Cliff Lyons
Actor/Actriz
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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
Como Actor/Actriz
Wagon Train
Creel Weatherby
Espartaco
Soldier (uncredited)
Ben-Hur
The Lubian (uncredited)
El Álamo
Bowie's Man (uncredited)
Los boinas verdes
Hugh Parkinson (uncredited)
Lucha de gigantes
Outrider (uncredited)
Chisum, el rey del oeste
Wrangler (uncredited)
Los Tres Padrinos
Guard at Mojave Tanks (uncredited)
Marcha de valientes
Union Sergeant (uncredited)
Rio Grande
Soldier (uncredited)
Juramento de venganza
Trooper (uncredited)
La legión invencible
Trooper Cliff (uncredited)
Tierra y esperanza
Willie
The Red Badge of Courage
Soldier (uncredited)
7 Men from Now
Henchman
Sergeant Rutledge
Sam Beecher (uncredited)
Genghis Khan
(uncredited)
Two Rode Together
William McCandless (uncredited)
Caravana de valientes
Marshal of Crystal City
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Charioteer (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii
Ostorius - a Gladiator (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Churchgoer (uncredited)
The Prodigal
Harun (uncredited)
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
(uncredited)
The Young Land
Reynolds - Jury Foreman (uncredited)
The Last of the Duanes
Henchman
Bala de plata
Stage Driver
Three Rogues
Deputy (uncredited)
The Cheyenne Kid
Cowhand (uncredited)
The Lawless Nineties
Henchman Davis
Detrás de Cámaras
Más corazón que odio
Stunts
El Álamo
Second Unit Director, Stunts
La conquista del oeste
Stunts
McLintock!
Coordinador de Escenas, Technical Advisor
Lucha de gigantes
Stunts, Second Unit Director
Fuerte Apache
Second Unit Director, Stunts
Río Rojo
Stunts
Los Tres Padrinos
Stunts
Marcha de valientes
Stunts
Rio Grande
Second Unit Director, Stunts
Juramento de venganza
Second Unit Director, Stunts
La legión invencible
Second Unit Director, Stunts, Technical Advisor
Tierra y esperanza
Stunts
El ocaso de los Cheyennes
Stunts
Taras Bulba
Second Unit Director
¡Qué verde era mi valle!
Stunts
Sergeant Rutledge
Stunts
Esclavos del oro
Stunts
Genghis Khan
Second Unit Director
Two Rode Together
Stunts
They Died with Their Boots On
Stunt Double
Los Chacales del Oeste
Second Unit Director, Coordinador de Escenas
Caravana de valientes
Second Unit Director, Stunts
Destry Rides Again
Stunts
The Conqueror
Second Unit Director, Stunts
The Prodigal
Stunts
The Border Sheriff
Stunts
The Vanishing Legion
Stunts
Three Godfathers
Stunts
The Light That Failed
Stunts