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Lloyd Nolan

Acting

Born August 11, 1902 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died September 27, 1985

Also known as Lloyd Benedict Nolan

Biography

Lloyd Benedict Nolan was an American stage, film and television actor who rose from a supporting player and B-movie lead early in his career to featured player status after creating the role of Captain Queeg in Herman Wouk's play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in the mid-1950s. Nolan won a Best Actor Emmy Award reprising the part in 1955 TV play based on Wouk's tale of military justice. Additionally, he starred in the Mike Shayne detective films, and the groundbreaking sitcom Julia starring Diahann Carroll.

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Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1956
  • Donaldson Awards
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

My Boys Are Good Boys

1978as Dan Montgomery

The Outer Limits

1963as Tom Kagan

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986as Evan

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Julian Tenley

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Bonanza

1959as Inspector Charles Leduque

The Waltons

1972as Cyrus Guthrie

McCloud

1970

Remington Steele

1982as Lloyd Nolan

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

War Comes to America

1945as Narrator

Daniel Boone

1964as Ben Hanks

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

1944as Narrator (voice)

The Last Hunt

1956as Woodfoot

Mannix

1967as Sam Dubrio

Peyton Place

1957as Dr. Matthew Swain

A Hatful of Rain

1957as John Pope, Sr

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Laramie

1959

Two Smart People

1946as Bob Simms

The House on 92nd Street

1945as Agent George A. Briggs

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

1944as USAF Debriefing Officer / Narrator

The Texas Rangers

1936as Sam 'Polka Dot' McGee

'G' Men

1935as Hugh Farrell

Airport

1970as Harry Standish

The Virginian

1962as Tom Foster

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951as Oxford Charley

The Sun Comes Up

1949as Thomas I. Chandler

Bataan

1943as Cpl. Barney Todd

Police Woman

1974

Ice Station Zebra

1968as Admiral Garvey

Sleepers West

1941as Michael Shayne

The Double Man

1967as Edwards

Circus World

1964as Cap Carson

Island in the Sky

1953as Captain Stutz

Blues in the Night

1941as Del Davis

Earthquake

1974as Dr. James Vance

Lady in the Lake

1946as Lieutenant DeGarmot

Toward the Unknown

1956as Brig. Gen. Bill Banner

The Golden Fleecing

1940as Gus Fender

Santiago

1956as Clay Pike

The Girl Hunters

1963as Arthur Rickerby

Portrait in Black

1960as Matthew S. Cabot

Easy Living

1949as Lenahan

The F.B.I.

1965as Judge Harper

Guadalcanal Diary

1943as Sgt. Hook Malone

The House Across the Bay

1940as Slant Kolma

Wells Fargo

1937as Dal Slade