Gene Lyons (February 9, 1921 â€" 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. In 1963 Lyons appeared as Sheriff Jonathan Ballard on the TV
western The Virginian in the episode titled "If You Have Tears."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, Bonanza ("Shining in Spain") and The Untouchables. He also
appeared in films including Kiss Her Goodbye and The Young Don't Cry.
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. In 1963 Lyons appeared as Sheriff Jonathan Ballard on the TV
western The Virginian in the episode titled "If You Have Tears."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, Bonanza ("Shining in Spain") and The Untouchables. He also
appeared in films including Kiss Her Goodbye and The Young Don't Cry.
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