Gene Lyons
Age: N/A | From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 8
TV Involvements: 12
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gene Lyons (February 9, 1921 – July 8, 1974) was an American television actor from Pittsburgh, best known for his role as police commissioner Dennis Randall on the NBC detective series Ironside starring Raymond Burr. A life member of The Actors Studio, Lyons was in the Broadway production of Witness for the Prosecution for two years. His other Broadway credits include Masquerade (1958), The Trip to Bountiful (1953), Harriet (1942), and This Rock (1942). In 1953, Lyons played a police detective on the CBS drama series Pentagon U.S.A.. He appeared in 1954 as Steve Rockwell on the CBS daytime drama Woman with a Past. Before joining Raymond Burr as a regular on Ironside, he appeared on Perry Mason in 1965 as murderer Ralph Balfour in "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith." He also made guest appearances on nearly two dozen other series including The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel, The Fugitive, Ben Casey, Star Trek ("A Taste of Armageddon"), The Twilight Zone ("King Nine Will Not Return"), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and The Untouchables. He also appeared in films including Kiss Her Goodbye and The Young Don't Cry. Lyons died in Los Angeles, California on July 8, 1974 and is buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
Most Famous Work
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Max Wilding
The Fugitive
(1963) Paul Vale
Star Trek
(1966) Ambassador Fox
The Twilight Zone
(1959) Psychiatrist
The Invaders
(1967) John Corwin
Studio One
(1948) Paul Cochran
Ironside
(1967) Commissioner Dennis Randall
I Spy
(1965) Tom KeithActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | DC Reporter | |
| 1974 | Commissioner Dennis Randall | |
| 1969 | Dr. Blanker | |
| 1967 | Commissioner Dennis Randall | |
| Police Commissioner Dennis Randall | ||
| Sawyer | ||
| John Corwin | ||
| 1966 | Ambassador Fox | |
| 1965 | Tom Keith | |
| Gavin Cullen | ||
| 1963 | Art McNeil | |
| Paul Vale | ||
| 1962 | Howard Raydon | |
| Robert McBain | ||
| Max Wilding | ||
| 1959 | Psychiatrist | |
| Corey Sherman | ||
| 1957 | Max Cole | |
| 1953 | Paul Cochran | |
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Paul Cochran | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
