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Gene Lyons

Gene Lyons

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 09, 1921
Died Jul 08, 1974 (53)
Birthplace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024
Entry Date Apr 26, 2024
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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 w ... as 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.

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Filmography

The People vs. Larry Flynt

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996

as DC Reporter

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1969

as Dr. Blanker

Ironside

Ironside

1967

as Police Commissioner Dennis Randall

Sylvia

Sylvia

1965

as Gavin Cullen

Kiss Her Goodbye

Kiss Her Goodbye

1959

as Corey Sherman

The Young Don't Cry

The Young Don't Cry

1957

as Max Cole

Sentence of Death

Sentence of Death

1953

as Paul Cochran

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Television Credits

Ironside

as The Commissioner

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

The Fugitive

as Art McNeil

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Fugitive

as Paul Vale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Ironside

as Commissioner Dennis Randall

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

The Twilight Zone

as Psychiatrist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Star Trek

as Ambassador Fox

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

Perry Mason

as Ralph Balfour

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

I Spy

as Tom Keith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

The Invaders

as Sawyer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

The Invaders

as John Corwin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

Studio One

as Paul Cochran

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Max Wilding

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Howard Raydon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Robert McBain

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Ray Murdock

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1961

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