Lloyd Nolan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-08-11 (83 years old)
Deathday
1985-09-27
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known As
Lloyd Benedict Nolan
Lloyd Nolan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Among his many roles, Nolan is remembered for originating the role of private investigator Michael Shayne in a series of 1940s B movies. Nolan was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Margaret and James Nolan, who was a shoe manufacturer of Irish descent. He attended Santa Clara Preparatory School and Stanford University, flunking out of Stanford as a freshman "because I never got around to attending any other class but dramatics." His parents disapproved of his choice of a career in acting,...
Acting
1946
as Lieutenant DeGarmot
1970
as Harry Standish
1974
as Dr. James Vance
1945
as Officer McShane
1986
as Evan
1951
as Oxford Charley
1941
as Del Davis
1953
as Captain Stutz
1945
as Agent George A. Briggs
1941
as Michael Shayne
1945
as Sam Lord
1948
as Inspector George A. Briggs
1964
as Cap Carson
1957
as John Pope, Sr
1957
as Dr. Matthew Swain
1943
as Cpl. Barney Todd
1943
as Sgt. Hook Malone
1940
as Slant Kolma
1960
as Matthew S. Cabot
1968
as Admiral Garvey
1940
as Mickey Dwyer
1948
as Rob McLaughlin
1942
as Michael Shayne
1936
as Sam 'Polka Dot' McGee
1963
as Vice Admiral Ryan
1941
as Tommy N. Thornton ('Mr. Dynamite')
2004
as Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)
1936
as Russ Cortig
1980
as Willard Morgan
1961
as Roger Slade
1977
as Doc Bennett
1963
as Arthur Rickerby
1946
as Bob Simms
1942
as Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire
1957
as Frank Kelly
1949
as Lenahan
1938
as Raymond Grayson
1942
as Michael Shayne
1942
as Michael Shayne
1941
as Michael Shayne
1940
as Michael Shayne
1967
as Edwards
1956
as Woodfoot
1937
as Dal Slade
1940
as Danny Dolan
1944
as USAF Debriefing Officer / Narrator
1949
as Thomas I. Chandler
1966
as Barney Kelly
1940
as Gus Fender
1956
as Brig. Gen. Bill Banner
1960
as Dr. Mitchell
1942
as Michael Shayne
1939
as Sam Barr
1936
as Neil Bennett
1956
as Clay Pike
1965
as Mayor Crane
1940
as Kenneth Delane
1978
as Dan Montgomery
1940
as Stuart Woodrow
1973
as Jesse Chapin
1935
as Dan Miller
1937
as Attwater
1937
as Charles Gillette
1946
as Police Lt. Donald Kendall
1935
as Tex
1953
as Win Brockmeyer
1949
as Marshall Brown
1938
as Bob Anders
1935
as Chesty Burrage
1938
as Inspector Brandon
1942
as Lucky Matthews
1938
as Joe Albany
1940
as King Morgan
1977
as Attorney General Harlan Stone
1977
as Wilton Bender
1942
as Trigger Bill Folliard
1935
as Hugh Farrell
1938
as Larry Harrison
1939
as Robert Anders
1936
as Dana Kirk
1941
as Rocky Evans
1985
as Joe Kennedy
1940
as Joe Monday
1940
as Matthew J. 'Matty' Burns
1936
as Det. Sgt. Walsh
1935
as Jerry
1936
as Capper Stevens
1937
as Jim Adams
1939
as Tony Andrews
1941
as Rickey Deane
1937
as Hanlon
1945
as Lt. Jim Whitaker
1944
as Narrator (voice)
1939
as Dave Geurney
1943
as Commentator (voice)
1947
as Kink
1968
as Gen. Amos Bailey
1939
as Himself
1945
as Narrator
1937
as John Quade
1977
as Gen. Smedley Butler
1979
as Brother Joe
1975
as Carl Gentry
1936
as Michael Harvey
1967
as Max Clarity
1975
as Cornwall
1984
as Monsignor Donoghue
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