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Gene Lyons

Acting Born Feb 9, 1921 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 24 credits

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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.

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Known for

Perry Mason

as Ralph Balfour

The Fugitive

as Art McNeil

The Fugitive

as Paul Vale

Star Trek

as Ambassador Fox

Ironside

as Commissioner Dennis Randall

Ironside

as The Commissioner

The Twilight Zone

as Psychiatrist

Full filmography

  • Perry Mason (1957) as Ralph Balfour
  • The Fugitive (1963) as Art McNeil
  • The Fugitive (1963) as Paul Vale
  • Star Trek (1966) as Ambassador Fox
  • Ironside (1967) as Commissioner Dennis Randall
  • Ironside (1967) as The Commissioner
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) as Ray Murdock
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Paul Lepson
  • The Twilight Zone (1959) as Psychiatrist
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Max Wilding
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Howard Raydon
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Robert McBain
  • The Invaders (1967) as Sawyer
  • The Invaders (1967) as John Corwin
  • Studio One (1948) as Paul Cochran
  • One Step Beyond (1959) as Sam Blake
  • I Spy (1965) as Tom Keith
  • The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) as DC Reporter
  • Sylvia (1965) as Gavin Cullen
  • Ironside (1967) as Police Commissioner Dennis Randall
  • Kiss Her Goodbye (1959) as Corey Sherman
  • The Trip to Bountiful (1953)
  • Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969) as Dr. Blanker
  • The Young Don't Cry (1957) as Max Cole