Cliff Lyons

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-07-05 (73 years old)

Deathday

1974-01-06

Place of Birth

Clarno Township, Lake County, South Dakota, USA

Cliff Lyons

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 ...

Acting

1930

1930

The Canyon of Missing Men

as Brill Lonegran

1930

The Cheyenne Kid

as Cowhand (uncredited)

1935

Stormy

as Cowhand (uncredited)

1956

1926

Desert Greed

as Gillis - Henchman (uncredited)

1929

The Arizona Kid

as Red Hank

1930

Under Texas Skies

as Mustang - Henchman (uncredited)

1930

The Hunted Men

as Henchman Red (uncredited)

1930

Breezy Bill

as Bandit

1929

1950

Wagon Master

as Marshal of Crystal City

1929

Bullets and Justice

as Red Barton

1928

Manhattan Cowboy

as Tex Spaulding

1927

Hell Hounds of the Plains

as Henchman (uncredited)

1959

The Young Land

as Reynolds - Jury Foreman (uncredited)

1935

The Last Days of Pompeii

as Ostorius - a Gladiator (uncredited)

1957

Apache Warrior

as Trooper (uncredited)

1936

The Lawless Nineties

as Henchman Davis

1968

The Green Berets

as Hugh Parkinson (uncredited)

1965

Major Dundee

as Trooper (uncredited)

1932

The Night Rider

as Bert Logan

1931

Red Fork Range

as 'Skeeter' Beldon

1931

1932

1930

1970

Chisum

as Wrangler (uncredited)

1930

Canyon Hawks

as Tom Hardy

1929

The Last Roundup

as Jimmy Blyth

1929

Code of the West

as Leary Henchman

1937

Hollywood Round-Up

as Saloon Set Brawler

1960

Sergeant Rutledge

as Sam Beecher (uncredited)

1959

The Young Land

as Jury Foreman

1952

1950

When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Churchgoer (uncredited)

1943

Wagon Tracks West

as Henchman Matt

1959

Ben-Hur

as The Lubian (uncredited)

1960

Spartacus

as Soldier (uncredited)

1937

Black Aces

as Rider

1929

The Voice from the Sky

as Henchman 'Humpy'

1939

Renegade Trail

as Henchman

1935

1930

Call of the Desert

as Nate Thomas

1932

The Devil Horse

as Cowhand (uncredited)

1925

Wild Horse Canyon

as Ranch Hand

1940

Winners of the West

as Indian / Henchman

1928

Across the Plains

as Chuck Lang

1950

Rio Grande

as Soldier (uncredited)

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Soldier (uncredited)

1936

Trailin' West

as Gambler (uncredited)

1965

Genghis Khan

as (uncredited)

1961

Two Rode Together

as William McCandless (uncredited)

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Trooper Cliff (uncredited)

1929

Headin' Westward

as Pat Carle

1935

The Crimson Trail

as Barroom Cowhand

1948

3 Godfathers

as Guard at Mojave Tanks (uncredited)

1967

The War Wagon

as Outrider (uncredited)

1942

The Silver Bullet

as Stage Driver

1942

1943

Colt Comrades

as Rancher

1930

Near the Rainbow's End

as Lefty - Henchman

1929

1957

The Abductors

as Secret Service Agent

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Charioteer (uncredited)

1930

1927

1930

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Union Sergeant (uncredited)

1927

Western Courage

as Henchman Cliff

Production

1965

Genghis Khan

as Second Unit Director

1939

1952

1935

1940

1946

1936

1965

Major Dundee

as Second Unit Director

1965

Major Dundee

as Stunts

1926

1936

1939

1930

Fighting Thru

as Stunts

1932

1934

The Red Rider

as Stunts

1938

1935

1936

1973

The Train Robbers

as Second Unit Director

1973

The Train Robbers

as Stunt Coordinator

1939

Dodge City

as Stunts

1932

Mystery Ranch

as Stunts

1956

The Conqueror

as Second Unit Director

1960

1942

1948

3 Godfathers

as Stunts

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Second Unit Director

1967

The War Wagon

as Stunts

1950

Wagon Master

as Second Unit Director

1950

Wagon Master

as Stunts

1963

McLintock!

as Stunt Coordinator

1964

1948

Fort Apache

as Second Unit Director

1948

Fort Apache

as Stunts

1956

The Searchers

as Stunts

1934

Love Time

as Stunts

1950

Rio Grande

as Second Unit Director

1950

Rio Grande

as Stunts

1961

1939

1948

Red River

as Stunts

1962

Taras Bulba

as Second Unit Director

1932

Robbers' Roost

as Stunt Double

1963

McLintock!

as Technical Advisor

1967

The War Wagon

as Second Unit Director

1959

1927

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