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Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

34 movies on Netflix

Biography

Lloyd Nolan was an American actor who moved between stage, film and television. Born in San Francisco in 1902, he began as a supporting player and B-movie lead before becoming a featured actor later in his career. He was contracted to Paramount and 20th Century Fox, and he starred in the Michael Shayne detective series, including Time to Kill (1942). His notable films included Wells Fargo, Johnny Apollo (1940), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), The House on 92nd Street (1945), The Street with No Name (1948), Bataan, Peyton Place (1957), and Ice Station Zebra (1968). In the mid-1950s he first played Captain Queeg in Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial and won a Best Actor Emmy Award for reprising it in a 1955 television production. From 1968 to 1971 he co-starred in the sitcom Julia with Diahann Carroll. He died in 1985.

83years old at death

  • Born San Francisco
  • Died Los Angeles
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
  • Also credited as Lloyd B. Nolan and Lloyd Benedict Nolan

Movie Career

Films
34
Career span
51 years1935 to 1986

Genres

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  1. Behind the award

    Later in his career, Nolan went back to the stage and was on television in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He won a 1955 Emmy for playing Captain Queeg, the part Humphrey Bogart made famous.

Lloyd Nolan movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Hannah and Her Sisters1986 Comedy, Dramaas Evan

    IMDb rating 7.882K votes

  2. Lady in the Lake1946 Crime, Film-Noir, Mysteryas Lieutenant DeGarmot

    IMDb rating 6.57.2K votes

  3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945as Officer McShane

    IMDb rating 8.09.1K votes

  4. Island in the Sky1953as Captain Stutz

    IMDb rating 6.84.2K votes

  5. Peyton Place1957as Dr. Matthew Swain

    IMDb rating 7.27.3K votes

  6. Dressed to Kill1941as Michael Shayne

    IMDb rating 6.51.4K votes

  7. The Man Who Wouldn't Die1942as Michael Shayne

    IMDb rating 6.6876 votes

  8. The House on 92nd Street1945as Agent George A. Briggs

    IMDb rating 6.63.6K votes

Most often with

Henry Hathaway directed four of these films, Herbert I. Leeds three and Mark Robson two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Charles Trowbridge, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Charles TrowbridgeRichard Conte, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Richard ConteJohn Wayne, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with John WayneAnthony Quinn, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Anthony QuinnIrving Bacon, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Irving BaconGeorge Kennedy, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with George KennedyHenry HathawayDirector, 4 filmsSee the 4 films by Henry HathawayHerbert I. LeedsDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Herbert I. LeedsMark RobsonDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Mark Robson

Films together

Box office

What Lloyd Nolan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$244 million

10 of the 34 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 34 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 22 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 22Figure not found

Top grosser

Airport1970as Harry Standish$100 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Airport1970as Harry Standish
    $100M41.2% of the total
  2. 2
    Earthquake1974as Dr. Vance
    $80M32.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Hannah and Her Sisters1986as Evan
    $40M16.4% of the total
  4. 4
    Portrait in Black1960as Matthew S. Cabot
    $9.2M3.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Ice Station Zebra1968as Admiral Garvey
    $4.6M1.9% of the total
  6. 6
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945as Officer McShane
    $3.0M1.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Lady in the Lake1946as Lieutenant DeGarmot
    $2.7M1.1% of the total
  8. 8
    The House on 92nd Street1945as Agent George A. Briggs
    $2.5M1.0% of the total
Somewhere in the Night (1946), $1.5 millionBig Brown Eyes (1936), $359,009

$1.9 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total

Awards

Three awards and honors, one of them major.

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Lloyd Nolan's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
1956Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieFord Star JubileeWon
Other honors
Donaldson AwardsWon
Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHonored

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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