Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) 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.

Film career Nolan's obituary in the Los Angeles Times contained the evaluation, "Nolan was to both critics and audiences the veteran actor who works often and well regardless of his material."

A number of Nolan's films were light entertainment with an emphasis on action. His most famous include: Atlantic Adventure; costarring Nancy Carroll; Ebb Tide; Wells Fargo; Every Day's a Holiday, starring Mae West; and Bataan starring Robert Taylor.

Nolan also contributed solid and key character parts in numerous other films. In Johnny Apollo (1940) he was a charismatic but finally self-serving and murderous gang boss. In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, with Dorothy McGuire and James Dunn, he played a lonely beat policeman. In later years he gave a notable performance as a straight talking doctor who ultimately rails against small-town hypocrisy in the 1957 film Peyton Place with Lana Turner.

Television Later in Nolan's career, he returned to the stage and appeared on television to great acclaim in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, for which he received a 1955 Emmy award for portraying Captain Queeg,

Nolan co-starred from 1968 to 1971 in the pioneering NBC series Julia, with Diahann Carroll, who was the first African American woman to star in a non-servant role in her own television series.

In his later years, Nolan appeared in commercials for Polident.

Personal life Nolan married Mell Efrid in 1933. They had a daughter Melinda who gave them two grandchildren, and a son Jay. The couple remained married for 48 years until Efrid's death in 1981. In 1983, Nolan married Virginia Dabney, with whom he remained until his death.

Nolan’s son Jay Nolan had autism and was institutionalized at a private institution at age 13. He died at age 26 from choking while eating. When Lloyd Nolan went public in 1972 about his son's autism, it was revealed that Jay was one of the first children in the United States to be diagnosed with the condition.

In 1973, Nolan testified to Congress urging that autism be recognized as a developmental disability. Nolan is credited with having convinced Ronald Reagan to sign California's bill mandating education be provided to children with autism. Nolan founded the Jay Nolan Autistic Center (now known as Jay Nolan Community Services) in honor of his son, and was chairman of the annual Save Autistic Children Telethon.

In 1964, Nolan spoke at the "Project Prayer" rally attended by 2,500 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The gathering, which was hosted by Anthony Eisley, a star of ABC's Hawaiian Eye series, sought to flood the United States Congress with letters in support of mandatory school prayer, following two decisions in 1962 and 1963 of the United States Supreme Court which struck down mandatory school prayer as conflicting with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Joining Nolan and Eisley at the rally were Walter Brennan, Rhonda Fleming, Dale Evans, Pat Boone, and Gloria Swanson. At the rally, Nolan asked, "Do we permit ourselves to be turned into a godless people, or do we preserve America as one nation under God?" Eisley and Fleming added that John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Roy Rogers, Mary Pickford, Jane Russell, Ginger Rogers, and Pat Buttram would also have attended the rally had their schedules not been in conflict. Nolan appeared alongside Ronald Reagan during the 1976 New Hampshire presidential primary in which he nearly scored an upset against President Gerald Ford. he was 83. He is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1935 G Men Hugh Farrell Stolen Harmony Chesty Burrage Atlantic Adventure Dan Miller She Couldn't Take It Tex One Way Ticket Jerry 1936 You May Be Next Neil Bennett Lady of Secrets Michael Harvey Big Brown Eyes Russ Cortig Devil's Squadron Dana Kirk Counterfeit Capper Stevens The Texas Rangers Sam 'Polka Dot' McGee 15 Maiden Lane Det. Sgt. Walsh 1937 Internes Can't Take Money Hanlon King of Gamblers Jim Adams Exclusive Charles Gillette Ebb Tide Attwater Every Day's a Holiday John Quade Wells Fargo Dal Slade 1938 Dangerous to Know Inspector Brandon Tip-Off Girls Bob Anders Hunted Men Joe Albany Prison Farm Larry Harrison King of Alcatraz Raymond Grayson 1939 Ambush Tony Andrews St. Louis Blues Dave Geurney Undercover Doctor Robert Anders The Magnificent Fraud Sam Barr 1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk Joe Monday The House Across the Bay Slant Kolma Johnny Apollo Mickey Dwyer Gangs of Chicago Matthew J. 'Matty' Burns The Man I Married Kenneth Delane The Golden Fleecing Gus Fender Pier 13 Danny Dolan Charter Pilot King Morgan Michael Shayne, Private Detective Michael Shayne Behind the News Stuart Woodrow 1941 Mr. Dynamite Tommy N. Thornton / Mr. Dynamite Sleepers West Michael Shayne Dressed to Kill Michael Shayne Buy Me That Town Rickey Deane Blues in the Night Del Davis Steel Against the Sky Rocky Evans 1942 Saboteur Frank Fry Blue, White and Perfect Michael Shayne The Man Who Wouldn't Die Michael Shayne It Happened in Flatbush Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire Just Off Broadway Michael Shayne Apache Trail Trigger Bill Folliard Manila Calling Lucky Matthews Time to Kill Michael Shayne 1943 Bataan Corp. Barney Todd Don't Be a Sucker Commentator Short film Guadalcanal Diary Sgt. Hook Malone 1944 Attack! The Battle of New Britain Narrator (voice) Documentary Resisting Enemy Interrogation USAF Debriefing Officer / Narrator Uncredited 1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Officer McShane Circumstantial Evidence Sam Lord War Comes to America Narrator (voice) Documentary Captain Eddie Lt. Jim Whittaker The House on 92nd Street Inspector George A. Briggs 1946 Somewhere in the Night Police Lt. Donald Kendall Two Smart People Bob Simms 1947 Lady in the Lake Lt. DeGarmot Wild Harvest Kink 1948 Green Grass of Wyoming Rob McLaughlin The Street with No Name Inspector George A. Briggs 1949 The Sun Comes Up Thomas I. Chandler Bad Boy Marshall Brown Easy Living Lenahan 1951 The Lemon Drop Kid Oxford Charlie 1953 Island in the Sky Captain Stutz Crazylegs Win Brockmeyer 1956 The Last Hunt Woodfoot Santiago Clay Pike Alternative title: The Gun Runner Toward the Unknown Brig. Gen. Bill Banner Alternative title: Brink of Hell 1957 Seven Waves Away Frank Kelly Alternative titles: Abandon ShipSeven Days From Now A Hatful of Rain John Pope Sr. Peyton Place Dr. Matthew Swain 1960 Portrait in Black Matthew S. Cabot Girl of the Night Dr. Mitchell 1961 Susan Slade Roger Slade 1962 We Joined the Navy Vice Admiral Ryan 1963 The Girl Hunters Agent Arthur Rickerby 1964 Circus World Cap Carson Alternative title: The Magnificent Showman 1965 Never Too Late Mayor Crane 1966 An American Dream Barney Kelly Alternative title: See You in Hell, Darling 1967 The Double Man Edwards 1968 Sergeant Ryker Gen. Amos Bailey Ice Station Zebra Admiral Garvey 1970 Airport Harry Standish 1974 Earthquake Dr. James Vance 1975 The Sky's the Limit Cornwall 1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover Harlan F. Stone 1978 My Boys Are Good Boys Officer Dan Mountgomery 1980 Galyon Willard Morgan 1985 Prince Jack Joe Kennedy 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Evan

Television Year Title Role Notes 1950 The Ford Theatre Hour Nifty Miller Episode: "The Barker" 1951–1952 Martin Kane, Private Eye Martin Kane 7 episodes 1952 Ford Television Theatre Episode: "Protect Her Honor" 1955 Climax! Jack London Episode: "Sailor on Horseback" Ford Star Jubilee Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg Episode: "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1957 Playhouse 90 Capt. Kuyper Episode: "Galvanized Yankee" 1958–1960 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Dr. Elisha Pittman / Adam Larkin 2 episodes 1959 Special Agent 7 Special Agent Philip Conroy 25 episodes Wagon Train Hunter Malloy Episode: "The Hunter Malloy Story" Ah, Wilderness! Nat Miller Television film Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Sheriff Orville Darrow Episode: "Six Guns for Donegan" Father Knows Best Coach Harper Episode: "Bud Plays It Safe" The Untouchables George 'Bugs' Moran Episode: "The George 'Bugs' Moran Story" 1959–1962 Laramie General George Barton / Matt Dyer / Sheriff Tully Hatch 3 episodes 1960 Startime Narrator Episode: "Crime, Inc." Bonanza Inspector Charles Leduque Episode: "The Stranger" 1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show George McShane Episode: "The Seventh Miracle" 1961 Bus Stop Stroud Episode: "The Glass Jungle" General Electric Theater Robert Hale / Michael Bowen 2 episodes 1962 Outlaws Buck Breeson Episode: "Buck Breeson Rides Again" The Dick Powell Show Vernon Clay Episode: "Special Assignment" 1963 The DuPont Show of the Week James Feveral Episode: "Two Faces of Treason" The Great Adventure Col. Fraser 2 episodes 77 Sunset Strip Col. David Watkins 3 episodes Kraft Suspense Theatre Gen. Amos Bailey 2 episodes 1963–1967 The Virginian Tom Foster / Abe Clayton / Wade Anders 3 episodes 1964 The Outer Limits Tom Kagan Episode: "Soldier" Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Dan Sinclair Episode: "Mr. Biddle's Crime Wave" 1965 Daniel Boone Ben Hanks Episode: "The Price of Friendship" The Bing Crosby Show Harvey Episode: "What's a Buddy For?" Slattery's People Admiral Wallace Blackburtn Episode: "Rally Round Your Own Flag, Mister" 1967 The Road West Jed Daniell Episode: "A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord" Wings of Fire Max Clarity Television film Mannix Sam Dubrio Episode: "The Name Is Mannix" 1968 The Danny Thomas Hour Dr. Richmond Episode: "The Cage" Judd, for the Defense D.A. Patrick Bantry Episode: "The Devil's Surrogate" I Spy Manion Episode: "The Name of the Game" 1968–1971 Julia Dr. Morton Chegley 86 episodesNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1969) 1972 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Col. Eldon Rutledge Episode: "A Question of Degree" The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Dr. Karl Richardson Episode: "A Nation of Human Pincushions" 1973 Isn't It Shocking? Jesse Chapin Television film McCloud Elroy Jenkins Episode: "Butch Cassidy Rides Again" The F.B.I. Judge Harper Episode: "The Killing Truth" 1974 The Magician Charles Keegan 2 episodes 1975 The Wonderful World of Disney Cornwall 2 episodes The Abduction of Saint Anne Carl Gentry Television film Lincoln William H. Seward Episode: "The Unwilling Warrior" 1976 Ellery Queen Doctor Sanford Episode: "The Adventure of the Sunday Punch" City of Angels General Butler Episode: "The November Plan: Part 1" 1977 McMillan & Wife Horace Sherwin Episode: "Affair of the Heart" Flight to Holocaust Wilton Bender Television film Fire! Doc Bennett Television film The November Plan Gen. Smedley Butler Television film Police Woman Q. Waldo Mims Episode: "Merry Christmas Waldo" The Mask of Alexander Cross Strickland Television film Gibbsville Episode: "The Price of Everything" 1978 The Waltons Cyrus Guthrie Episode: "The Return" Quincy, M.E. Dr. Herbert Schumann Episode: "A Test for Living" The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Professor Anton Hendricks Episode: "Search for Atlantis" 1979 $weepstake$ Dr. Warnecke "Dewey and Harold and Sarah and Maggie" Valentine Brother Joe Television film 1981 Archie Bunker's Place Judge Sean McGuire 2 episodes 1982 Adams House Frank Gallagher Television film 1984 Remington Steele Himself Episode: "Cast in Steele" It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Monsignor Donoghue Television film 1985 Murder, She Wrote Julian Tenley Episode: "Murder in the Afternoon"

Radio appearances Year Program Episode/source 1945 Suspense "Murder for Myra" "Nineteen Deacon Street" 1946 "Hunting Trip" 1947 "Green-Eyed Monster" "Double Ugly" 1952 The Man with Two Faces 1953 Vial of Death