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
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
(1930) Covered Wagon Trails
as ---
(1930) Firebrand Jordan
as Pete
(1930) The Canyon of Missing Men
as Brill Lonegran
(1930) The Cheyenne Kid
as Cowhand (uncredited)
(1935) Stormy
as Cowhand (uncredited)
(1956) Seven Men from Now
as Henchman
(1926) Desert Greed
as Gillis - Henchman (uncredited)
(1929) The Arizona Kid
as Red Hank
(1930) Under Texas Skies
as Mustang - Henchman (uncredited)
(1930) The Oklahoma Sheriff
as ---
(1930) Western Honor
as ---
(1930) The Hunted Men
as Henchman Red (uncredited)
(1930) Breezy Bill
as Bandit
(1930) The Man from Nowhere
as ---
(1929) Law of the Plains
as Henchman
(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) The Painted Desert
as Rider
(1932) The Rainbow Trail
as Horseman
(1930) The Last of the Duanes
as Henchman
(1970) Chisum
as Wrangler (uncredited)
(1926) Blue Streak O'Neil
as ---
(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
(1933) Gordon of Ghost City
as Rider
(1952) Bend of the River
as Willie
(1950) When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Churchgoer (uncredited)
(1943) Wagon Tracks West
as Henchman Matt
(1959) Ben-Hur
as The Lubian (uncredited)
(1931) Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jed
(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) The Eagle's Brood
as Cowhand
(1930) Call of the Desert
as Nate Thomas
(1937) North of the Rio Grande
as Barfly
(1932) The Devil Horse
as Cowhand (uncredited)
(1925) Wild Horse Canyon
as Ranch Hand
(1925) The Road Agent
as ---
(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) The Silver Bullet
as Barfly
(1943) Colt Comrades
as Rancher
(1930) Near the Rainbow's End
as Lefty - Henchman
(1929) The Cowboy and the Outlaw
as Slim Saxon
(1929) The Fighting Terror
as ---
(1926) The Fighting Ranger
as ---
(1957) The Abductors
as Secret Service Agent
(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Charioteer (uncredited)
(1930) The Oklahoma Cyclone
as Henchman
(1927) Outlaw's Paradise
as Sheriff
(1930) O'Malley Rides Alone
as Henchman
(1959) The Horse Soldiers
as Union Sergeant (uncredited)
(1957) Wagon Train
as Creel Weatherby