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Robert F. Lyons
Born: 17th Oct 1939 Albany, New York, USA
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 81
Film: 42 (52%)
Television: 39 (48%)
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Filmography
2015
A dysfunctional L.A. family hires a mysterious babysitter who changes their lives. ... view
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Sam
2015
A sheriff must rescue an estranged family from the impending eruption of a volcano, at the same time fighting off a horde of lava-filled zombies broug ... view
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Old Ben
2011
Peach Plum Pear is the story of Jesse, a troubled young man from Los Angeles, and his friend Will, who find themselves stranded in small- town Nebrask ... view
Character:
Hank
Sep 2010 (first aired)
From the tony Beverly Hills to the seedy side of Hollywood, LAPD’s elite Robbery Homicide Division is on the case. Fusing classic ripped-from-the-he ... view
Character:
Phil Gradin (1 ep.)
2006
Looking for a night of thrills, eight friends roam the abandoned Royal Crescent Hotel, where five students were murdered more than 20 years ago. When ... view
Character:
Proctor
2005
Gordon Patrick, a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure. ... view
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U.S. Vice President
2005
A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Poi ... view
Character:
Jack Backis
2004
In the 1800s frontier, Missie Davis is a bright and beautiful schoolteacher whose love for the prairie is matched only by her passion for books. When ... view
Character:
Doc Watkins
2004
Young, innocent, and quirky June, a violinist, spends her days working in an oddball Venice coffee shop, her nights rehearsing for a professional musi ... view
Character:
Dad
Sep 2003 (first aired)
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush ... view
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Scott 'Skiz' Stenkovic (2006) (1 ep.)
1999
An ancient prophecy is about to be fulfilled as a secret code brings the world to the edge of apocalypse. ... view
Character:
General
Oct 1999 (first aired)
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the l ... view
Character:
Hank Whitmore (3 ep.)
Sep 1999 (first aired)
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of thei ... view
Character:
Judge Christie (1 ep.)
1998
US Navy medical officer Jake Fuller is assigned to a goodwill visit aboard a Russian submarine. But he and his companion, Lt. Swain, end up alone amon ... view
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Commander Larkin
Sep 1997 (first aired)
Detective Mike Hammer uses his savvy grit against deceptive enemies in Southern California. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1997
Psychiatrist Ed Altman relocates to Palm Springs in order to avoid a lawsuit. However, he wanders directly into more trouble when he begins an affair ... view
Character:
Detective Vollers
May 1997 (first aired)
Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each epi ... view
Character:
Hal Dickey (segment "One for the Road") (1 ep.)
1996
An introduction and overview to Scientology. ... view
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Director of Processing
1995
A former cop who now working as a hypnotist is approached by a stranger who asks him to bring out his other identity, Jack the Ripper. ... view
Character:
Frankel
1994
Enter The Dragon Gate and prepare for a pulse pounding journey into the nether regions of the mind and soul. When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a sword ... view
Character:
Jack the Drunk
Apr 1993 (first aired)
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closes ... view
Character:
Duncan McCallum (1 ep.)
1990
Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt. Gerry Cl ... view
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Sep 1990 (first aired)
Cop Rock is an Emmy Award-winning American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1989
Twenty years ago, Vietnam turned three American boys into men, but amidst the horror, Johnny Burke cracked. When his friends, Max and Rudy, stop him f ... view
Character:
Rudy Argente
1989
The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer. ... view
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Sheriff Hank Fallon
1988
West Point graduate lieutenant Jeff Knight meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant Michael McNamara's tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese tre ... view
Character:
Sgt. Michael McNamara
1987
A highly dramatic retelling of how Hubbard developed Dianetics. The actor playing Hubbard never shows his face, filmed only with his back to the camer ... view
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1987
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge. ... view
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Pete Dickson
1986
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and pro ... view
Character:
Art Penney
Nov 1985 (first aired)
Shadow Chasers is a 1985 American mystery television series created by Brian Grazer and Kenneth Johnson. Thirteen episodes were produced, nine of whic ... view
Character:
Dr. Randall (1 ep.)
1985
Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman ... view
Character:
Man Attacked by Frankenstein (uncredited)
1985
Tim Murphy is a Vietnam Vet. When he loses his job he starts to relive all the pain and horror of his time in Vietnam. The stresses and strains nearly ... view
Character:
Luke
1985
A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood. ... view
Character:
Vince
1985
Molly Stewart, now a law student at UCLA, is determined to leave her prostitute past behind. After learning that the detective who helped save her lif ... view
Character:
Lt. Hugh Andrews
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
Character:
Steve Honig (1 ep.)
Dec 1983 (first aired)
Automan is an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It aired for only 12 episodes on ABC between 1983 and 1 ... view
Character:
Jason (1 ep.)
1983
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while ... view
Character:
Nathan Zager
Jan 1983 (first aired)
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as ... view
Character:
Harold Watkins (1 ep.)
Oct 1982 (first aired)
A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1982 (first aired)
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a ... view
Character:
Jeff Cavanaugh (1 ep.)
Sep 1982 (first aired)
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spell ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Wade Kimball (1 ep.)
1982
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles. ... view
Character:
Fred McKenzie
Jan 1982 (first aired)
Cassie & Co. is an American drama series broadcast on NBC as a mid-season replacement. 13 episodes were produced, but it was pulled after four episode ... view
Character:
Eddie Grobard (1 ep.)
Dec 1981 (first aired)
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A ... view
Character:
Turner Bates (3 ep.)
Nov 1981 (first aired)
A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother wh ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1981 (first aired)
Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1981
Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hun ... view
Character:
Skeeter Norris
1981
The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) ... view
Character:
Legs Diamond
1981
The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by contr ... view
Character:
Murray
Feb 1981 (first aired)
The series follows the lives of the three main characters from their youth into becoming major criminal figures in 1920's America. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Dec 1980 (first aired)
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar ... view
Character:
Taylor Hurst (1 ep.)
1980
A couple of private eyes, a laid-back Californian and a streetwise New Yorker, team up to track down a killer in Hawaii known as "The Cane Field Murde ... view
Character:
Mark Barrington
1979
A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the r ... view
Character:
Barry Hill
1978
An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to rep ... view
Character:
Bill Bowdish
Nov 1977 (first aired)
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transforma ... view
Character:
Sam (2 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorc ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Arnold (1 ep.)
1977
An average Joe is pitted against a crooked sheriff and unscrupulous land grabbers in this tale of small town corruption and revenge. ... view
Character:
Harrison Hancock
1977
A houswife, tired of her everyday routine, makes changes in her hair, her wardrobe and her makeup, and begins to take on the personality of a woman wh ... view
Character:
Mark
Oct 1976 (first aired)
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Apr 1975 (first aired)
Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, Cali ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1974
Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. ... view
Character:
Capt. Cliff Riggs
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Kodiak is a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m Eastern time on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season ... view
Character:
Dixon (1 ep.)
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Paper Moon is a short-lived situation comedy which aired on ABC during the fall of 1974, starring Christopher Connelly and Jodie Foster in the roles o ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a ... view
Character:
Sam Johnson (1 ep.)
1972
Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired a ... view
Character:
Jared Whitman
1972
A cocky Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Berkeley to Boston. His girlfriend gets busted with the second load. He and a friend go a ... view
Character:
Peter
1971
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year ol ... view
Character:
Steven "Skipper" Todd
1971
Clay Lomax, a bank robber, gets out of jail after an 7 year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley, the man who betrayed him. Knowing that, Foley hir ... view
Character:
Bobby Jay
Dec 1970 (first aired)
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the c ... view
Character:
Vincent Riley (1 ep.)
1970
Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he ... view
Character:
Nick
Sep 1969 (first aired)
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television. ... view
Character:
Pete (1 ep.)
1969
On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in ... view
Character:
Paul Martin Sanderson
Sep 1968 (first aired)
A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1968 (first aired)
Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. ... view
Character:
Nalor (1 ep.)
Sep 1967 (first aired)
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mar 1967 (first aired)
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madca ... view
Character:
Smasher (1 ep.)
Sep 1965 (first aired)
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the character ... view
Character:
John Brackney (1 ep.)
Lon Owens (1 ep.)
Ronald Loper (1 ep.)
Sep 1965 (first aired)
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted Sou ... view
Character:
Corporal Sam (1 ep.)
Sep 1965 (first aired)
The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris a ... view
Character:
Young Gunman (uncredited) (1 ep.)
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place ... view
Character:
Maxwell (1 ep.)