Lyle Talbot

(1902-1996) lived at Brainard, Butler County, and in Omaha. Actor, appeared in over 150 feature films from 1932 to 1960, occasionally in lead roles but was best known for playing villains opposite such celebrated Hollywood stars as James Cagney, Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, Edward G. Robinson, and Shirley Temple, performed in several theatre productions but gained fame for many television comedy roles until 1987, notably opposite Ozzie Nelson for a decade in Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; was one of the founders of Screen Actors Guild in 1935. Consult Los Angeles Times Calendar, February 19, 1984, pp. 20-22 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, July 1, 1984, pp. 6-7 and Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Vol 7 (Gale, 1989) 399-400 and David City, NE Banner-Press, September 26, 1991, pp. 1, 3 and New York Times obituary, March 5, 1996, p. B-10.

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