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Cliff Lyons

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  • 1901 - 1974

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 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

Birthday: 1901-07-04

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Spartacus
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The Young Land
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Seven Men from Now
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The War Wagon
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Wagon Master
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Colt Comrades
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The Eagle's Brood
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Renegade Trail
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North of the Rio Grande
51687
The Lawless Nineties
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The Night Rider
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The Devil Horse
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The Silver Bullet
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Hollywood Round-Up
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Winners of the West
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The Last of the Duanes
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Blue Streak O'Neil
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Canyon Hawks
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The Last Roundup
322727
Code of the West
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Gordon of Ghost City
342489
Wagon Tracks West
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Riders of the Purple Sage
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Black Aces
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Trailin' West
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Fort Apache
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Renegade Trail
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Three on the Trail
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North of the Rio Grande
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Cassidy of Bar 20
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The Vanishing Legion
156335
The Devil Horse
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Death Valley Manhunt
172165
The Light That Failed
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The Miracle Rider
184958
The Singing Vagabond
192120
The Missouri Traveler
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Mystery Ranch
249478
The Purple Monster Strikes
252404
Winners of the West
253836
Fighting Thru
254216
The Phantom Rider
256751
The Phantom Rider
257057
The Man from Tumbleweeds
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Flaming Frontiers
258204
The Border Sherriff
314039
The Red Rider
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Riders of Death Valley
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