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Article: OBITUARY:Lyle Talbot
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 6, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In 1980, when Michael and Harry Medved were preparing The
Golden Turkey Awards, their book on cinema disasters, they
conducted a poll to find "The Worst Film of All Time". Winner by a
landslide was Edward D. Wood Jnr's legendary cheapie Plan 9 From
Outer Space (1956). Among the cast, which included a television
psychic, a television late-night horror hostess and Wood's wife's
chiropractor, one actor's performance stood out. In the brief role
of a Pentagon general, Lyle Talbot actually surmounted the terrible
dialogue, camerawork and direction to give the film's only
professional performance; but then Talbot had been a professional
actor since his teens. The veteran of over 200 films, he ...
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Article: BIG SCREEN, TV CHARACTER ACTOR TALBOT, AT ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);
March 5, 1996 ;
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...Byline: The New York Times Lyle Talbot, a veteran character actor in movies ... Sunrise at Campobello" (1960). Talbot also acted on stage, starring with ... grandchildren. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Lyle Talbot Played in more than 150 films
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