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Clifford William “Cliff” Lyons

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Clifford William “Cliff” Lyons

Birth
Lake County, South Dakota, USA
Death
6 Jan 1974 (aged 72)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Cremated. Specifically: Location of ashes unknown. Add to Map
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Actor, Stuntman. He was best known for playing the character roles of

that worked with John Wayne and John Ford.

Film career ranged from the Silent era to the early 1970's.

Worked as a Stuntman in films like: Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), In Old Chicago (1937), The Painted Stallion (1937), Law for Tombstone (1937), Jesse James (1939) as a stunt double for Henry Fonda and Tyrone Powers, Dodge City (1939), Man of Conquest (1939), The Oregon Trail (1939), When the Daltons Rode (1940), Badlands of Dakota (1941), They Died with Their Boots On (1941) as Anthony Quinn's stunt double, San Antonio (1945) as Errol Flynn's stunt double, Fort Apache (1948), 3 Godfathers (1948), The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Tripoli (1950), Rio Grande (1950), Hondo (1953), The Conqueror (1956), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), The Horse Soldiers (1959), Ben-Hur (1959), Sergeant Rutledge (1960), Spartacus (1960), The Alamo (1960), The Comancheros (1961), How the West was Won (1962), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), Major Dundee (1965), 7 Women (1966), The Green Berets (1968), and Chisum (1970).

Appeared in films like Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931), San Antonio (1945) with Errol Flynn, 3 Godfathers (1948), The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), Ben-Hur (1959), Sergeant Rutledge (1960), Spartacus (1960), The Alamo (1960), The Comancheros (1961), McLintock! (1963), Major Dundee (1965), Genghis Khan (1965), The Green Berets (1968), and Chisum (1970).

Cliff Lyons passed away in 1974.
Actor, Stuntman. He was best known for playing the character roles of

that worked with John Wayne and John Ford.

Film career ranged from the Silent era to the early 1970's.

Worked as a Stuntman in films like: Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), In Old Chicago (1937), The Painted Stallion (1937), Law for Tombstone (1937), Jesse James (1939) as a stunt double for Henry Fonda and Tyrone Powers, Dodge City (1939), Man of Conquest (1939), The Oregon Trail (1939), When the Daltons Rode (1940), Badlands of Dakota (1941), They Died with Their Boots On (1941) as Anthony Quinn's stunt double, San Antonio (1945) as Errol Flynn's stunt double, Fort Apache (1948), 3 Godfathers (1948), The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Tripoli (1950), Rio Grande (1950), Hondo (1953), The Conqueror (1956), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), The Horse Soldiers (1959), Ben-Hur (1959), Sergeant Rutledge (1960), Spartacus (1960), The Alamo (1960), The Comancheros (1961), How the West was Won (1962), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), Major Dundee (1965), 7 Women (1966), The Green Berets (1968), and Chisum (1970).

Appeared in films like Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931), San Antonio (1945) with Errol Flynn, 3 Godfathers (1948), The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), Ben-Hur (1959), Sergeant Rutledge (1960), Spartacus (1960), The Alamo (1960), The Comancheros (1961), McLintock! (1963), Major Dundee (1965), Genghis Khan (1965), The Green Berets (1968), and Chisum (1970).

Cliff Lyons passed away in 1974.


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