Lyle Latell (born Lyle Zeiem;[1] April 9, 1904[2] – October 24, 1967)[3] was an American character actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Pat Patton in the Dick Tracy film series.[4]
Lyle Latell | |
|---|---|
 Latell in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) | |
| Born | Lyle Zeien April 9, 1904 Elma, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 1967 (aged 63) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | San Fernando Mission Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1941–1966 |
| Spouse |
Mary Foy (m. 1947) |
Biography
editLatell was born Lyle Zeiem in April 1904 in Elma, Iowa. He married Mary Foy in 1947.[5] He died in October 1967 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, at the age of 63.[6] He is interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery.[7]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Federal Fugitives | Chuck | Film debut |
| 1941 | Sky Raiders | Evans | 12-episode serial |
| 1941 | In the Navy | Marine Sentry | (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Texas | Dutch Henry | (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Great Guns | New Recruit | (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Shadow of the Thin Man | Waiter Serving Benny | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Fleet's In | Drunk Harassing the Countess | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Night Before the Divorce | Detective Brady | |
| 1942 | True to the Army | Soldier | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde | Bus Driver | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Wife Takes a Flyer | Muller | |
| 1942 | They All Kissed the Bride | Truck Driver | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Foreign Agent | Eddie McGurk | |
| 1942 | The Navy Comes Through | Oiler | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Army Guard | (scenes deleted) |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky | Man in Kissing Routine | (uncredited) |
| 1943 | They Got Me Covered | Walsh | (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Yanks Ahoy | Helmsman | (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Men on Her Mind | Big Joe Munroe | |
| 1944 | The Navy Way | Agnes' Cousin | (uncredited) |
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | Marine | (uncredited) |
| 1944 | That's My Baby! | Office Worker Comedy Routine | |
| 1944 | One Mysterious Night | Detective Sergeant Matthews | (uncredited) |
| 1944 | One Body Too Many | Manager of Atlas Detective Agency | (uncredited) |
| 1945 | High Powered | Worker at Dance | (uncredited) |
| 1945 | A Guy, a Gal and a Pal | Marine Major | (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Chicago Kid | Henchman | (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Incendiary Blonde | New Yorker | (uncredited) |
| 1945 | George White's Scandals | Bartender Gag | (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Hold That Blonde | Tony | |
| 1945 | Dick Tracy | Pat Patton | |
| 1946 | The Well Groomed Bride | Bit Part | (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Shadows Over Chinatown | Police Clerk | |
| 1946 | The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | Peter Musso | |
| 1946 | The Well Groomed Bride | Bit Part | (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Pat Patton | |
| 1946 | That Brennan Girl | Party Guest | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Perfect Marriage | Bulaski | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Sergeant - Medic #1 | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Pat Patton | |
| 1947 | The Trouble with Women | Sailor | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Gas House Kids in Hollywood | Carter's Henchman | |
| 1947 | Song of the Thin Man | Mug #2 | |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Pat Patton | |
| 1947 | Ride the Pink Horse | Policeman | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Road to the Big House | Minor Role | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Sergeant - Medic #1 | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | T-Men | Gregg's Driver | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas | Horseman | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Shatterproof Glass Seller | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Cobra Strikes | Police Sgt. Harris | |
| 1948 | The Street with No Name | Officer | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Hollow Triumph | Ship's Official at Dock | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Night Has a Thousand Eyes | Policeman | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Bungalow 13 | Willie | |
| 1948 | He Walked by Night | Police Seargent | (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Sky Dragon | Ed Davidson | |
| 1949 | Red Stallion in the Rockies | Dice Player | (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Take One False Step | Reporter | (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Trapped | Agent Curry | |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Tropper | (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Clay | (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Great Jewel Robber | Guard | (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Highway 301 | Police Officer Murray | |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Tropper | (uncredited) |
| 1951 | I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. | FBI Officer Cahill | |
| 1951 | Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | Sgt. Noonan | |
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Policeman | |
| 1953 | Off Limits | Bartender | (uncredited) |
| 1953 | House of Wax | Waiter | |
| 1953 | Scared Stiff | Ship Captain | |
| 1953 | Houdini | Calcott | (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Big Heat | Moving Man | (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Crime Wave | Hoodlum at Counter | (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | Baggage Car Attendant | (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Girl Rush | Bus Driver | (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Oil Rigger | (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Bobby Ware Is Missing | Deputy | (uncredited) |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Man in Saloon | (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Steel Jungle | Bailiff | |
| 1956 | Indestructible Man | Police Seargent | (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Mohawk | Settler | (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Outside the Law | Counterman | (uncredited) |
| 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It | Dispatcher | (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy | Head Bouncer | (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Kelly and Me | Joe Webb | |
| 1957 | Not of This Earth | (scenes deleted) | |
| 1957 | Affair in Reno | Squad Car Policeman | (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Public Pigeon No. 1 | Police Sergeant Ryan | |
| 1957 | Beginning of the End | Police Lt. MacKenzie | |
| 1957 | The Night the World Exploded | Civil Defense Chief Carson | |
| 1958 | The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Counterman | (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Cole Younger, Gunfighter | Second Bartender | (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Live Fast, Die Young | Josh | |
| 1958 | The Fearmakers | Police Sergeant Dispatcher | (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | Conductor #1 | (uncredited) |
| 1960 | One Foot in Hell | Cantina Barfly | (uncredited) |
| 1962 | House of Women | Sam - Prison Guard | (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Wall of Noise | Ticket Seller | (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Chamber of Horrors | Trainman | Final film role |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953–1954 | My Little Margie | The House Detective/Officer O'Brien/Detective/Bradford | 5 episodes |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Mover | 1 episode |
| 1955 | Damon Runyon Theater | Sheriff | 1 episode |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse | Ernie's Friend | 1 episode |
| 1956 | Navy Log | Air Officer | 1 episode |
| 1956 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Prison Guard | 1 episode |
| 1957 | Death Valley Days | Sergeant | 1 episode |
| 1957 | The Life of Riley | Grocer | 1 episode |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Police Officer Bill Duggan | 1 episode |
| 1958 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1st Policeman / Constable | 2 episodes |
| 1958 | The Californians | Bosun's Mate | 1 episode |
| 1959 | Fury | Jack | 1 episode |
| 1959 | M Squad | Nick Anson | 1 episode |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Hannegan | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Dennis the Menace | Fire Chief | 1 episode |
| 1962 | Surfside 6 | Coach Rice | 1 episode |
| 1962 | Lawman | Sheriff Parker | 1 episode |
| 1962 | The New Breed | Bus Clerk | 1 episode |
| 1963 | Route 66 | Deputy | 1 episode |
| 1964 | No Time for Sergeants | Sheriff | 1 episode |
| 1965 | The Andy Griffith Show | Farley Thurston | 1 episode |
References
edit- ^ Room, Adrian (January 10, 2014). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th Ed. McFarland. p. 276. ISBN 9780786457632 – via Google Books.
- ^ Robert Parish, James (November 19, 2001). The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More Than 125 American Movie and TV Idols. McGraw-Hill Education. p. 362. ISBN 9780809222278 – via Google Books.
- ^ Doyle, Billy; Slide, Anthony (1999). The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses. Scarecrow Press. p. 316. ISBN 9780810835474 – via Google Books.
- ^ Willis, John (1983). Screen World 1968. Biblio & Tannen Publishers. p. 235. ISBN 9780819603098 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Mary Foy Wed to Actor Lyle Latell". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. February 18, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lyle T. Latell". Valley Times. North Hollywood, California. October 26, 1967. p. 17. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
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