Jimmy Lydon and Rita Quigley in Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)
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Caption: Jimmy Lydon and Rita Quigley in Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)
About James J. Lydon
Actor, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew
Born: May 30, 1923
Star sign: Gemini
Known for: Life with Father (1947), Strange Illusion (1945), When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950), Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)
Source: IMDB
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 ...
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