Lyle Latell

Lyle Latell (born Lyle Zeiem;[1] April 9, 1904[2] – October 24, 1967)[3] was an American character actor.

He was perhaps best known for playing Pat Patton in the Dick Tracy film series.

[4] Latell was born Lyle Zeiem in April 1904 in Elma, Iowa.

[5] He died in October 1967 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, at the age of 63.

[6] He is interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery.

Latell (center) with Ralph Byrd and Wade Crosby in Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
Latell (center) with Anne Gwynne and Ralph Byrd in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)