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Cliff Lyons
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Cliff Lyons
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1901-07-05,Clarno Township, Lake County, South Dakota, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Cliff Lyons was an American actor, stuntman and second-unit director, primarily of Westerns, particularly the films of John Ford and John Wayne. Lyons, the son of Garrett Thomas Lyons and Wilhamena Johnson Lyons, was raised on a South Dakota farm, though his family lived for a time in Memphis, TN, where he attended business school. An expert horseman, he gave up the notion of a business career and opted for the rodeo arena instead, touring the country;y and eventually reaching Los Angeles at the age of 21. With accomplished cowboys in great demand, Lyons quickly became involved in movies, working both as a stuntman and an actor. After only a couple of bit parts, he was signed by producer Bud Barsky to do seven inexpensive Westerns directed by Paul Hurst, with Lyons and Al Hoxie alternating as the hero and the heavy. Lyons and Hoxie alternated in another Western series produced by Morris R. Schlank, and, as Cliff 'Tex' Lyons, he seemed headed for minor stardom as a B-Western lead. However, Lyons' voice was not well-suited for sound and the talkie revolution confined him to small roles. As his small shot at stardom faded, however, his career as a stunt double for stars big and small was on the rise. He doubled such cowboy stars as Tom Mix, Ken Maynard, Buck Jones and Johnny Mack Brown. In 1936 he worked with John Wayne for the first and struck up a personal and business relationship that would remain strong for three decades. Wayne was influential in getting Lyons his first work as a second-unit director and in introducing Lyons to John Ford, for whom Lyons would do some of his finest work. Lyons' reputation as a stunt coordinator is comparable to that of acknowledged master Yakima Canutt, with whom Lyons partnered on numerous occasions. Perhaps Lyons' most impressive work was the massive and dynamic battle sequences of Wayne's The Alamo (1960). He was married from 1938 to 1955 to actress Beth Marion, with whom he had two sons. Cliff Lyons died in 1974 at 72, not long after coordinating stunts for Wayne's The Train Robbers (1973). Date of Birth 4 July 1901, near Clarno Township, Lake County, South Dakota Date of Death 6 January 1974, Los Angeles, California

Filmography

Covered Wagon Trails

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Covered Wagon Trails
1930-02-01

Firebrand Jordan

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Firebrand Jordan
1930-01-28

The Canyon of Missing Men

0

The Canyon of Missing Men
1930-06-01

The Cheyenne Kid

0

The Cheyenne Kid
1930-05-01

0

Stormy
1935-10-21

6.8

7 Men from Now
1956-08-04

0

Desert Greed
1926-12-11

The Arizona Kid

0

The Arizona Kid
1929-03-31

Under Texas Skies

4

Under Texas Skies
1930-11-15

0

Western Honor
1930-05-15

The Oklahoma Sheriff

0

The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930-07-10

0

The Hunted Men
1930-04-01

0

Breezy Bill
1930-01-24

The Man from Nowhere

0

The Man from Nowhere
1930-04-04

Law of the Plains

0

Law of the Plains
1929-08-19

6.7

Wagon Master
1950-04-22

Bullets and Justice

0

Bullets and Justice
1929-02-18

Manhattan Cowboy

0

Manhattan Cowboy
1928-10-01

Hell Hounds of the Plains

0

Hell Hounds of the Plains
1927-05-07

6.4

The Young Land
1959-05-01

The Last Days of Pompeii

5.6

The Last Days of Pompeii
1935-10-18

4.6

Apache Warrior
1957-07-01

The Lawless Nineties

5.3

The Lawless Nineties
1936-02-15

The Green Berets

5.728

The Green Berets
1968-07-04

6.656

Major Dundee
1965-04-07

The Night Rider

0

The Night Rider
1932-08-22

0

Red Fork Range
1931-01-12

The Painted Desert

5

The Painted Desert
1931-01-18

The Rainbow Trail

0

The Rainbow Trail
1932-01-03

The Last of the Duanes

3

The Last of the Duanes
1930-08-31

6.7

Chisum
1970-07-23

Blue Streak O'Neil

0

Blue Streak O'Neil
1926-12-15

1

Canyon Hawks
1930-08-25

The Last Roundup

0

The Last Roundup
1929-06-30

Code of the West

0

Code of the West
1929-11-01

Hollywood Round-Up

4.4

Hollywood Round-Up
1937-11-06

Sergeant Rutledge

7.111

Sergeant Rutledge
1960-05-25

6.4

The Young Land
1959-05-01

Gordon of Ghost City

4

Gordon of Ghost City
1933-08-13

Bend of the River

6.855

Bend of the River
1952-01-23

When Willie Comes Marching Home

6.769

When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950-02-17

Wagon Tracks West

0

Wagon Tracks West
1943-08-18

7.9

Ben-Hur
1959-11-18

Riders of the Purple Sage

0

Riders of the Purple Sage
1931-10-22

7.545

Spartacus
1960-10-13

5.2

Black Aces
1937-09-04

The Voice from the Sky

0

The Voice from the Sky
1929-12-01

5

Renegade Trail
1939-07-25

The Eagle's Brood

5

The Eagle's Brood
1935-10-25

Call of the Desert

0

Call of the Desert
1930-03-01

North of the Rio Grande

6

North of the Rio Grande
1937-06-28

The Devil Horse

2

The Devil Horse
1932-11-01

Wild Horse Canyon

0

Wild Horse Canyon
1925-05-30

0

The Road Agent
1925-07-30

Winners of the West

0

Winners of the West
1940-07-02

Across the Plains

0

Across the Plains
1928-06-26

6.806

Rio Grande
1950-11-15

The Red Badge of Courage

6.4

The Red Badge of Courage
1951-09-27

0

Trailin' West
1936-09-04

5.882

Genghis Khan
1965-04-15

Two Rode Together

6.4

Two Rode Together
1961-05-24

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

6.836

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949-10-22

Headin' Westward

0

Headin' Westward
1929-02-15

The Crimson Trail

0

The Crimson Trail
1935-03-11

6.721

3 Godfathers
1948-12-31

6.855

The War Wagon
1967-05-26

The Silver Bullet

4

The Silver Bullet
1942-08-05

The Silver Bullet

4

The Silver Bullet
1942-08-05

5.6

Colt Comrades
1943-06-18

Near the Rainbow's End

1

Near the Rainbow's End
1930-06-10

The Cowboy and the Outlaw

0

The Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929-10-01

The Fighting Terror

0

The Fighting Terror
1929-08-01

The Fighting Ranger

0

The Fighting Ranger
1926-09-15

0

The Abductors
1957-07-01

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

7.3

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25

The Oklahoma Cyclone

4.2

The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930-08-08

Outlaw's Paradise

0

Outlaw's Paradise
1927-03-01

O'Malley Rides Alone

0

O'Malley Rides Alone
1930-01-01

6.4

Wagon Train
1957-09-18