American actor (died 1985)

Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Benedict Nolan was an American stage, film and television actor who rose from a supporting player and B-movie lead early in his career to featured player status after creating the role of Captain Queeg in Herman Wouk's play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in the mid-1950s. Nolan won a Best Actor Emmy Award reprising the part in 1955 TV play based on Wouk's tale of military justice. Additionally, he starred in the Mike Shayne detective films, and the groundbreaking sitcom Julia starring Diahann Carroll.

Born

1902

August 11

Died

1985

Era

1900s

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1902 Born
1985 Died

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-3114 The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
-2492 Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
106 The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
117 Hadrian is proclaimed Roman emperor, two days after Trajan's death.

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The world in 1902

When Lloyd arrived

april 18 The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800 and 2,000.
april 20 Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
april 5 A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.
august 22 The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

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Al Simmons 1902–1956 American baseball player and coach (died 1956) Alexander Luria 1902– Russian psychologist and physician (died 1977) Demchugdongrub 1902– Mongol prince and politician, head of state of Mengjiang (died 1966) Howie Morenz 1902–1937 Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902) Jan Tschichold 1902– German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (died 1974) Mohammad Hatta 1902–1980 Indonesian statesman, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (died 1980) Ralph Richardson 1902–1983 English actor (died 1983) Sidney Hook 1902– American philosopher and author (died 1989) Sir Karl Popper 1902– Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1994)

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