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Gene Lyons

Gene Lyons

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1921-02-09

Birth Place

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1969

5.0

Movie
poster

I Spy

1965

6.5

TV
Ironside

Ironside

1967

5.0

Movie
poster

Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
Kiss Her Goodbye

Kiss Her Goodbye

1959

5.4

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Sentence of Death

Sentence of Death

1953

7.3

Movie
poster

Star Trek

1966

8.0

TV
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
Sylvia

Sylvia

1965

6.2

Movie
poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

7.8

TV
poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961

7.4

TV
poster

The Fugitive

1963

7.2

TV
poster

The Invaders

1967

6.8

TV
The People vs. Larry Flynt

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996

7.0

Movie
The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful

1953

0.0

Movie
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
The Young Don't Cry

The Young Don't Cry

1957

6.2

Movie