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Lloyd Nolan

1902 - 1985

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Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) was an American stage, film and television actor who rose from a supporting player and B-movie lead early in his career to featured player status after creating the role of Captain Queeg in Herman Wouk's play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in the mid-1950s. Nolan won a Best Actor Emmy Award reprising the part in 1955 TV play based on Wouk's tale of military justice. Additionally, he starred in the Mike Shayne detective films, and the groundbreaking sitcom Julia starring Diahann Carroll. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Lloyd Nolan is the 6,394th most popular actor (down from 5,983rd in 2024), the 9,910th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,780th in 2019) and the 2,947th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Lloyd Nolan ranks 6,395 out of 13,578. Before him are Troy Kotsur, Norman Pritchard, Claire Windsor, Kristy Swanson, Seo Hyun-jin, Karra Elejalde, and Hatice Aslan. After him are Ge You, Grethe Weiser, Heino Ferch, Mischa Barton, and Jamie Bell.

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Among people born in 1902, Lloyd Nolan ranks 302. Before him are Beryl Markham, Mary Philbin, Curt Siodmak, Mary Miles Minter, Alexey Gribov, and Georges Lacombe. After him are Paul Sturzenegger, Walter Slezak, José María Lavalle, José Humberto Quintero Parra, Ann Harding, and Tomasz Stankiewicz. Among people deceased in 1985, Lloyd Nolan ranks 243. Before him are Tom Richards, André Bjerke, Scott Brady, Alfredo Duhalde, Werner Meyer, and Isaac Kashdan. After him are Leni Schmidt, Cemal Reşit Rey, Archie Stark, Jacques de Lacretelle, Nicholas Colasanto, and Luise Ullrich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lloyd Nolan ranks 9,912 out of 20,380. Before him are Kristy Swanson (1969), Robert L. Stewart (1942), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Lawrence H. Aller (1913), Big Walter Horton (1921), and Kid Rock (1971). After him are Sharon Robinson (1953), Dennis Kucinich (1946), Eric Stonestreet (1971), Claire McDowell (1877), Jim Ross (1952), and David Rice Atchison (1807).

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Among actors born in United States, Lloyd Nolan ranks 2,948. Before him are Peggy Ann Garner (1932), Janice Rule (1931), Lauren Ridloff (1978), Troy Kotsur (1968), Claire Windsor (1892), and Kristy Swanson (1969). After him are Eric Stonestreet (1971), Claire McDowell (1877), Susan Lucci (1946), Craig Bierko (1964), AJ Michalka (1991), and Summer Glau (1981).

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