Gene Lyons

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 was 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1921-02-09

Died: 1974-07-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Trip to Bountiful		0
2	1953	Sentence of Death	Paul Cochran	73
3	1957	The Young Don't Cry	Max Cole	62
4	1959	Kiss Her Goodbye	Corey Sherman	54
5	1965	Sylvia	Gavin Cullen	62
6	1967	Ironside	Police Commissioner Dennis Randall	50
7	1969	Daddy's Gone A-Hunting	Dr. Blanker	50
8	1996	The People vs. Larry Flynt	DC Reporter	70

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Paul Cochran	50
2	1957	Perry Mason	Ralph Balfour	77
3	1959	The Twilight Zone	Psychiatrist	84
4	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Ray Murdock	75
5	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Max Wilding	78
6	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Howard Raydon	78
7	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Robert McBain	78
8	1963	The Fugitive	Art McNeil	72
9	1963	The Fugitive	Paul Vale	72
10	1965	I Spy	Tom Keith	63
11	1966	Star Trek	Ambassador Fox	80
12	1967	The Invaders	Sawyer	68
13	1967	The Invaders	John Corwin	68
14	1967	Ironside	Commissioner Dennis Randall	68
15	1967	Ironside	The Commissioner	68

Gene Lyons

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