# Lyle Waggoner - Dead at 84 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [March 17, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674 "2020-03-17T18:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/1 "2020-03-17T18:55:27Z")
[TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2020/03/17/lyle-waggoner-carol-burnett-show-star-dead-dies-84/) link. At home after an illness. They also serve who stand and deliver straight lines. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/2 "2020-03-17T18:59:44Z")
He could have been Batman! ☹ RIP. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/3 "2020-03-17T19:04:34Z")
He danced, too. And he was Steve to Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/4 "2020-03-17T19:46:01Z")
The usual IMDb [link](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905741/). (Note: surprisingly, not updated regarding his death.) More than just the straight guy on the _Burnett_ show. One title stands out: _Dead Women in Lingerie_. Presumably one of those “… what it says on the can.” things. Oddly, in addition to Waggoner, it has June Lockhart and Ken Osmond in it. The casting director liked some retro TV folk? Waggoner also appeared in Lockhart’s _Lost in Space_ as a robot. Last acting credit 2005. Figured he wasn’t doing well given his limited appearance on the 50th anniv. show a couple years ago. That leaves just Carol and Vicki of the regular cast. Steve Lawrence holds first place among living semi-regulars with 29 episodes and Dick Van Dyke next at 13. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/5 "2020-03-17T20:24:55Z")
I remember him hosting the Bono awards on the Sonny & Cher Show, with diamond-studded front incisors. In the early '70s, that seemed about as far from being a thing as you could possibly conceive. Nowadays… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/6 "2020-03-17T20:37:29Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > _Dead Women in Lingerie_. Presumably one of those “… what it says on the can.” things. Oddly, in addition to Waggoner, it has June Lockhart and Ken Osmond in it. [Also Jerry Orbach playing against type as a sweatshop owner.](https://www.horrordna.com/movies/dead-women-in-lingerie) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/7 "2020-03-17T20:41:00Z")
he made a lot of money renting high end trailers to movie sets for big name actors. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/8 "2020-03-18T21:51:20Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > he made a lot of money renting high end trailers to movie sets for big name actors. More than that. It’s called Star Waggons. They manufacture the trailers as well as rent and maintain them. From what I understand they have a big chunk of the market. He started the company and his sons now run it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/9 "2020-03-19T00:22:20Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Also Jerry Orbach playing against type as a sweatshop owner.](https://www.horrordna.com/movies/dead-women-in-lingerie) No one puts dead baby in a corner! Also, Maura Tierney’s only nude scene. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/10 "2020-03-19T16:13:48Z")
My favorite sketch with Lyle… bless his heart… you can only take Tim so long before you [crack up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baS8uSecFs8) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/11 "2020-03-19T16:17:29Z")
duplicate ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/12 "2020-03-21T20:54:04Z")
I was just coming in to post that! Here’s the full sketch: [The Interrogator from The Carol Burnett Show (full sketch) - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M5eAjYpcYeg) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/13 "2020-03-21T21:18:13Z")
Nobody can resist the Conway Inquisition! All three are gone now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/14 "2020-03-21T21:55:04Z")
I really really liked him. RIP Mr. Waggoner. ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyle-waggoner-dead-at-84/849674/15 "2020-03-23T07:00:07Z")
I read that he and Linda Carter did not get along at all. Anyone know about that?