Herbert Lytton

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{{Short description|American film and television actor (1897–1981)}}

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|name = Herbert Lytton

|image = Richard Boone and Herbert Lytton in Medic (Flash of Darkness).webp

|caption = Lytton (right) with Richard Boone in Medic, 1955

|birth_name = Herbert Lytton Cress

|birth_date = {{birth date|1897|12|09}}

|birth_place = Falmouth, Kentucky, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1981|06|26|1897|12|09}}

|death_place = Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.

|occupation = Film and television actor

|years_active = 1937–1966

|children = 1{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/763479583/|title=Ferry boat race started out as gag|work=The Cincinnati Post|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=April 17, 1970|access-date=March 5, 2022|page=22|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

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Herbert Lytton Cress (December 9, 1897 – June 26, 1981){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWVZAAAAMAAJ|title=Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903–1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers|page=496|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=1996|isbn=9780786401581 |via=Google Books}} was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Admiral Reynolds in the American sitcom television series McHale's Navy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/35374843/|title=Remembering Hollywood|work=Las Cruces Sun-News|location=Las Cruces, New Mexico|date=November 21, 1976|access-date=March 5, 2022|page=87|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

Lytton was born in Falmouth, Kentucky. In 1937 he made his film debut in Stolen Holiday, playing the uncredited role of a fashion show photographer. He then appeared in the films Captain America and The Black Parachute,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/118351%7C70051/Herbert-Lytton#overview|title=Herbert Lytton|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=March 5, 2022}} and played the role of Chuck Johnson in the 1950 film Champagne for Caesar. He later guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Tombstone Territory, Wagon Train, 77 Sunset Strip, Tales of Wells Fargo, Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, The Deputy and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gq-uf3wB-TcC|title=Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964–1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants|page=41|first=Jon|last=Abbott|publisher=McFarland|date=June 14, 2015|isbn=9780786486625|via=Google Books}} Lytton also appeared and co-starred in films such as Marshal of Cedar Rock, Behind the High Wall, Mission Over Korea,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lunaDwAAQBAJ|title=John Derek: Actor, Director, Photographer|page=142|first=Michelangelo|last=Capua|publisher=McFarland|date=March 20, 2020|isbn=9781476675886|via=Google Books}} The Gallant Hours, The Glass Web,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTGSCgAAQBAJ|title=The Edward G. Robinson Encyclopedia|first=Robert|last=Beck|page=136|publisher=McFarland|date=September 16, 2015|isbn=9781476606668|via=Google Books}} Man of a Thousand Faces and The Cosmic Man (as General Knowland).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHpZAAAAMAAJ|title=John Carradine: The Films|page=242|first1=Tom|last1=Weaver|first2=Gregory|last2=Mank|publisher=McFarland|date=1999|isbn=9780786406074|via=Google Books}}

Lytton died in June 1981 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, at the age of 83.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBlCAQAAIAAJ|title=Films in Review: Volume 33|page=616|date=1982|publisher=National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|via=Google Books}}