Lyle Wagoner Bio, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Metrics

Lyle Waggoner is an American actor who led the industry with his big performance in the 1960s and 1970s. The actor started his career as a model and ended up appearing in top American comedy shows like “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Wonder Woman”.

The 84-year-old actor has also earned recognition as a people’s heartthrob by performing beautifully in a long list of Hollywood movies and series. To know more about the Wagoner, scroll below to read about his personal and professional life.

LYLE WAGONER: BIO, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The handsome heartthrob was born on April 13, 1935, in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. He was born as Lyle Wesley Waggoner, the son of parents Marie and Myron Waggoner. He grew up in Excelsior Springs, Missouri with his parent. There is no information that he has siblings.

Looking at his education, he attended and graduated in 1953 from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri. He then went to Washington University in St. Louis, but dropped out to join the US Army. There he was a radio operator for two years in West Germany. After being discharged from the military, he attended the General Motors Institute of Technology and pursued mechanical engineering in the executive junior program. Besides, he had also been doing minor jobs like selling a doo-to-door encyclopedia. After that, he took a trip to Los Angeles where he started his modeling career.

LYLE WAGONER: CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIFE

Before moving to Los Angeles to debut as a model. To support him financially, he had worked as a muscleman in a Kansas City generation of Li’l Abner. Then he became a business promotion association which allowed him to make a profit so that he could move to Los Angeles to fulfill his dream career.

He started appearing regularly on TV and in movies since mid-1966. His first appearance was the 1966 movie “Swamp Country” and the TV series “Gunsmoke”. However, he got recognition after appearing as the main cast as “Aikens” in a variety comedy show “The Carol Burnett Show” in 1967. Before that, the same year, he was featured in the movie “Catalina Caper” and “Journey to the Center of Time” as “Alien”. He also landed the role of ‘Mechanical Man’ in an episode of the TV series ‘Lost in Space’.

Her other film credits are 1973’s ‘Love Me Dearly’, 1978’s ‘Zero to Sixty’, 1984’s ‘Surf II’, 1989’s ‘Danger USA’, 1990’s ‘Dream a Little Evil’, and 1991’s ‘Dead Women in Lingerie’. Also, he started working as “Steve Trevor” in the first season of the TV series “Wonder Woman” after a year after leaving Carol Brunett’s show. He has appeared in different series and dramas like ‘Charlie’s Angels’, ‘The San Pedro Beach Bums’, ‘Happy Days’, ‘Mork & Mindy’, ‘The Golden Girls’ and ‘The War at Home’, many ‘others.

After starring in numerous series, in the late 90s Wagoner retired full time. However, he had occasionally made appearances on the series and the shows. In 1993, he hosted an informative commercial TV show ‘Let’s talk with Lyle Waggoner’. Currently he is working as a sculptor and his work can be seen in West Fine Art Galleries in Jackson Hole.

LYLE WAGONER: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

The handsome actor was married to the beautiful lady Sharon Kennedy. She is an actress, financial consultant and real estate agent. The couple married in 1961 after dating for a few years. Together, the duo had produced two sons: Jason and Beau Wagoner. Also, he did not provide any information about his past relationships or sons.

LYLE WAGONER: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

The actor has gained tremendously from his acting career. Hence, Waggoner has a net worth of around $10 million. He had also benefited from his modeling career. Additionally, in 1973, his movie ‘Love Me Deadly’ grossed $18.3 million while being made on a budget of $42,500.

Additionally, he owned a home in La Quinta, California worth $2.1 million. He also purchased other homes worth over $1 million in Westlake Village CA, Manzanillo Mexico and Jackson Hole Wyoming. In 2016, he bought the $3.925 million beachfront home in Mandalay Beach .

Wagoner has always been connected to his fan through his on-screen performances alone. Other than that, he has not been active on any current social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram.

LYLE WAGONER: BODY MEASUREMENTS

Still handsome and fit at the age of eighty-four, the former actor boasts a tall height of 6 feet 3 inches or 1.92 meters. Apart from that, he did not provide any information about his body weight and measurements.