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Jimmy Lydon
Age: 86
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Birth Place: Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA
Born: May. 30th, 1923
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BIOGRAPHY: Born to a large Irish Catholic family (the fifth of nine children) and raised in New York City, Lydon overcame a birth defect and alcoholic father to begin a Broadway career in 1937, acting opposite Van Heflin, Sidney Lumet and Uta Hagen in separate productions. After a number of films with Paramount and RKO, Lydon hit his stride in the "Henry Aldrich" B movie series of the early 1940s. After working increasingly in television in the early 1950s, Lydon turned to production roles, helping to create "M*A*S*H" (1972) and "77 Sunset Strip" (1958). He is still active as a producer and writer.
TRIVIA:
- Lydon is a licensed pilot.
- Son-in-law of actors 'Bernard Nedell' (qv) and 'Olive Blakeney' (qv).
- Starred in CBS TV's first daytime soap opera, _"The First Hundred Years" (1950)_ (qv).
- Grandson of professional wrestling champion Jim Londos.
- Gave a 15-year-old 'Elizabeth Taylor (I)' (qv) her first screen kiss in _Cynthia (1947)_ (qv).
- Did not enjoy the Hollywood experience as a juvenile. He appeared on Broadway and films initially to help support an alcoholic father and family of nine children. He had practically no education as a result.
- Real-life son-in-law of actress 'Olive Blakeney' (qv), who played his mother in all but the first of the "Henry Aldrich" film series.
- Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "I Talked with a Zombie" (McFarland & Co., 2008).
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