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.

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The Mad Martindales (1942)

A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Gig Young  •  Jimmy Lydon

A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Gig Young  •  Jimmy Lydon

The Road to Victory (1944)

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosperity and advantages made possible by the successful prosecution of the war, and how the sacrifices of 1944 have made ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  LeRoy Prinz
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Cary Grant  •  Frank Sinatra  •  Charles Ruggles

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosperity and advantages made possible by the successful prosecution of the war, and how the sacrifices of 1944 have made ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  LeRoy Prinz
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Cary Grant  •  Frank Sinatra  •  Charles Ruggles

Bowery Boy (1940)

Dr. Tom O'Hara takes over a public clinic in New York's desperately poor Bowery section. Boy gangleader Sock Dolan resents Tom's interference in moving Sock's kid brother to a hospital, because Sock blames hospitals for his mother's death. Sock helps racketeer J.R. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Morgan
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Louise Campbell  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Helen Vinson

Dr. Tom O'Hara takes over a public clinic in New York's desperately poor Bowery section. Boy gangleader Sock Dolan resents Tom's interference in moving Sock's kid brother to a hospital, because Sock blames hospitals for his mother's death. Sock helps racketeer J.R. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Morgan
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Louise Campbell  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Helen Vinson

Bonnie's Kids (1973)

After killing their repulsive stepfather, emboldened sisters Myra and Ellie set out to become career criminals. While enjoying the freedom of being bad, the new lawbreakers stumble into a stash of mob money, which they’ll stop at nothing to keep.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Marks
CAST:  Tiffany Bolling  •  Steve Sandor  •  Robin Mattson  •  Scott Brady

After killing their repulsive stepfather, emboldened sisters Myra and Ellie set out to become career criminals. While enjoying the freedom of being bad, the new lawbreakers stumble into a stash of mob money, which they’ll stop at nothing to keep.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Marks
CAST:  Tiffany Bolling  •  Steve Sandor  •  Robin Mattson  •  Scott Brady

Bad Boy (1949)

A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Jane Wyatt  •  James Gleason

A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Jane Wyatt  •  James Gleason

Affairs of Geraldine (1946)

When the wealthy Mrs. Cooper passes away, she divides her estate between her sons, Henry and Wayne, and her only daughter, the tomboyish Geraldine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Raymond Walburn  •  Donald Meek

When the wealthy Mrs. Cooper passes away, she divides her estate between her sons, Henry and Wayne, and her only daughter, the tomboyish Geraldine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Raymond Walburn  •  Donald Meek

Chain of Evidence (1957)

A police lieutenant fights to prove a boy's innocence after he's accused of murder. The fourth of five Ben Schwab productions that starred Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Landres
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Don Haggerty  •  Claudia Barrett

A police lieutenant fights to prove a boy's innocence after he's accused of murder. The fourth of five Ben Schwab productions that starred Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Landres
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Don Haggerty  •  Claudia Barrett

Henry Aldrich for President (1941)

Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Mary Anderson  •  Charles Smith  •  June Preisser

Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Mary Anderson  •  Charles Smith  •  June Preisser

Henry and Dizzy (1942)

After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch: Henry only has two days to come up with the funds, or the boat's angry owner will turn him over to the police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Charles Smith  •  John Litel  •  Olive Blakeney

After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch: Henry only has two days to come up with the funds, or the boat's angry owner will turn him over to the police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Charles Smith  •  John Litel  •  Olive Blakeney

Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)

Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Charles Smith  •  John Litel  •  Olive Blakeney

Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Charles Smith  •  John Litel  •  Olive Blakeney

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)

Henry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly proves to cause them no end of trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Charles Smith  •  Darryl Hickman  •  John Litel

Henry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly proves to cause them no end of trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Charles Smith  •  Darryl Hickman  •  John Litel

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)

Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Charles Smith  •  John Litel  •  Olive Blakeney

Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Bennett
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Charles Smith  •  John Litel  •  Olive Blakeney

The Town Went Wild (1944)

Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Freddie Bartholomew  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Edward Everett Horton  •  Tom Tully

Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Freddie Bartholomew  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Edward Everett Horton  •  Tom Tully

September Affair (1950)

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Jessica Tandy  •  Françoise Rosay

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Jessica Tandy  •  Françoise Rosay

Strange Illusion (1945)

An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Warren William  •  Sally Eilers  •  Regis Toomey

An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Warren William  •  Sally Eilers  •  Regis Toomey

The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939)

"An average American family", the Middletons, visit the 1939 World's Fair and witnesses the advent of future technology, encountering robots and dishwashers for the first time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert R. Snody
CAST:  Marjorie Lord  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Ruth Lee  •  Harry Shannon

"An average American family", the Middletons, visit the 1939 World's Fair and witnesses the advent of future technology, encountering robots and dishwashers for the first time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert R. Snody
CAST:  Marjorie Lord  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Ruth Lee  •  Harry Shannon

Little Men (1940)

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Kay Francis  •  Jack Oakie  •  George Bancroft  •  Jimmy Lydon

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Kay Francis  •  Jack Oakie  •  George Bancroft  •  Jimmy Lydon

The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Jacques Bergerac  •  Allison Hayes  •  Marcia Henderson  •  Merry Anders

A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Jacques Bergerac  •  Allison Hayes  •  Marcia Henderson  •  Merry Anders

Aerial Gunner (1943)

Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William H. Pine
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Richard Arlen  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Amelita Ward

Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William H. Pine
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Richard Arlen  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Amelita Ward

Back Door to Heaven (1939)

The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".  (more)

DIRECTION:  William K. Howard
CAST:  Wallace Ford  •  Aline MacMahon  •  Stuart Erwin  •  Bert Frohman

The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".  (more)

DIRECTION:  William K. Howard
CAST:  Wallace Ford  •  Aline MacMahon  •  Stuart Erwin  •  Bert Frohman
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