Gene Lyons

Biography

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.

Most Known For

Star Trek

as Ambassador Fox

Perry Mason

as Ralph Balfour

The Twilight Zone

as Psychiatrist

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Max Wilding

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Howard Raydon

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Robert McBain

The Fugitive

as Art McNeil

The Fugitive

as Paul Vale

Ironside

as Commissioner Dennis Randall

Ironside

as The Commissioner

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Ray Murdock

Studio One

as Paul Cochran

The Invaders

as Sawyer

The Invaders

as John Corwin

I Spy

as Tom Keith

The People vs. Larry Flynt

as DC Reporter

Ironside

as Police Commissioner Dennis Randall

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

as Dr. Blanker

Sylvia

as Gavin Cullen

Kiss Her Goodbye

as Corey Sherman