Cliff Lyons

Cliff Lyons

Acting

Birthday

1901/07/05

Day of death

1974/01/06 (72 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Clarno Township, Lake County, South Dakota, USA

Also know as

Clifford William Lyons, Tex, Cliff "Tex" 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...Read more

Acting
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(1930) Covered Wagon Trails

as ---

Firebrand Jordan
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(1930) Firebrand Jordan

as Pete

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(1930) The Canyon of Missing Men

as Brill Lonegran

The Cheyenne Kid
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(1930) The Cheyenne Kid

as Cowhand (uncredited)

Stormy
0.0

(1935) Stormy

as Cowhand (uncredited)

Seven Men from Now
6.8

(1956) Seven Men from Now

as Henchman

Desert Greed
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(1926) Desert Greed

as Gillis - Henchman (uncredited)

0.0

(1929) The Arizona Kid

as Red Hank

Under Texas Skies
4.0

(1930) Under Texas Skies

as Mustang - Henchman (uncredited)

The Oklahoma Sheriff
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(1930) The Oklahoma Sheriff

as ---

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(1930) Western Honor

as ---

The Hunted Men
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(1930) The Hunted Men

as Henchman Red (uncredited)

0.0

(1930) Breezy Bill

as Bandit

0.0

(1930) The Man from Nowhere

as ---

Law of the Plains
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(1929) Law of the Plains

as Henchman

Wagon Master
6.7

(1950) Wagon Master

as Marshal of Crystal City

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(1929) Bullets and Justice

as Red Barton

Manhattan Cowboy
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(1928) Manhattan Cowboy

as Tex Spaulding

Hell Hounds of the Plains
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(1927) Hell Hounds of the Plains

as Henchman (uncredited)

The Young Land
6.4

(1959) The Young Land

as Reynolds - Jury Foreman (uncredited)

The Last Days of Pompeii
5.6

(1935) The Last Days of Pompeii

as Ostorius - a Gladiator (uncredited)

Apache Warrior
4.6

(1957) Apache Warrior

as Trooper (uncredited)

The Lawless Nineties
5.2

(1936) The Lawless Nineties

as Henchman Davis

The Green Berets
5.7

(1968) The Green Berets

as Hugh Parkinson (uncredited)

Major Dundee
6.7

(1965) Major Dundee

as Trooper (uncredited)

The Night Rider
0.0

(1932) The Night Rider

as Bert Logan

Red Fork Range
0.0

(1931) Red Fork Range

as 'Skeeter' Beldon

The Painted Desert
5.1

(1931) The Painted Desert

as Rider

The Rainbow Trail
0.0

(1932) The Rainbow Trail

as Horseman

The Last of the Duanes
3.0

(1930) The Last of the Duanes

as Henchman

Chisum
6.7

(1970) Chisum

as Wrangler (uncredited)

Blue Streak O'Neil
0.0

(1926) Blue Streak O'Neil

as ---

Canyon Hawks
1.0

(1930) Canyon Hawks

as Tom Hardy

The Last Roundup
0.0

(1929) The Last Roundup

as Jimmy Blyth

Code of the West
0.0

(1929) Code of the West

as Leary Henchman

Hollywood Round-Up
4.4

(1937) Hollywood Round-Up

as Saloon Set Brawler

Sergeant Rutledge
7.1

(1960) Sergeant Rutledge

as Sam Beecher (uncredited)

The Young Land
6.4

(1959) The Young Land

as Jury Foreman

Gordon of Ghost City
4.0

(1933) Gordon of Ghost City

as Rider

Bend of the River
6.9

(1952) Bend of the River

as Willie

When Willie Comes Marching Home
6.8

(1950) When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Churchgoer (uncredited)

Wagon Tracks West
0.0

(1943) Wagon Tracks West

as Henchman Matt

Ben-Hur
7.9

(1959) Ben-Hur

as The Lubian (uncredited)

Riders of the Purple Sage
0.0

(1931) Riders of the Purple Sage

as Jed

Spartacus
7.5

(1960) Spartacus

as Soldier (uncredited)

Black Aces
5.2

(1937) Black Aces

as Rider

The Voice from the Sky
0.0

(1929) The Voice from the Sky

as Henchman 'Humpy'

Renegade Trail
5.0

(1939) Renegade Trail

as Henchman

The Eagle's Brood
5.0

(1935) The Eagle's Brood

as Cowhand

0.0

(1930) Call of the Desert

as Nate Thomas

North of the Rio Grande
6.0

(1937) North of the Rio Grande

as Barfly

The Devil Horse
4.0

(1932) The Devil Horse

as Cowhand (uncredited)

Wild Horse Canyon
0.0

(1925) Wild Horse Canyon

as Ranch Hand

The Road Agent
0.0

(1925) The Road Agent

as ---

Winners of the West
0.0

(1940) Winners of the West

as Indian / Henchman

Across the Plains
0.0

(1928) Across the Plains

as Chuck Lang

Rio Grande
6.8

(1950) Rio Grande

as Soldier (uncredited)

The Red Badge of Courage
6.4

(1951) The Red Badge of Courage

as Soldier (uncredited)

Trailin' West
0.0

(1936) Trailin' West

as Gambler (uncredited)

Genghis Khan
5.9

(1965) Genghis Khan

as (uncredited)

Two Rode Together
6.4

(1961) Two Rode Together

as William McCandless (uncredited)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
6.9

(1949) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Trooper Cliff (uncredited)

Headin' Westward
0.0

(1929) Headin' Westward

as Pat Carle

The Crimson Trail
0.0

(1935) The Crimson Trail

as Barroom Cowhand

3 Godfathers
6.7

(1948) 3 Godfathers

as Guard at Mojave Tanks (uncredited)

The War Wagon
6.8

(1967) The War Wagon

as Outrider (uncredited)

The Silver Bullet
4.0

(1942) The Silver Bullet

as Stage Driver

The Silver Bullet
4.0

(1942) The Silver Bullet

as Barfly

Colt Comrades
5.6

(1943) Colt Comrades

as Rancher

Near the Rainbow's End
1.0

(1930) Near the Rainbow's End

as Lefty - Henchman

The Cowboy and the Outlaw
0.0

(1929) The Cowboy and the Outlaw

as Slim Saxon

The Fighting Terror
0.0

(1929) The Fighting Terror

as ---

0.0

(1926) The Fighting Ranger

as ---

The Abductors
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(1957) The Abductors

as Secret Service Agent

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.3

(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Charioteer (uncredited)

The Oklahoma Cyclone
4.2

(1930) The Oklahoma Cyclone

as Henchman

0.0

(1927) Outlaw's Paradise

as Sheriff

O'Malley Rides Alone
0.0

(1930) O'Malley Rides Alone

as Henchman

The Horse Soldiers
7.0

(1959) The Horse Soldiers

as Union Sergeant (uncredited)

Wagon Train
6.3

(1957) Wagon Train

as Creel Weatherby