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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 30, 1923
Died
March 9, 2022
Place of Birth
Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- James Lydon
- James Joseph Lydon
Jimmy Lydon
0.7 Popularity
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
1.0
Bud Middleton (archive footage)
The World of Tomorrow
1984
5.6
Harold O'Shea
St. Elsewhere
1982
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
7.0
Muggeridge
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
4.7
Tom Cousy
Vigilante Force
1976
0.0
Jim Pickett
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
7.4
Radio Actor
Ellery Queen
1975
0.0
Actor
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
7.6
Wyatt
The Rockford Files
1974
7.6
Barrow
The Rockford Files
1974
Credits
The World of Tomorrow
as Bud Middleton (archive footage)
1984
1.0
St. Elsewhere
as Harold O'Shea
1982
5.6
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Muggeridge
1977
7.0
Vigilante Force
as Tom Cousy
1976
4.7
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Jim Pickett
1976
0.0
Ellery Queen
as Radio Actor
1975
7.4
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
as Actor
1975
0.0
The Rockford Files
as Wyatt
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
as Barrow
1974
7.6
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Waters
1974
7.3
Bonnie's Kids
as Motel Manager
1973
5.4
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
as John Stevens
1972
6.0
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
as Jim Durden
1971
6.0
Cannon
1971
6.6
Scandalous John
as Grotch
1971
6.1
Cannon
as Betting Clerk
1971
4.5
Love, American Style
as Photographer
1969
6.1
Death of a Gunfighter
as Luke Mills
1969
6.2
Adam-12
as Tyler
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Harvey Shore
1968
7.0
The F.B.I.
as Joey Witner
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Church
1965
5.4
🎬
Many Happy Returns
1964
5.0
87th Precinct
as Roger Pitt
1961
7.5
The Last Time I Saw Archie
as Pvt. Billy Simpson (as James Lydon)
1961
5.7
Stagecoach West
as Gil Soames
1960
6.0
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Harry
1960
6.2
Checkmate
as Ben Roberts
1960
4.1
I Passed for White
as Jay Morgan
1960
6.0
The Hypnotic Eye
as Emergency Doctor (as James Lydon)
1960
5.8
The Untouchables
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1959
7.8
The Twilight Zone
as Patrolman
1959
8.5
Tightrope
1959
5.5
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Man with a Camera
1958
4.6
Lawman
1958
5.6
The Texan
as Smitty
1958
5.5
Bronco
1958
5.9
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Dan Murdock
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Paul Decker
1958
6.8
Casey Jones
as Johnny Ferguson
1957
5.5
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Trackdown
as Mark Turley
1957
6.4
Trackdown
as Joe Corbett
1957
6.4
Maverick
as Terry McKenna
1957
6.9
M Squad
as Joseph Rinehart
1957
5.2
Wagon Train
as Hotel Clerk
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Todd
1957
6.6
Chain of Evidence
as Steve Nordstrom (as James Lydon)
1957
4.6
Wire Service
as Harris
1956
0.0
🎬
The Gale Storm Show
as Hendricks
1956
5.5
🎬
The Gale Storm Show
as Officer Evans
1956
5.5
Battle Stations
as Squawk Hewitt
1956
5.6
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Lt. Fred Green
1955
6.5
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
6.3
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Baines
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Charlie Boggs
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Tom Fitch (uncredited)
1955
6.8
Rage at Dawn
as Dedrick
1955
6.1
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jim Durden
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as John Stevens
1954
7.8
The Desperado
as Tom Cameron
1954
6.6
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954
5.3
Island in the Sky
as Murray, Dooley's navigator
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Larry White
1953
6.4
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
Corky of Gasoline Alley
as Skeezix Wallet
1951
0.0
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Oh! Susanna
as Benton
1951
5.0
Gasoline Alley
as Skeezix
1951
5.5
The Magnificent Yankee
as Clinton
1950
5.4
🎬
The First Hundred Years
1950
0.0
Hot Rod
as David Langham Jr.
1950
5.7
September Affair
as Johnny Wilson
1950
5.8
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as D. Crockett Weeks
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Dinny
1950
6.3
Destination Big House
as Freddy Brooks
1950
0.0
Tarnished
as Junior Bunker
1950
5.8
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Charles 'Charlie' Fettles
1950
6.8
The Life of Riley
1949
7.5
Tucson
as Andy Bryant
1949
6.0
Bad Boy
as Ted Hendry (as James Lydon)
1949
6.8
Miss Mink of 1949
as Joe Forrester
1949
0.0
An Old-Fashioned Girl
as Tom Shaw
1949
5.0
Joan of Arc
as Pierre d'Arc, Joan's younger brother
1948
6.1
Out of the Storm
as Donald Lewis
1948
6.5
The Time of Your Life
as Dudley Bostwick
1948
5.5
Good News
as Jimmy's Classmate (uncredited)
1947
6.2
Sweet Genevieve
as Bill Kennedy
1947
4.5
Life with Father
as Clarence Day Jr.
1947
6.7
Cynthia
as Ricky Latham
1947
5.9
Affairs of Geraldine
as Willy Briggs
1946
0.0
🎬
Time to Kill
as Lou
1945
0.0
Twice Blessed
as Mickey Pringle
1945
6.0
Strange Illusion
as Paul Cartwright
1945
5.4
The Town Went Wild
as Bob Harrison
1944
5.0
When the Lights Go On Again
as Ted Benson
1944
5.5
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Henry Aldrich
1944
0.0
🎬
The Road to Victory
as Danny Ames (uncredited)
1944
5.5
The Shining Future
as Danny Ames
1944
4.0
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Henry Aldrich
1944
0.0
My Best Gal
as Johnny McCloud
1944
0.0
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Henry Aldrich
1944
0.0
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
as Henry Aldrich
1943
0.0
Henry Aldrich Swings It
as Henry Aldrich
1943
0.0
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Henry Aldrich
1943
6.0
Aerial Gunner
as Sandy Lunt
1943
4.4
A Letter From Bataan
as Chuck Lewis
1942
4.5
Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Henry Aldrich
1942
6.0
Henry and Dizzy
as Henry Aldrich
1942
0.0
The Mad Martindales
as Bobby Bruce Turner
1942
5.0
Cadets on Parade
as Joe Novak
1942
6.0
Henry Aldrich for President
as Henry Aldrich
1941
4.0
Naval Academy
as Tommy Blake
1941
0.0
Bowery Boy
as Sock Dolan
1940
3.0
Little Men
as Daniel "Danny" Burdle
1940
5.6
Tom Brown's School Days
as Tom Brown
1940
7.2
Two Thoroughbreds
as David Carey
1939
2.0
Home Early
as Junior Doakes
1939
0.0
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
as Bud
1939
6.5
Back Door to Heaven
as Young Frankie Rogers
1939
3.7