Lyle Tayo

Acting

Lyle Tayo

Born 1889-01-17 · Elmdale, Kansas, USA

Acting credits

The Battle of the Century poster
6.9

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

The Battle of the Century

1927

Outdoor Pajamas poster
6.0

This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed in his pajamas. As he makes his way to the church he finds one disaster after another.

Outdoor Pajamas

1924

Movie Night poster
6.7

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...

Movie Night

1929

Sure-Mike! poster
7.0

Vermuda, a saleswoman in a department store, is very late for work. She relies on a ruse to fool the floorwalker, and when that doesn't work, she relies on her friendship with the store manager. But she is soon disillusioned as to where she really stands with the manager.

Sure-Mike!

1925

The Spanking Age poster
6.0

Mary Ann Jackson and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced to endure the cruelties of their stepmother and stepsister. The kids get even by rigging a few clever contraptions of their own. In the end the father sells a patent worth millions. Before that, the Our Gang kids bring out out the old "alum" gag, along with several other tried-and-true comedy bits.

The Spanking Age

1928

Below Zero poster
6.7

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.

Below Zero

1930

His Wooden Wedding poster
7.1

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend gives him an anonymous note stating that the bride has a wooden leg.

His Wooden Wedding

1925

Call of the Cuckoo poster
5.8

Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

Bouncing Babies poster
6.2

With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.

Bouncing Babies

1929

Men Are Such Fools poster
7.0

An immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly thereafter, though, the husband finds out his wife is having an affair with a local lowlife; when he turns up dead, the husband is jailed for his murder, even though he protests his innocence.

Men Are Such Fools

1932

Publicity Pays poster
5.7

Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity campaign by having her appear in public in spectacular costumes, with a monkey for a pet. The monkey gets away and Jimmy is elected to capture it. When peace once more descends upon them, the young wife decides to give up her career and devote her time to Jimmy.

Publicity Pays

1924

Big Business poster
6.7

Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee.

Big Business

1929

Yes, Yes, Nanette poster
5.3

Nanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, including the dog, and loses his wig. After having dinner with the family, Nanette's former lover returns, and Hillory must confront him

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925

Should Married Men Go Home? poster
6.6

Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

For Pete's Sake! poster
7.8

The kids try to raise money to buy a doll for Marianne.

For Pete's Sake!

1934

Stage Struck Susie poster
10.0

Eddie Barry bewilders himself backstage at a show.

Stage Struck Susie

1929

Crazy Like a Fox poster
6.2

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

Their Purple Moment poster
6.6

The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner at a snazzy nightclub and much trouble ensues.

Their Purple Moment

1928

No artwork available
7.0

On the train trip home from school, all the kids except Dave talk about taking a vacation trip to Lake Arrowhead; Dave wants a summer job. Alabam suggests that his uncle might hire Dave at a department store. The uncle likes Dave's attitude and tells Alabam and Mickey they should work there too. Reluctantly, Alabam takes a sales assignment in ladies' accessories, where he's charming but clueless. Mickey, lazy and on the take, sees the store detective helping himself to a chocolate bar, so he wants that job. Dave learns the hard way that the customer is always right, Mickey puts the cuffs on the wrong customer, and Lake Arrowhead looks very far away.

Bigger and Better

1930

The Boy Friend poster
5.6

The pretty daughter of a bank clerk meets a handsome college student who attempts to romance her. Due to the comical nature of the two kids meeting, the father suspects the student to be of ill repute and he and his wife conspire to scare him away by acting crazy.

The Boy Friend

1928

No Father to Guide Him poster
6.8

Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.

No Father to Guide Him

1925

Shivering Shakespeare poster
5.9

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of some slow motion sequences.

Shivering Shakespeare

1930

No artwork available
5.3

In this The Boy Friends series short, college students Mickey and Alabam stay at a city friend's place for what they tell him will be one night - though it stretches into several months.

You're Telling Me

1932

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two poster
10.0

Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts of everyone at Hal Roach Studios (including famed director Leo McCarey), who proudly upped their game in support of the winning comedy duo. Whether wreaking accidental havoc as a two-man band, doing battle against one another as millionaire and butler, or even becoming grave robbers for a mad scientist, Laurel and Hardy prove in their second year that they have what it takes to not only win over audiences in the twilight of the silent era, but generate enough momentum to make a successful transition to “talkies” in 1929.

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

2024