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Robert F. Lyons

Robert F. Lyons

Highest Rated: 57% Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)

Lowest Rated: 8% The Omega Code (1999)

Birthday: Oct 17, 1939

Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA

Boyish lead of counter-culture films who made transition to more "solid guy" character roles in the 1970s and 80s. Best remembered for his hilarious turn in "Getting Straight" (1970), as Elliot Gould's stoner buddy whose lame attempts at dodging the draft ultimately cause him to enlist in the Marines. After playing a charming Manson type who drives an unstable younger boy to multiple murder in "The Todd Killings" (1971), and a Harvard pot dealer opposite Barbara Hershey in "Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues" (1972), Lyons could be found in more standard action fare.

Highest rated movies

57% Dark Night of the Scarecrow
40% Murphy's Law
33% Avenging Angel
33% Death Wish II
33% Getting Straight
20% Shootout
8% The Omega Code

Photos

PENDULUM, from left: Robert F. Lyons, George Peppard, 1969 PENDULUM, from left: Marj Dusay, Robert F. Lyons, 1969 THE TODD KILLINGS, l-r: Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, 1971 DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES, Barbara Hershey, Robert F. Lyons, 1972 DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES, Robert F. Lyons, John Lithgow, 1972 DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES, Barbara Hershey, Robert F. Lyons, 1972 THE TODD KILLINGS, l-r: Robert F. Lyons, Belinda Montgomery, 1971 THE TODD KILLINGS, Robert F. Lyons, 1971 THE TODD KILLINGS, from left, Belinda Montgomery, Robert F. Lyons, 1971 DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES, from left: Robert F. Lyons, Barbara Hershey, 1972 GETTING STRAIGHT, Elliott Gould, Robert F. Lyons, 1970 DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES, Robert F. Lyons, Barbara Hershey, 1972 THE TODD KILLINGS, l-r: Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert F. Lyons, 1971 SHOOT OUT, Susan Tyrrell, Robert F. Lyons, 1971 SHOOT OUT, Robert F. Lyons, Susan Tyrrel, Pat Quinn, Gregory Peck, 1971
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 60% Babysitter Hailey's Father (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 11% The Burning Dead Old Ben (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peach Plum Pear Hank (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vic Skip Hurtado (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 66% Annie's Point Jack Backis (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 86% Love's Enduring Promise Doc Watkins (Character) - 2004
8% 31% The Omega Code General (Character) $12.6M 1999
No Score Yet 25% Crash Dive 2 Commander Larkin (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ripper Man Frankel (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dragon Gate Jack the Drunk (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond Fear Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Cops, Bad Cops Benny Brown (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Eagle Rudy Argente (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Prime Suspect Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 36% Platoon Leader Sgt. Michael McNamara (Character) $482.1K 1988
40% 44% Murphy's Law Art Penney (Character) $9.1M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cease Fire Luke (Character) - 1985
33% 24% Avenging Angel Lt. Hugh Andrews (Character) - 1985
33% 44% Death Wish II Fred McKenzie (Character) - 1982
57% 64% Dark Night of the Scarecrow Skeeter Norris (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 62% Miracle on Ice Murray (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver Mark (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ghost of Flight 401 Bill Bowdish (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Oak Conspiracy Harrison Hancock (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 12% The Disappearance of Flight 412 Captain Cliff Riggs (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 17% Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues Peter (Character) - 1972
20% 44% Shootout Bobby Jay Jones (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Todd Killings Skipper Todd (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Dangerous Friend Skipper Todd (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rookies Jared Whitman (Character) - 1971
33% 41% Getting Straight Nick (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pendulum Paul Martin Sanderson (Character) - 1969

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2009 2011
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 87% Roswell Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pensacola: Wings of Gold Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Steve Honig (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 80% Knight Rider Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Frank Gaul (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet 70% The A-Team Harold Watkins (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Taylor Hurst (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1980-1981
No Score Yet 76% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1979 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petrocelli Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronk Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paper Moon Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Character) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flying Nun Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Maxwell (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Horse Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet 54% I Dream of Jeannie Corporal Sam (Guest Star) 1966