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Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Nolan was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Margaret and James Nolan, who was a shoe manufacturer. He began his career on stage and was subsequently lured to Hollywood, where he played mainly doctors, detectives, and police officers in many movie roles. He was a brother to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Sigma Rho chapter). The origin of the Commemorative Air Force dates back to 1957, when Lloyd Nolan and four friends purchased a P-51 Mustang, each sharing in the $1,500... MORE

Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Nolan was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Margaret and James Nolan, who was a shoe manufacturer. He began his career on stage and was subsequently lured to Hollywood, where he played mainly doctors, detectives, and police officers in many movie roles. He was a brother to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Sigma Rho chapter). The origin of the Commemorative Air Force dates back to 1957, when Lloyd Nolan and four friends purchased a P-51 Mustang, each sharing in the $1,500 cost of the aircraft . With the purchase of the Mustang, known as Red Nose, the group was unofficially founded. Although Nolan's acting was often praised by critics, he was, for the most part, relegated to B pictures. Despite this, Nolan costarred with a number of well-known actresses, among them Mae West, Dorothy McGuire, and former Metropolitan Opera soprano, Gladys Swarthout. Under contract to Paramount and 20th Century Fox studios, he assayed starring roles in the late 30s and early-to-mid 40s and appeared as the title character in the Michael Shayne detective series. Raymond Chandler's novel LESS