Cliff Lyons
1901-07-05 ( 123 years old ) in Clarno Township, Lake County, South Dakota, USA

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

Movies

Chisum 1970-07-23
The Green Berets 1968-07-04
The War Wagon 1967-05-26
Genghis Khan 1965-04-15
Major Dundee 1965-03-15
Two Rode Together 1961-05-24
Spartacus 1960-10-13
Sergeant Rutledge 1960-05-25
Ben-Hur 1959-11-18
The Horse Soldiers 1959-06-11
The Young Land 1959-05-01
The Young Land 1959-05-01
Apache Warrior 1957-07-01
The Abductors 1957-07-01
Seven Men from Now 1956-07-24
Bend of the River 1952-01-23
The Red Badge of Courage 1951-09-27
Rio Grande 1950-11-15
Wagon Master 1950-04-22
When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950-02-17
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949-10-22
3 Godfathers 1948-12-31
Wagon Tracks West 1943-08-18
Colt Comrades 1943-06-18
The Silver Bullet 1942-08-05
The Silver Bullet 1942-08-05
Winners of the West 1940-07-02
Renegade Trail 1939-07-25
Hollywood Round-Up 1937-11-06
Black Aces 1937-09-04
North of the Rio Grande 1937-06-28
Trailin' West 1936-09-04
The Lawless Nineties 1936-02-15
The Eagle's Brood 1935-10-25
Stormy 1935-10-21
The Last Days of Pompeii 1935-10-18
The Crimson Trail 1935-03-11
Gordon of Ghost City 1933-08-13
The Devil Horse 1932-11-01
The Night Rider 1932-08-22
The Rainbow Trail 1932-01-03
Riders of the Purple Sage 1931-10-22
The Painted Desert 1931-01-18
Red Fork Range 1931-01-12
Under Texas Skies 1930-11-15
The Last of the Duanes 1930-08-31
Canyon Hawks 1930-08-25
The Oklahoma Cyclone 1930-08-08
The Oklahoma Sheriff 1930-07-10
Near the Rainbow's End 1930-06-10
The Canyon of Missing Men 1930-06-01
Western Honor 1930-05-15
The Cheyenne Kid 1930-05-01
The Man from Nowhere 1930-04-04
The Hunted Men 1930-04-01
Call of the Desert 1930-03-01
Covered Wagon Trails 1930-02-01
Firebrand Jordan 1930-01-28
Breezy Bill 1930-01-24
O'Malley Rides Alone 1930-01-01
The Voice from the Sky 1929-12-01
Code of the West 1929-11-01
The Cowboy and the Outlaw 1929-10-01
Law of the Plains 1929-08-19
The Fighting Terror 1929-08-01
The Last Roundup 1929-06-30
The Arizona Kid 1929-03-31
Bullets and Justice 1929-02-18
Headin' Westward 1929-02-15
Manhattan Cowboy 1928-10-01
Across the Plains 1928-06-26
Hell Hounds of the Plains 1927-05-07
Outlaw's Paradise 1927-03-01
Blue Streak O'Neil 1926-12-15
Desert Greed 1926-12-11
The Fighting Ranger 1926-09-15
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925-12-25
The Road Agent 1925-07-30
Wild Horse Canyon 1925-05-30

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