Doubly Cast: Lyle Talbot

We now begin a regular feature, which should serve me well when feeling especially lazy, in which Hepcat Hermits honours those performers who have played not just one but two roles from DC Comics. This is not to slight Marvel, despite the fact that DC is generally my preferred brand, but is simply because Marvel's relatively short supply of live action material, though it is of course rapidly catching up.

Which brings me to the rules that I am arbitrarily imposing on the feature just so the scope doesn't get too out of hand.

Featured honourees will have to meet the following criteria:

1) Both roles will have to be of a character originally appearing in the comic. And so, someone like Lynda Carter must be excluded, despite the fact she played Chloe's mother on Smallville, since Chloe herself only exists in the Smallville universe aka Earth-Welling.

2) At least one role must be live action. The second role may be animated, but must be a different character. So Adam West is excluded, for despite appearing in both live action and animated form as Batman, he appeared as the same character.

And now, without further ado about nothing, we come to today's honouree, none other than the granddaddy of 'em all, loveable Lyle Talbot! Who appeared as Commissioner Gordon in 1949's Batman and Robin, and as Luthor in 1950's Atom Man vs. Superman. Great DC resume: two household names. Born in 1902, Talbot also starred in many films and serials of all types including Commando Cody: Sky Marshall of the Universe, as well as many television roles. His last performance was on an episode of the eighties Newhart. Aside from his comic book performances, perhaps most noteworthy to those of the Dementia Squad is that he appeared in Ed Wood's masterpiece, Plan Nine From Outer Space. He is also the narrator of Mesa of Lost Women.