Cliff Lyons

Cliff Lyons

Acting 1901-07-05 Clarno Township, Lake County, South Dakota, USA

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

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1973 Second Unit Director
1973 Stunt Coordinator
1970 Wrangler (uncredited)
1968 Hugh Parkinson (uncredited)
1967 Outrider (uncredited)
1967 Stunts
1967 Second Unit Director
1965 Trooper (uncredited)
1965 (uncredited)
1965 (uncredited)
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1965 Second Unit Director
1965 Second Unit Director
1965 Stunts
1964 Stunts
1963 Stunt Coordinator
1963 Technical Advisor
1962 Stunts
1962 Second Unit Director
1961 William McCandless (uncredited)
1961 Stunts
1960 Sam Beecher (uncredited)
1960 Soldier (uncredited)
1960 Bowie's Man (uncredited)
1960 Stunts
1960 Second Unit Director
1960 Stunts
1959 Reynolds - Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1959 Jury Foreman
1959 The Lubian (uncredited)
1959 Union Sergeant (uncredited)
1959 Stunts
1958 Stunts
1957 Trooper (uncredited)
1957 Secret Service Agent
1957 Creel Weatherby
1956 Henchman
1956 Second Unit Director
1956 Stunts
1956 Stunts
1955 Harun (uncredited)
1955 Stunts
1952 Willie
1952 Stunts
1951 Soldier (uncredited)
1950 Marshal of Crystal City
1950 Churchgoer (uncredited)
1950 Soldier (uncredited)
1950 Second Unit Director
1950 Stunts
1950 Second Unit Director
1950 Stunts
1949 Trooper Cliff (uncredited)
1949 Second Unit Director
1949 Stunts
1948 Guard at Mojave Tanks (uncredited)
1948 Stunts
1948 Second Unit Director
1948 Stunts
1948 Stunts
1946 Stunts
1945 Stunts
1943 Henchman Matt
1943 Rancher
1943 Stunts
1942 Stage Driver
1942 Barfly
1942 Stand In
1941 Stunts
1941 Stunt Double
1941 Stunts
1940 Indian / Henchman
1940 Stunts
1940 Stunts
1939 Henchman
1939 Stunts
1939 Stunts
1939 Stunts
1939 Stunts
1939 Stunts
1938 Stunts
1937 Saloon Set Brawler
1937 Rider
1937 Barfly
1937 Stunts
1936 Henchman Davis
1936 Gambler (uncredited)
1936 Stunts
1936 Stunts
1936 Stunts
1935 Cowhand (uncredited)
1935 Ostorius - a Gladiator (uncredited)
1935 Cowhand
1935 Barroom Cowhand
1935 Stunts
1935 Stunts
1935 Stunts
1934 Stunts
1934 Stunts
1933 Rider
1932 Bert Logan
1932 Horseman
1932 Cowhand (uncredited)
1932 Stunts
1932 Stunts
1932 Stunt Double
1931 'Skeeter' Beldon
1931 Rider
1931 Deputy (uncredited)
1931 Stunts
1930 Pete
1930 Brill Lonegran
1930 Cowhand (uncredited)
1930 Mustang - Henchman (uncredited)
1930 Henchman Red (uncredited)
1930 Bandit
1930 Henchman
1930 Tom Hardy
1930 Nate Thomas
1930 Lefty - Henchman
1930 Henchman
1930 Henchman
1930 Stunts
1929 Red Hank
1929 Henchman
1929 Red Barton
1929 Jimmy Blyth
1929 Leary Henchman
1929 Henchman 'Humpy'
1929 Pat Carle
1929 Slim Saxon
1928 Tex Spaulding
1928 Chuck Lang
1927 Henchman (uncredited)
1927 Sheriff
1927 Henchman Cliff
1927 Stunts
1926 Gillis - Henchman (uncredited)
1926 Stunts
1925 Ranch Hand
1925 Charioteer (uncredited)