Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-05-30

Deathday

2022-03-09 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

James Lydon
James Joseph Lydon

Jimmy 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

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

7.2%

The Six Million Dollar Man

Jan 18, 1974

7.9%

The Untouchables

Oct 15, 1959

7.5%

The Rockford Files

Sep 13, 1974

7.5%

The Rockford Files

Sep 13, 1974

6.6%

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

6.6%

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

6.7%

Simon & Simon

Nov 24, 1981

6.1%

Joan of Arc

Dec 22, 1948

6.2%

Island in the Sky

Sep 5, 1953

6.5%

Life with Father

Sep 13, 1947

7.0%

Adam-12

Sep 21, 1968

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Acting

1984

The World of Tomorrow as Bud Middleton (archive footage)

1981

Simon & Simon

1977

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Muggeridge

1976		Vigilante Force as Tom Cousy
1976		The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Jim Pickett

1975		Ellery Queen as Radio Actor
1975		Ellery Queen as Actor
1975		Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as Actor

1974		The Rockford Files as Wyatt
1974		The Rockford Files as Barrow
1974		The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Waters

1973		Roll Out
1973		Bonnie's Kids as Motel Manager

1972

Michael O'Hara the Fourth as John Stevens

1971		The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove as Jim Durden
1971		Cannon
1971		Scandalous John as Grotch
1971		Cannon as Betting Clerk

1969		Love, American Style as Photographer
1969		Death of a Gunfighter as Luke Mills

1968		Adam-12 as Tyler
1968		Adam-12 as Harvey Shore

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

1964

Many Happy Returns

1961		87th Precinct as Roger Pitt
1961		The Last Time I Saw Archie as Pvt. Billy Simpson (as James Lydon)

1960		Stagecoach West as Gil Soames
1960		The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Harry
1960		Checkmate as Ben Roberts
1960		I Passed for White as Jay Morgan
1960		The Hypnotic Eye as Emergency Doctor (as James Lydon)

1959		The Untouchables as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1959		The Twilight Zone as Patrolman
1959		Tightrope

1958		77 Sunset Strip
1958		Man with a Camera
1958		Lawman
1958		The Texan as Smitty
1958		Bronco
1958		Peter Gunn
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive as Dan Murdock
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive as Paul Decker

1957		Casey Jones as Johnny Ferguson
1957		Trackdown
1957		Trackdown as Mark Turley
1957		Trackdown as Joe Corbett
1957		Maverick as Terry McKenna
1957		M Squad as Joseph Rinehart
1957		Wagon Train as Hotel Clerk
1957		Chain of Evidence as Steve Nordstrom (as James Lydon)

1956		Wire Service as Harris
1956		The Gale Storm Show as Hendricks
1956		The Gale Storm Show as Officer Evans
1956		Battle Stations as Squawk Hewitt

1955		Screen Director's Playhouse as Lt. Fred Green
1955		Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955		Navy Log
1955		Gunsmoke as Baines
1955		Gunsmoke as Charlie Boggs
1955		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Tom Fitch (uncredited)
1955		Rage at Dawn as Dedrick

1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Jim Durden
1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as John Stevens
1954		The Desperado as Tom Cameron
1954		Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

1953		Island in the Sky as Murray, Dooley's navigator
1953		General Electric Theater as Larry White

1952

Mr. & Mrs. North

1951		Corky of Gasoline Alley as Skeezix Wallet
1951		Racket Squad
1951		Oh! Susanna as Benton
1951		Gasoline Alley as Skeezix

1950		The Magnificent Yankee as Clinton
1950		The First Hundred Years
1950		Hot Rod as David Langham Jr.
1950		September Affair as Johnny Wilson
1950		Lux Video Theatre as D. Crockett Weeks
1950		Destination Big House as Freddy Brooks
1950		Tarnished as Junior Bunker
1950		When Willie Comes Marching Home as Charles 'Charlie' Fettles

1949		The Life of Riley
1949		Tucson as Andy Bryant
1949		Bad Boy as Ted Hendry (as James Lydon)
1949		Miss Mink of 1949 as Joe Forrester
1949		An Old-Fashioned Girl as Tom Shaw

1948		Joan of Arc as Pierre d'Arc, Joan's younger brother
1948		Out of the Storm as Donald Lewis
1948		The Time of Your Life as Dudley Bostwick

1947		Good News as Jimmy's Classmate (uncredited)
1947		Sweet Genevieve as Bill Kennedy
1947		Life with Father as Clarence Day Jr.
1947		Cynthia as Ricky Latham

1946

Affairs of Geraldine as Willy Briggs

1945		Time to Kill as Lou
1945		Twice Blessed as Mickey Pringle
1945		Strange Illusion as Paul Cartwright

1944		The Town Went Wild as Bob Harrison
1944		When the Lights Go On Again as Ted Benson
1944		Henry Aldrich's Little Secret as Henry Aldrich
1944		The Road to Victory as Danny Ames (uncredited)
1944		The Shining Future as Danny Ames
1944		Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid as Henry Aldrich
1944		My Best Gal as Johnny McCloud
1944		Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout as Henry Aldrich

1943		Henry Aldrich Haunts a House as Henry Aldrich
1943		Henry Aldrich Swings It as Henry Aldrich
1943		Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour as Henry Aldrich
1943		Aerial Gunner as Sandy Lunt

1942		A Letter From Bataan as Chuck Lewis
1942		Henry Aldrich, Editor as Henry Aldrich
1942		Henry and Dizzy as Henry Aldrich
1942		The Mad Martindales as Bobby Bruce Turner
1942		Cadets on Parade as Joe Novak

1941		Henry Aldrich for President as Henry Aldrich
1941		Naval Academy as Tommy Blake

1940		Bowery Boy as Sock Dolan
1940		Little Men as Daniel "Danny" Burdle
1940		Tom Brown's School Days as Tom Brown

1939		Two Thoroughbreds as David Carey
1939		Home Early as Junior Doakes
1939		The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair as Bud
1939		Back Door to Heaven as Young Frankie Rogers

Directing

1974

The Six Million Dollar Man as Director

Production

1969

The Learning Tree as Associate Producer

1968

Assignment to Kill as Producer

1967

Countdown as Producer

1966

An American Dream as Producer

1965

Mister Roberts as Producer

Writing

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Story