Pierce W. Lyden (January 8, 1908 â€" October 10, 1998) was an American
actor best known for his work in television and film Westerns.Lyden
was born in a sod house on a ranch near Hildreth, Nebraska on January
8, 1908. The son of a horse buyer for the U.S. Army cavalry, he
acquired as a youngster riding skills that later made it possible for
him to do his own stunts as an actor in Hollywood westerns.He attended
high school in Naponee, Nebraska, and acted in several plays there; he
graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Music and Fine
Arts in 1927 and later studied at the Emerson College of Oratory in
Boston.Lyden supported himself in these early years by playing
romantic leads in stock company productions in Lincoln and on the
road; he appeared in a few Chautauqua presentations. Soon after
graduating from the University of Nebraska, he joined the United
Chautauqua System, taking the leading role in its production of The
Family Upstairs.
actor best known for his work in television and film Westerns.Lyden
was born in a sod house on a ranch near Hildreth, Nebraska on January
8, 1908. The son of a horse buyer for the U.S. Army cavalry, he
acquired as a youngster riding skills that later made it possible for
him to do his own stunts as an actor in Hollywood westerns.He attended
high school in Naponee, Nebraska, and acted in several plays there; he
graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Music and Fine
Arts in 1927 and later studied at the Emerson College of Oratory in
Boston.Lyden supported himself in these early years by playing
romantic leads in stock company productions in Lincoln and on the
road; he appeared in a few Chautauqua presentations. Soon after
graduating from the University of Nebraska, he joined the United
Chautauqua System, taking the leading role in its production of The
Family Upstairs.
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