Gene Lyons (actor)
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Gene Lyons | |
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 Lyons in an episode of One Step Beyond (1960) | |
| Born | Matthew Eugene Lyons February 9, 1921 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 8, 1974 (aged 53) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Pittsburgh), U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1943–1974 |
Gene Lyons (February 9, 1921 – July 8, 1974) was an American television actor perhaps best known for his role as police commissioner Dennis Randall on the NBC detective series Ironside.[1]
Career
[edit]Born in Pittsburgh, Lyons was a life member of The Actors Studio.[2] His first of seven Broadway appearances was in February 1943, in a short-lived production of This Rock. He co-starred in the Broadway production of Witness for the Prosecution for two years (1954–56).[3] His other Broadway credits are Harriet (1943–44), Death of a Salesman (1949–50), An Enemy of the People (1950–51), The Trip to Bountiful (1953) and Masquerade (1958).[4]
In 1953, Lyons played a police detective on the CBS drama series Pentagon Confidential (renamed Pentagon U.S.A. by second episode).[5] He appeared in 1954 as Steve Rockwell on the CBS daytime drama Woman with a Past.[6] In 1963 Lyons appeared as Sheriff Jonathan Ballard on the TV western The Virginian in the episode titled "If You Have Tears".
Before joining Raymond Burr as a regular on Ironside (1967–74), he appeared on Burr's Perry Mason, in the 1965 episode "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith". He also made guest appearances on nearly two dozen other series including The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gunsmoke (“Bently”), 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, Bonanza ("Shining in Spain") and The Untouchables. He also appeared in films including The Young Don't Cry and Kiss Her Goodbye.
Death
[edit]Lyons was 53 years old when he died in Los Angeles from complications related to chronic alcoholism, and is buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh.[7]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1957 | The Young Don't Cry | Max Cole | |
| 1959 | Kiss Her Goodbye | Corey Sherman | |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Howard Raydon | Season 1 Episode 16: "What Really Happened" |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Robert McBain | Season 2 Episode 16: "The Evil of Adelaide Winters" |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Max Wilding | Season 3 Episode 11: "Consider Her Ways" |
| 1965 | Sylvia | Gavin Cullen | |
| 1969 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Dr. Blanker |
References
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- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). "Nightime Network TV Series: A to Z". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Ninth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 673. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2023-07-12 – via Internet Archive Book Reader.
- ^ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 279. ISBN 0-02-542650-8. Retrieved 2019-11-19 – via Internet Archive Book Reader.
- ^ Scott, Vernon (1968-08-21). "Top policeman in 'Ironside' series moon lights on other net works". New Castle News. United Press International. p. 35. Retrieved 2017-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gene Lyons | Performer". Playbill Vault. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (1979). The Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs, 1947-1979. Vol. 2 M–Z (2nd ed.). Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes & Co. p. 774. ISBN 0-498-02177-7. Retrieved 2023-07-12 – via Internet Archive Book Reader.
- ^ TV Guide Guide to TV (1st ed.). New York: Barnes & Noble Books. 2004. p. 705. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1. Retrieved 2019-09-07 – via Internet Archive Book Reader.
- ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
External links
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- Gene Lyons at IMDb
- Gene Lyons at the Internet Broadway Database
- Gene Lyons at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Gene Lyons (actor) at Memory Alpha
- Gene Lyons at Find a Grave
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