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Jimmy Lydon

Acting

Born May 30, 1923 · Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA

Died March 9, 2022

Also known as James Lydon · James Joseph Lydon

Biography

James J. Lydon (born May 30, 1923) is an American actor and television producer whose career in the entertainment industry began as a teenager during the 1930s.

Filmography49 titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Patrolman

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1976as Jim Pickett

The Rockford Files

1974as Wyatt

Tom Brown's School Days

1940as Tom Brown

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Dr. Waters

The Greatest American Hero

1981as McGivers

Hawaii Five-O

1968Story

Adam-12

1968as Harvey Shore

I Passed for White

1960as Jay Morgan

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Dan Murdock

The Town Went Wild

1944as Bob Harrison

Maverick

1957as Terry McKenna

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955as Tom Fitch (uncredited)

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

as Johnny Lane

Simon & Simon

1981as Guard at Plant Entrance

The Learning Tree

1969Associate Producer

Gunsmoke

1955as Charlie Boggs

Life with Father

1947as Clarence Day Jr.

Lux Video Theatre

as D. Crockett Weeks

Peter Gunn

1958

Wagon Train

1957as Hotel Clerk

Scandalous John

1971as Grotch

Good News

1947as Jimmy's Classmate (uncredited)

The Last Time I Saw Archie

1961as Pvt. Billy Simpson (as James Lydon)

Island in the Sky

1953as Murray, Dooley's navigator

Rage at Dawn

1955as Dedrick

Lassie

1954as Mr. Dennis

Hot Rod

1950as David Langham Jr.

Joan of Arc

1948as Pierre d'Arc, Joan's younger brother

The Time of Your Life

1948as Dudley Bostwick

Assignment to Kill

1968Producer

When the Lights Go On Again

1944as Ted Benson

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

The Texan

as Smitty

The Real McCoys

1957as Frank Grant

The Magnificent Yankee

1950as Clinton

Countdown

1967Producer

The Hypnotic Eye

1960as Emergency Doctor (as James Lydon)

Gasoline Alley

1951as Skeezix

St. Elsewhere

1982as Harold O'Shea

The F.B.I.

1965as Joey Witner

Strange Illusion

1945as Paul Cartwright

Little Men

1940as Daniel "Danny" Burdle

Man with a Camera

Bonnie's Kids

1973as Motel Manager

Vigilante Force

1976as Tom Cousy

Mr. & Mrs. North

1952

Aerial Gunner

1943as Sandy Lunt

Back Door to Heaven

1939as Young Frankie Rogers