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Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) was an American stage, film, and television actor whose career spanned more than five decades, earning him a reputation as a reliable veteran of Hollywood’s studio era. Rising from supporting roles in B‑movies, Nolan’s breakthrough came in the mid‑1950s when he originated the role of Captain Queeg in Herman Wouk’s play The Caine Mutiny Court‑Martial, a performance that later earned him a Best Actor Emmy in 1955 when the production was televised. Over his long career he appeared in over a hundred screen credits, ranging from the hard‑boiled detective series as Michael Shayne to notable dramas such as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Peyton Place. He proved equally adept at playing law‑enforcement figures, starring as FBI Agent Briggs in The House on 92nd Street and later as an admiral in Howard Hughes’ Ice Station Zebra. His television work was prolific; he guest‑starred on classic series like Wagon Train, Bonanza, and The Virginian, and co‑starred with Diahann Carroll in the groundbreaking series Julia from 1968‑1971, which featured the first African‑American woman in a non‑servant lead role. Nolan’s personal life was marked by deep family commitment, marrying Mell Efrid in 1933 and later Virginia Dabney in 1983, and raising two children, including his son Jay, one of the United States’ earliest diagnosed autistic individuals. A lifelong Republican and fervent advocate for public school prayer, he testified before Congress in 1973 to promote autism awareness and helped secure legislative support for educational services for autistic children. He spent his later years appearing in commercials, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, and battling lung cancer, which claimed his life at his Brentwood home in 1985 at the age of 83.
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Given Name: Lloyd Benedict Nolan
Born: San Francisco, California, US
Citizenship: American
Birthday: August 11, 1902
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1929-1985
Children: 2
Spouses: Mell Efrid, Virginia Dabney
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Movies Featuring Lloyd Nolan
Earthquake
Peyton Place
Ice Station Zebra
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
The Double Man
Circus World
Bad Boy
Time to Kill
Blues in the Night
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Easy Living
Just Off Broadway
Sleepers West
It Happened in Flatbush
Bataan
Two Smart People
Portrait in Black
Behind the News
The Sun Comes Up
Never Too Late
Toward the Unknown
War Comes to America
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
The Golden Fleecing
An American Dream
Dangerous to Know
Isn’t It Shocking?
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
The Last Hunt
My Boys Are Good Boys
We Joined the Navy
The Man I Married
Circumstantial Evidence
Somewhere in the Night
The House on 92nd Street
Apache Trail
Captain Eddie
The Lemon Drop Kid
A Hatful of Rain
Every Day’s a Holiday
‘G’ Men
Island in the Sky
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Green Grass of Wyoming
Abandon Ship
The Girl Hunters
Crazylegs
Girl of the Night
Wells Fargo
The Texas Rangers
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Dressed to Kill
The House Across the Bay
Guadalcanal Diary
Wild Harvest
Steel Against the Sky
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die
St. Louis Blues
Sergeant Ryker
Santiago
Johnny Apollo
Don’t Be a Sucker!
The Street with No Name
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Lady in the Lake
Career Timeline
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1946
Two Smart People
Bob Simms
Somewhere in the Night
Police Lt. Donald Kendall
Lady in the Lake
Lieutenant DeGarmot
1945
War Comes to America
Narrator
Circumstantial Evidence
Sam Lord
The House on 92nd Street
Agent George A. Briggs
Captain Eddie
Lt. Jim Whitaker
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Officer McShane
1944
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
USAF Debriefing Officer / Narrator
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Narrator (voice)
1943
Bataan
Cpl. Barney Todd
Guadalcanal Diary
Sgt. Hook Malone
Don’t Be a Sucker!
Commentator (voice)
1942
Time to Kill
Michael Shayne
Just Off Broadway
Michael Shayne
It Happened in Flatbush
Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire
Apache Trail
Trigger Bill Folliard
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die
Michael Shayne
1941
Blues in the Night
Del Davis
Sleepers West
Michael Shayne
Dressed to Kill
Michael Shayne
Steel Against the Sky
Rocky Evans
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