{{Short description|American character actor (1904–1967)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Lyle Latell | image = Lyle Latell in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946).jpg | caption = Latell in ''Dick Tracy vs. Cueball'' (1946) | birth_name = Lyle Zeien | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|04|09|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Elma, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|10|24|1904|04|09|mf=yes}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | resting_place = San Fernando Mission Cemetery | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1941–1966 | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Foy|1947}} }}
'''Lyle Latell''' (born '''Lyle Zeien''';<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th Ed.|page=276|first=Adrian|last=Room|publisher=McFarland|date=January 10, 2014|isbn=9780786457632|via=Google Books}}</ref> April 9, 1904<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S8I63YmASU8C|title=The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More Than 125 American Movie and TV Idols|page=362|first=James|last=Robert Parish|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education|date=November 19, 2001|isbn=9780809222278|via=Google Books}}</ref> – October 24, 1967)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqUYAQAAIAAJ|title=The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses|page=316|first1=Billy|last1=Doyle|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=1999|isbn=9780810835474|via=Google Books}}</ref> was an American character actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Pat Patton in the ''Dick Tracy'' film series.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kq7KDU038mUC&pg=PA235|title=Screen World 1968|page=235|first=John|last=Willis|publisher=Biblio & Tannen Publishers|date=1983|isbn=9780819603098|via=Google Books}}</ref>
== Biography == Latell was born '''Lyle Zeien''' in April 1904 in Elma, Iowa. He married Mary Foy in 1947.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89671589/mary-foy-wed-to-actor-lyle-latell/|title=Mary Foy Wed to Actor Lyle Latell|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=February 18, 1947|access-date=November 28, 2021|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> He died in October 1967 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, at the age of 63.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/580653975/|title=Lyle T. Latell|work=Valley Times|location=North Hollywood, California|date=October 26, 1967|access-date=November 28, 2021|page=17|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He is interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref>
== Filmography == [[File:Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) still 1.jpg|thumb|right|Latell (center) with Ralph Byrd and Wade Crosby in ''Dick Tracy's Dilemma'' (1947)]] [[File:Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) 2.JPG|thumb|right|Latell (center) with Anne Gwynne and Ralph Byrd in ''Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome'' (1947)]]
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1941 | ''Federal Fugitives'' | Chuck | Film debut |- | 1941 | ''Sky Raiders'' | Evans | 12-episode serial |- | 1941 | ''In the Navy'' | Marine Sentry | (uncredited) |- | 1941 | ''Texas'' | Dutch Henry | (uncredited) |- | 1941 | ''Great Guns'' | New Recruit | (uncredited) |- | 1941 | ''Shadow of the Thin Man'' | Waiter Serving Benny | (uncredited) |- | 1942 | ''The Fleet's In'' | Drunk Harassing the Countess | (uncredited) |- | 1942 | ''The Night Before the Divorce'' | Detective Brady | |- | 1942 | ''True to the Army'' | Soldier | (uncredited) |- | 1942 | ''My Favorite Blonde'' | Bus Driver | (uncredited) |- | 1942 | ''The Wife Takes a Flyer'' | Muller | |- | 1942 | ''They All Kissed the Bride'' | Truck Driver | (uncredited) |- | 1942 | ''Foreign Agent'' | Eddie McGurk | |- | 1942 | ''The Navy Comes Through'' | Oiler | (uncredited) |- | 1942 | ''Lucky Jordan'' | Army Guard | (scenes deleted) |- | 1943 | ''Happy Go Lucky'' | Man in Kissing Routine | (uncredited) |- | 1943 | ''They Got Me Covered'' | Walsh | (uncredited) |- | 1943 | ''Yanks Ahoy'' | Helmsman | (uncredited) |- | 1944 | ''Men on Her Mind'' | Big Joe Munroe | |- | 1944 | ''The Navy Way'' | Agnes' Cousin | (uncredited) |- | 1944 | ''See Here, Private Hargrove'' | Marine | (uncredited) |- | 1944 | ''That's My Baby!'' | Office Worker Comedy Routine | |- | 1944 | ''One Mysterious Night'' | Detective Sergeant Matthews | (uncredited) |- | 1944 | ''One Body Too Many'' | Manager of Atlas Detective Agency | (uncredited) |- | 1945 | ''High Powered'' | Worker at Dance | (uncredited) |- | 1945 | ''A Guy, a Gal and a Pal'' | Marine Major | (uncredited) |- | 1945 | ''The Chicago Kid'' | Henchman | (uncredited) |- | 1945 | ''Incendiary Blonde'' | New Yorker | (uncredited) |- | 1945 | ''George White's Scandals'' | Bartender Gag | (uncredited) |- | 1945 | ''Hold That Blonde'' | Tony | |- | 1945 | ''Dick Tracy'' | Pat Patton | |- | 1946 | ''The Well Groomed Bride'' | Bit Part | (uncredited) |- | 1946 | ''Shadows Over Chinatown'' | Police Clerk | |- | 1946 | ''The Mysterious Mr. Valentine'' | Peter Musso | |- | 1946 | ''The Well Groomed Bride'' | Bit Part | (uncredited) |- | 1946 | ''Dick Tracy vs. Cueball'' | Pat Patton | |- | 1946 | ''That Brennan Girl'' | Party Guest | (uncredited) |- | 1947 | ''The Perfect Marriage'' | Bulaski | (uncredited) |- | 1947 | ''Buck Privates Come Home'' | Sergeant - Medic #1 | (uncredited) |- | 1947 | ''Dick Tracy's Dilemma'' | Pat Patton | |- | 1947 | ''The Trouble with Women'' | Sailor | (uncredited) |- | 1947 | ''The Gas House Kids in Hollywood'' | Carter's Henchman | |- | 1947 | ''Song of the Thin Man'' | Mug #2 | |- | 1947 | ''Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome'' | Pat Patton | |- | 1947 | ''Ride the Pink Horse'' | Policeman | (uncredited) |- | 1947 | ''Road to the Big House'' | Minor Role | (uncredited) |- | 1947 | ''Buck Privates Come Home'' | Sergeant - Medic #1 | (uncredited) |- | 1947 | ''T-Men'' | Gregg's Driver | (uncredited) |- | 1948 | ''The Man from Texas'' | Horseman | (uncredited) |- | 1948 | ''The Noose Hangs High'' | Shatterproof Glass Seller | (uncredited) |- | 1948 | ''The Cobra Strikes'' | Police Sgt. Harris | |- | 1948 | ''The Street with No Name'' | Officer | (uncredited) |- | 1948 | ''Hollow Triumph'' | Ship's Official at Dock | (uncredited) |- | 1948 | ''Night Has a Thousand Eyes'' | Policeman | (uncredited) |- | 1948 | ''Bungalow 13'' | Willie | |- | 1948 | ''He Walked by Night'' | Police Sergeant | (uncredited) |- | 1949 | ''Sky Dragon'' | Ed Davidson | |- | 1949 | ''Red Stallion in the Rockies'' | Dice Player | (uncredited) |- | 1949 | ''Take One False Step'' | Reporter | (uncredited) |- | 1949 | ''Trapped'' | Agent Curry | |- | 1950 | ''The Damned Don't Cry'' | Tropper | (uncredited) |- | 1950 | ''Bright Leaf'' | Clay | (uncredited) |- | 1950 | ''The Great Jewel Robber'' | Guard | (uncredited) |- | 1950 | ''Highway 301'' | Police Officer Murray | |- | 1950 | ''The Damned Don't Cry'' | Tropper | (uncredited) |- | 1951 | ''I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.'' | FBI Officer Cahill | |- | 1951 | ''Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison'' | Sgt. Noonan | |- | 1951 | ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' | Policeman | |- | 1953 | ''Off Limits'' | Bartender | (uncredited) |- | 1953 | ''House of Wax'' | Waiter | |- | 1953 | ''Scared Stiff'' | Ship Captain | |- | 1953 | ''Houdini'' | Calcott | (uncredited) |- | 1953 | ''The Big Heat'' | Moving Man | (uncredited) |- | 1954 | ''Crime Wave'' | Hoodlum at Counter | (uncredited) |- | 1955 | ''The Seven Little Foys'' | Baggage Car Attendant | (uncredited) |- | 1955 | ''The Girl Rush'' | Bus Driver | (uncredited) |- | 1955 | ''Lucy Gallant'' | Oil Rigger | (uncredited) |- | 1955 | ''Bobby Ware Is Missing'' | Deputy | (uncredited) |- | 1955 | ''At Gunpoint'' | Man in Saloon | (uncredited) |- | 1956 | ''The Steel Jungle'' | Bailiff | |- | 1956 | ''Indestructible Man'' | Police Sergeant | (uncredited) |- | 1956 | ''Mohawk'' | Settler | (uncredited) |- | 1956 | ''Outside the Law'' | Counterman | (uncredited) |- | 1956 | ''You Can't Run Away from It'' | Dispatcher | (uncredited) |- | 1956 | ''Bundle of Joy'' | Head Bouncer | (uncredited) |- | 1957 | ''Kelly and Me'' | Joe Webb | |- | 1957 | ''Not of This Earth'' | | (scenes deleted) |- | 1957 | ''Affair in Reno'' | Squad Car Policeman | (uncredited) |- | 1957 | ''Public Pigeon No. 1'' | Police Sergeant Ryan | |- | 1957 | ''Beginning of the End'' | Police Lt. MacKenzie | |- | 1957 | ''The Night the World Exploded'' | Civil Defense Chief Carson | |- | 1958 | ''The True Story of Lynn Stuart'' | Counterman | (uncredited) |- | 1958 | ''Cole Younger, Gunfighter'' | Second Bartender | (uncredited) |- | 1958 | ''Live Fast, Die Young'' | Josh | |- | 1958 | ''The Fearmakers'' | Police Sergeant Dispatcher | (uncredited) |- | 1959 | ''Alias Jesse James'' | Conductor #1 | (uncredited) |- | 1960 | ''One Foot in Hell'' | Cantina Barfly | (uncredited) |- | 1962 | ''House of Women'' | Sam - Prison Guard | (uncredited) |- | 1963 | ''Wall of Noise'' | Ticket Seller | (uncredited) |- | 1966 | ''Chamber of Horrors'' | Trainman | Final film role |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1953–1954 | ''My Little Margie'' | The House Detective/Officer O'Brien/Detective/Bradford | 5 episodes |- | 1955 | ''The Millionaire'' | Mover | 1 episode |- | 1955 | ''Damon Runyon Theater'' | Sheriff | 1 episode |- | 1955 | ''Screen Directors Playhouse'' | Ernie's Friend | 1 episode |- | 1956 | ''Navy Log'' | Air Officer | 1 episode |- | 1956 | ''The 20th Century-Fox Hour'' | Prison Guard | 1 episode |- | 1957 | ''Death Valley Days'' | Sergeant | 1 episode |- | 1957 | ''The Life of Riley'' | Grocer | 1 episode |- | 1957 | ''Perry Mason'' | Police Officer Bill Duggan | 1 episode |- | 1958 | ''The Adventures of Jim Bowie'' | 1st Policeman / Constable | 2 episodes |- | 1958 | ''The Californians'' | Bosun's Mate | 1 episode |- | 1959 | ''Fury'' | Jack | 1 episode |- | 1959 | ''M Squad'' | Nick Anson | 1 episode |- | 1960 | ''The Chevy Mystery Show'' | Hannegan | 1 episode |- | 1961 | ''Dennis the Menace'' | Fire Chief | 1 episode |- | 1962 | ''Surfside 6'' | Coach Rice | 1 episode |- | 1962 | ''Lawman'' | Sheriff Parker | 1 episode |- | 1962 | ''The New Breed'' | Bus Clerk | 1 episode |- | 1963 | ''Route 66'' | Deputy | 1 episode |- | 1964 | ''No Time for Sergeants'' | Sheriff | 1 episode |- | 1965 | ''The Andy Griffith Show'' | Farley Thurston | 1 episode |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Latell, Lyle}} Category:1904 births Category:1967 deaths Category:Actors from Iowa Category:Male actors from Iowa Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:20th-century American male actors