Jimmy Lydon

Acting · Production · Writing

Born May 30, 1923, Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA

James J. Lydon (born May 30, 1923) is an American actor and television producer whose career in the entertainment industry began as a teenager during the 1930s.

Filmography

• 1984The World of Tomorrow — Bud Middleton (archive footage)
• St. Elsewhere — Harold O'Shea
• Simon & Simon — Bartender, Guard at Plant Entrance, Jeweler
• The Greatest American Hero — McGivers
• Lou Grant — Doctor
• 1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion — Muggeridge
• Baa Baa Black Sheep — Admiral Taylor
• 1976The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe — Jim Pickett
• 1976Vigilante Force — Tom Cousy
• Ellery Queen — Radio Actor
• 1975Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects — Actor
• The Rockford Files — Wyatt, Barrow
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Dr. Waters, Director
• 1973Bonnie's Kids — Motel Manager
• 1972Michael O'Hara the Fourth — John Stevens
• 1971Cannon — Betting Clerk
• Cannon
• 1971Scandalous John — Grotch
• 1971The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove — Jim Durden
• 1969Death of a Gunfighter — Luke Mills
• Hawaii Five-O — Story
• Love, American Style — Photographer
• 1969The Learning Tree — Associate Producer
• Adam-12 — Tyler, Harvey Shore
• 1968Assignment to Kill — Producer
• 1967Countdown — Producer
• 1966An American Dream — Producer
• Mister Roberts — Producer
• The F.B.I. — Joey Witner, Church
• Many Happy Returns
• Temple Houston — Associate Producer
• 87th Precinct — Roger Pitt
• Dr. Kildare — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1961The Last Time I Saw Archie — Pvt. Billy Simpson (as James Lydon)
• Checkmate — Ben Roberts
• 1960I Passed for White — Jay Morgan
• Stagecoach West — Gil Soames
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Harry
• 1960The Hypnotic Eye — Emergency Doctor (as James Lydon)
• The Twilight Zone — Patrolman
• The Untouchables — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• Tightrope — Paul Anderson
• 77 Sunset Strip — Associate Producer
• Bronco — Deputy Roy Proudy, Allan Brierly, Shorty Dolan
• Lawman — Nat Davis
• Man with a Camera
• Peter Gunn
• The Texan — Smitty
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Dan Murdock, Paul Decker
• Casey Jones — Johnny Ferguson
• 1957Chain of Evidence — Steve Nordstrom (as James Lydon)
• M Squad — Joseph Rinehart
• Maverick — Terry McKenna
• The Real McCoys — Frank Grant
• Trackdown — Mark Turley, Joe Corbett, Sam Devlin
• Wagon Train — Hotel Clerk, Todd, Clete Millikan, George Blair
• 1956Battle Stations — Squawk Hewitt
• The Gale Storm Show — Hendricks, Officer Evans, Jim Tyler, Saunders, 1st Officer Evans
• Wire Service — Harris
• Gunsmoke — Baines, Charlie Boggs
• Navy Log
• 1955Rage at Dawn — Dedrick
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Lt. Fred Green
• Sergeant Preston of the Yukon — Johnny Lane
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Tom Fitch (uncredited)
• Lassie — Mr. Dennis
• Public Defender — John Ferrari, Wade Foster
• Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
• 1954The Desperado — Tom Cameron
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Jim Durden, John Stevens
• General Electric Theater — Larry White
• 1953Island in the Sky — Murray, Dooley's navigator
• Revlon Mirror Theatre
• Mr. & Mrs. North
• The Ford Television Theatre
• 1951Corky of Gasoline Alley — Skeezix Wallet
• 1951Gasoline Alley — Skeezix
• 1951Oh! Susanna — Benton
• Racket Squad
• 1950Destination Big House — Freddy Brooks
• 1950Hot Rod — David Langham Jr.
• Lux Video Theatre — D. Crockett Weeks, Dinny
• 1950September Affair — Johnny Wilson
• 1950Tarnished — Junior Bunker
• The First Hundred Years
• 1950The Magnificent Yankee — Clinton
• 1950When Willie Comes Marching Home — Charles 'Charlie' Fettles
• 1949An Old-Fashioned Girl — Tom Shaw
• 1949Bad Boy — Ted Hendry (as James Lydon)
• 1949Miss Mink of 1949 — Joe Forrester
• The Life of Riley — Simon Vanderhopper
• 1949Tucson — Andy Bryant
• 1948Joan of Arc — Pierre d'Arc, Joan's younger brother
• 1948Out of the Storm — Donald Lewis
• 1948The Time of Your Life — Dudley Bostwick
• 1947Cynthia — Ricky Latham
• 1947Good News — Jimmy's Classmate (uncredited)
• 1947Life with Father — Clarence Day Jr.
• 1947Sweet Genevieve — Bill Kennedy
• 1946Affairs of Geraldine — Willy Briggs
• 1945Strange Illusion — Paul Cartwright
• 1945Time to Kill — Lou
• 1945Twice Blessed — Mickey Pringle
• 1944Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid — Henry Aldrich
• 1944Henry Aldrich's Little Secret — Henry Aldrich
• 1944Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout — Henry Aldrich
• 1944My Best Gal — Johnny McCloud
• 1944The Road to Victory — Danny Ames (uncredited)
• 1944The Shining Future — Danny Ames
• 1944The Town Went Wild — Bob Harrison
• 1944When the Lights Go On Again — Ted Benson
• 1943Aerial Gunner — Sandy Lunt
• 1943Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour — Henry Aldrich
• 1943Henry Aldrich Haunts a House — Henry Aldrich
• 1943Henry Aldrich Swings It — Henry Aldrich
• 1942A Letter From Bataan — Chuck Lewis
• 1942Cadets on Parade — Joe Novak
• 1942Henry Aldrich, Editor — Henry Aldrich
• 1942Henry and Dizzy — Henry Aldrich
• 1942The Mad Martindales — Bobby Bruce Turner
• 1941Henry Aldrich for President — Henry Aldrich
• 1941Naval Academy — Tommy Blake
• 1940Bowery Boy — Sock Dolan
• 1940Little Men — Daniel "Danny" Burdle
• 1940Tom Brown's School Days — Tom Brown
• 1939Back Door to Heaven — Young Frankie Rogers
• 1939Home Early — Junior Doakes
• 1939The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair — Bud
• 1939Two Thoroughbreds — David Carey