
Jimmy Lydon
Known for Acting ยท 122 credits
- Born
- 1923-05-30
- Died
- 2022-03-09
- Place of birth
- Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- James Lydon ยท James Joseph Lydon
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (53)

Maverick
1957
as Terry McKenna

Wagon Train
1957
as Hotel Clerk / Todd / Clete Millikan / George Blair

Love, American Style
1969
as Photographer

Adam-12
1968
as Tyler / Harvey Shore

Lassie
1954
as Mr. Dennis

St. Elsewhere
1982
as Harold O'Shea

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Patrolman

The Rockford Files
1974
as Wyatt / Barrow

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Reporter (uncredited)

Simon & Simon
1981
as Bartender / Guard at Plant Entrance / Jeweler

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Dr. Waters

Cannon
1971

The F.B.I.
1965
as Joey Witner / Church

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Tom Fitch (uncredited)

The Untouchables
1959
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Lawman
1958
as Nat Davis

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Dan Murdock / Paul Decker

Gunsmoke
1955
as Baines / Charlie Boggs

Lou Grant
1977
as Doctor

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Peter Gunn
1958

The Texan
1958
as Smitty

M Squad
1957
as Joseph Rinehart

Checkmate
1960
as Ben Roberts

The Real McCoys
1957
as Frank Grant

Trackdown
1957
as Mark Turley / Joe Corbett / Sam Devlin

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Navy Log
1955

Bronco
1958
as Deputy Roy Proudy / Allan Brierly / Shorty Dolan

Ellery Queen
1975
as Radio Actor

The Greatest American Hero
1981
as McGivers

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Harry

Tightrope
1959
as Paul Anderson

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Lt. Fred Green
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as D. Crockett Weeks / Dinny

87th Precinct
1961
as Roger Pitt

Stagecoach West
1960
as Gil Soames

Baa Baa Black Sheep
1976
as Admiral Taylor

Public Defender
1954
as John Ferrari / Wade Foster

Mr. & Mrs. North
1952

Racket Squad
1951

Man with a Camera
1958

Wire Service
1956
as Harris
The First Hundred Years
1950

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Jim Durden / John Stevens
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Hendricks / Officer Evans / Jim Tyler / Saunders / 1st Officer Evans

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
as Johnny Lane

The Life of Riley
1949
as Simon Vanderhopper

Casey Jones
1957
as Johnny Ferguson

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954

General Electric Theater
1953
as Larry White

Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Many Happy Returns
1964
Movies (69)

Joan of Arc
1948
as Pierre d'Arc, Joan's younger brother

Rage at Dawn
1955
as Dedrick

September Affair
1950
as Johnny Wilson

Life with Father
1947
as Clarence Day Jr.

Death of a Gunfighter
1969
as Luke Mills

Bonnie's Kids
1973
as Motel Manager

Island in the Sky
1953
as Murray, Dooley's navigator

Cannon
1971
as Betting Clerk

The Hypnotic Eye
1960
as Emergency Doctor (as James Lydon)

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
as Jim Pickett

Twice Blessed
1945
as Mickey Pringle

When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
as Charles 'Charlie' Fettles

Vigilante Force
1976
as Tom Cousy

Good News
1947
as Jimmy's Classmate (uncredited)

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
as Muggeridge

The Time of Your Life
1948
as Dudley Bostwick

Tom Brown's School Days
1940
as Tom Brown

Chain of Evidence
1957
as Steve Nordstrom (as James Lydon)

Scandalous John
1971
as Grotch

Back Door to Heaven
1939
as Young Frankie Rogers

Oh! Susanna
1951
as Benton

Gasoline Alley
1951
as Skeezix

The Desperado
1954
as Tom Cameron

Aerial Gunner
1943
as Sandy Lunt

Little Men
1940
as Daniel "Danny" Burdle

Out of the Storm
1948
as Donald Lewis

Battle Stations
1956
as Squawk Hewitt

The Town Went Wild
1944
as Bob Harrison

The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
as Pvt. Billy Simpson (as James Lydon)

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Actor

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
1971
as Jim Durden

I Passed for White
1960
as Jay Morgan

The Mad Martindales
1942
as Bobby Bruce Turner

The Magnificent Yankee
1950
as Clinton

Bad Boy
1949
as Ted Hendry (as James Lydon)

The World of Tomorrow
1984
as Bud Middleton (archive footage)

Miss Mink of 1949
1949
as Joe Forrester

Tarnished
1950
as Junior Bunker

A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Chuck Lewis

Hot Rod
1950
as David Langham Jr.

Henry and Dizzy
1942
as Henry Aldrich

Cynthia
1947
as Ricky Latham

Strange Illusion
1945
as Paul Cartwright

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
1943
as Henry Aldrich
The Road to Victory
1944
as Danny Ames (uncredited)

Naval Academy
1941
as Tommy Blake

Michael O'Hara the Fourth
1972
as John Stevens

Bowery Boy
1940
as Sock Dolan

Tucson
1949
as Andy Bryant

Two Thoroughbreds
1939
as David Carey

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
1944
as Henry Aldrich

Henry Aldrich for President
1941
as Henry Aldrich

The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
1939
as Bud

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
1944
as Henry Aldrich

Sweet Genevieve
1947
as Bill Kennedy

Home Early
1939
as Junior Doakes

The Shining Future
1944
as Danny Ames

My Best Gal
1944
as Johnny McCloud

When the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Ted Benson

Cadets on Parade
1942
as Joe Novak

Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951
as Skeezix Wallet

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
as Henry Aldrich
Time to Kill
1945
as Lou

Henry Aldrich Swings It
1943
as Henry Aldrich

Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942
as Henry Aldrich

An Old-Fashioned Girl
1949
as Tom Shaw

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943
as Henry Aldrich

Destination Big House
1950
as Freddy Brooks

Affairs of Geraldine
1946
as Willy Briggs
About Jimmy Lydon
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. With 122 credits spanning from 1939 to 1984, Jimmy Lydon has appeared in 69 films and 53 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jimmy Lydon Movies
- Joan of Arc (1948) โ as Pierre d'Arc, Joan's younger brother
- Rage at Dawn (1955) โ as Dedrick
- September Affair (1950) โ as Johnny Wilson
- Life with Father (1947) โ as Clarence Day Jr.
- Death of a Gunfighter (1969) โ as Luke Mills
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