008 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Announcer - for NyQuil | 2004 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Dr. Vance in Earthquake | 2003 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Dr. Swain | 1997 |
| The 59th Annual Academy Awards | Evan | 1987 |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Evan | 1986 |
| It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Monsignor Donoghue | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Julian Tenley | 1984 |
| Prince Jack | Joe Kennedy | 1984 |
| Remington Steele | Lloyd Nolan | 1982 |
| Galyon | Willard Morgan | 1980 |
| Archie Bunker's Place | Judge Sean McGuire | 1979 |
| Sweepstakes | Dr. Warnecke | 1979 |
| My Boys Are Good Boys | Dan Montgomery / Security Officer Dan Mountgomery | 1978 |
| The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Attorney General Harlan Stone | 1977 |
| Fire | Doc Bennett | 1977 |
| Flight to Holocaust | Wilton Bender | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Professor Anton Hendricks | 1977 |
| The November Plan | Gen. Smedley Butler | 1977 |
| The Mask of Alexander Cross | Strickland | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Dr. Herbert Schumann | 1976 |
| City of Angels | Gen. Smedley Butler | 1976 |
| Ellery Queen | Doctor Sanford | 1975 |
| The Abduction of Saint Anne | Carl Gentry | 1975 |
| Earthquake | Dr. Vance / Dr. James Vance | 1974 |
| Police Woman | Q. Waldo Mims | 1974 |
| Lincoln | William H. Seward | 1974 |
| Tomorrow Coast to Coast | Self | 1973 |
| Isn't It Shocking? | Jesse Chapin | 1973 |
| The Magician | Charles Keegan | 1973 |
| The Waltons | Cyrus Guthrie | 1972 |
| McMillan & Wife | Horace Sherwin | 1971 |
| Airport | Harry Standish | 1970 |
| McCloud | Elroy Jenkins | 1970 |
| Bracken's World | Self | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Dr. Karl Richardson | 1969 |
| Ice Station Zebra | Admiral Garvey | 1968 |
| Julia | Dr. Morton Chegley / Dr. Norton Chegley | 1968 |
| Sergeant Ryker | Gen. Amos Bailey | 1968 |
| Mannix | Sam Dubrio | 1967 |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | Dr. Richmond | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | D.A. Patrick Bantry | 1967 |
| The Double Man | Edwards | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
| Wings of Fire | Max Clarity | 1967 |
| The Road West | Jed Daniell | 1966 |
| An American Dream | Barney Kelly | 1966 |
| Never Too Late | Mayor Crane | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Judge Harper | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self - Cameo | 1965 |
| I Spy | Manion | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Ben Hanks | 1964 |
| Slattery's People | Admiral Wallace Blackburtn | 1964 |
| The Bing Crosby Show | Harvey | 1964 |
| Circus World | Cap Carson | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Gen. Amos Bailey | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Dan Sinclair | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Col. Fraser | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Tom Kagan | 1963 |
| The Girl Hunters | Federal Agent Arthur Rickerby / Arthur Rickerby | 1963 |
| We Joined the Navy | Ryan / Vice Admiral Ryan | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Wade Anders / Tom Foster / Abe Clayton | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | 1961 |
| Susan Slade | Roger Slade | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Stroud | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Vernon Clay | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | James Feveral | 1961 |
| Girl of the Night | Dr. Mitchell | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Buck Breeson | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | George McShane | 1960 |
| Portrait in Black | Matthew S. Cabot | 1960 |
| Startime | Narrator | 1959 |
| Laramie | General George Barton / Matt Dyer / Sheriff Tully Hatch | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Inspector Charles Leduque | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | George 'Bugs' Moran | 1959 |
| Special Agent 7 | Special Agent Philip Conroy | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Col. David Watkins | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Sheriff Orville Darrow | 1958 |
| Peyton Place | Dr. Swain / Dr. Matthew Swain | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Hunter Malloy | 1957 |
| The Big Record | Self | 1957 |
| A Hatful of Rain | John Pope, Sr / John Pope, Sr. | 1957 |
| Seven Days from Now | Frank Kelly | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Adam Larkin / Dr. Elisha Pittman | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Capt. Kuyper | 1956 |
| Toward the Unknown | Brig. Gen. Bill Banner | 1956 |
| Santiago | Clay Pike | 1956 |
| The Last Hunt | Woodfoot | 1956 |
| Ford Star Jubilee | Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg | 1955 |
| MGM Parade | Self | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Cornwall | 1954 |
| Climax! | Self / Jack London | 1954 |
| Father Knows Best | Coach Harper | 1954 |
| Crazylegs | Win Brockmeyer | 1953 |
| Island in the Sky | Captain Stutz | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Michael Bowen / Robert Hale | 1953 |
| The Lemon Drop Kid | Oxford Charlie / Oxford Charley | 1951 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist | 1950 |
| Easy Living | Lenahan | 1949 |
| Martin Kane | Martin Kane | 1949 |
| Bad Boy | Marshall Brown | 1949 |
| The Sun Comes Up | Thomas I. Chandler | 1949 |
| The Ford Theatre Hour | Nifty Miller | 1948 |
| The Street with No Name | Inspector George A. Briggs / Insp. George A. Briggs | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Guest | 1948 |
| Green Grass of Wyoming | Rob McLaughlin | 1948 |
| Wild Harvest | Kink | 1947 |
| Lady in the Lake | Lt. DeGarmot / Lieutenant DeGarmot | 1946 |
| Somewhere in the Night | Police Lt. Donald Kendall | 1946 |
| Two Smart People | Bob Simms | 1946 |
| The House on 92nd Street | Inspector George A. Briggs / Agent George A. Briggs | 1945 |
| Captain Eddie | Lt. Jim Whittaker / Lt. Jim Whitaker | 1945 |
| War Comes to America | Narrator | 1945 |
| Circumstantial Evidence | Sam Lord | 1945 |
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Officer McShane | 1945 |
| Resisting Enemy Interrogation | USAF Debriefing Officer / Narrator | 1944 |
| Attack! Battle of New Britain | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1944 |
| Guadalcanal Diary | Sgt. Hook Malone | 1943 |
| Don't Be a Sucker | Commentator | 1943 |
| Bataan | Corp. Barney Todd / Cpl. Barney Todd | 1943 |
| Time to Kill | Michael Shayne | 1943 |
| Manila Calling | Lucky Matthews | 1942 |
| Apache Trail | Trigger Bill Folliard | 1942 |
| Just Off Broadway | Michael Shayne | 1942 |
| It Happened in Flatbush | Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire | 1942 |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Michael Shayne | 1942 |
| Blue, White and Perfect | Michael Shayne | 1942 |
| Steel Against the Sky | Rocky Evans | 1941 |
| Blues in the Night | Del Davis | 1941 |
| Buy Me That Town | Rickey Deane | 1941 |
| Dressed to Kill | Michael Shayne | 1941 |
| Sleepers West | Michael Shayne | 1941 |
| Mr. Dynamite | Tommy N. Thornton ('Mr. Dynamite') | 1941 |
| Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Michael Shayne | 1941 |
| Behind the News | Stuart Woodrow | 1940 |
| Charter Pilot | King Morgan | 1940 |
| The Golden Fleecing | Gus Fender | 1940 |
| Pier 13 | Danny Dolan | 1940 |
| The Man I Married | Kenneth Delane | 1940 |
| Gangs of Chicago | Matthew J. 'Matty' Burns | 1940 |
| Johnny Apollo | Mickey Dwyer | 1940 |
| The House Across the Bay | Slant Kolma | 1940 |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Joe Monday | 1940 |
| The Magnificent Fraud | Sam Barr | 1939 |
| Undercover Doctor | Robert Anders | 1939 |
| St. Louis Blues | Dave Geurney | 1939 |
| Ambush | Tony Andrews | 1939 |
| King of Alcatraz | Raymond Grayson | 1938 |
| Prison Farm | Larry Harrison | 1938 |
| Hunted Men | Joe Albany | 1938 |
| Tip-Off Girls | Bob Anders | 1938 |
| Dangerous to Know | Inspector Brandon / Insp. Brandon | 1938 |
| Wells Fargo | Dal Slade | 1937 |
| Every Day's a Holiday | John Quade | 1937 |
| Ebb Tide | Attwater | 1937 |
| Exclusive | Charles Gillette | 1937 |
| King of Gamblers | Jim Adams | 1937 |
| Internes Can't Take Money | Hanlon | 1937 |
| 15 Maiden Lane | Det. Sgt. Walsh | 1936 |
| The Texas Rangers | Sam 'Polka Dot' McGee | 1936 |
| Counterfeit | Capper Stevens | 1936 |
| Devil's Squadron | Dana Kirk | 1936 |
| Big Brown Eyes | Russ Cortig | 1936 |
| Lady of Secrets | Michael / Michael Harvey | 1936 |
| You May Be Next! | Neil Bennett | 1936 |
| One-Way Ticket | Jerry | 1935 |
| She Couldn't Take It | Tex | 1935 |
| Atlantic Adventure | Dan Miller | 1935 |
| 'G' Men | Hugh Farrell | 1935 |
| Stolen Harmony | Chesty Burrage | 1935 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1969 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1956 | Emmy | Best Actor - Single Performance | Won |
