Robert Francis Lyons (born October 17, 1939) is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for guest starring in numerous popular television shows since the 1960s and for appearing in such films as ''

Getting Straight ''Getting Straight'' is a 1970 American satirical and romantic comedy-drama motion picture directed by Richard Rush, released by Columbia Pictures. The story centers upon student politics, protest, and relationships during the height of the cou ...

'' (1970), ''

Dark Night of the Scarecrow ''Dark Night of the Scarecrow'' is a 1981 American made-for-television horror film directed by veteran novelist Frank De Felitta (author of '' Audrey Rose'') from a script by J.D. Feigelson. Feigelson's intent had been to make an independent fea ...

'' (1981), ''

Death Wish II ''Death Wish II'' is a 1982 American vigilante action-thriller film directed and co-edited by Michael Winner. It is the sequel to the 1974 film '' Death Wish''. It is the second installment in the ''Death Wish'' film series. In the story, ar ...

'' (1982), ''

Murphy's Law Murphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was coined by, and named after, Americ ...

'' (1986) and ''

Platoon Leader A platoon leader (NATO) or platoon commander (more common in Commonwealth militaries and the US Marine Corps) is the officer in charge of a platoon. This person is usually a junior officer – a second or first lieutenant or an equivalent rank ...

'' (1988).

Career

Lyons made his screen debut in the television series ''

I Dream of Jeannie ''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy sitcom television series created by Sidney Sheldon and starring Barbara Eden as a beautiful but guileless 2,000-year-old Jinn, genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut with whom s ...

'' and made his film debut in ''

Pendulum A pendulum is a device made of a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate i ...

'' (1969), followed by ''

'' (1970). Since then he has appeared in such films as ''

Shoot Out ''Shoot Out'' is a 1971 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gregory Peck. The film is adapted from Will James's 1930 novel, ''The Lone Cowboy''. The film was produced, directed, and written by the team that delivered ...

'' (1971) (as the main villain, opposite good guy

Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 12th-greatest male ...

), '' Avenging Angel'' (1985) and ''

Pray for Morning ''Pray for Morning'' is a 2006 horror/thriller movie directed and written by Cartney Wearn. Plot In 1984, a group of five high schoolers had broken into an abandoned hotel, as was tradition after graduation. They were all gruesomely murdered. A ...

'' (2006) and such television shows as ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central charact ...

'', '' Medical Center'', ''

Falcon Crest ''Falcon Crest'' is an American prime time television soap opera created by Earl Hamner Jr. that aired for nine seasons on CBS from December 4, 1981, to May 17, 1990. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Cha ...

'', '' Roswell'' and ''

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral ...

''. In 1999 he played Dr Lester Arnold on ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...

''. In 2015 he co-starred with

Danny Trejo Danny Trejo (, ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. Known for his Danny Trejo filmography, large body of work as a character actor, films in which he has appeared in have grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide. A native of Los Angeles, Tr ...

in the

zombie film A zombie film is a film genre. Zombies are fictional creatures usually portrayed as reanimated corpses or virally infected human beings. They are commonly portrayed as cannibalistic in nature. While zombie films generally fall into the horror ...

'' The Burning Dead''.

Selected TV and filmography

*1966: ''

'' (TV Series) as Dr. Lester Arnold (1999) *1966–1973: '' The F.B.I'' (TV Series) as John Brackney / Lon Owens / Ronald Loper *1967: ''

Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...

'' (TV Series) as Sandy *1967: ''

'' (TV Series) as Maxwell *1967: ''

The Monkees The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones (musician), Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. Spurred by the success of ''The Monkees (TV series), Th ...

'' (TV Series) as Smasher *1968: ''

Judd, for the Defense ''Judd, for the Defense'' is an American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to March 21, 1969. Judd was a shortened surname from Juddinski. Synopsis The show stars Carl Betz, who had pr ...

'' (TV Series) as Archie Fryell *1969: ''

'' as Paul Sanderson *1969: ''

Land of the Giants ''Land of the Giants'' is a one-hour American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for two seasons, beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. ''Land of the G ...

'' (TV Series) as Nalor *1970: ''

'' as Nick *1970: '' Ironside'' (TV Series) as Garvie Durko *1970–1972: '' Medical Center'' (TV Series) as Pete / David Drayton *1971: ''

'' as Bobby Jay Jones *1971: '' The Todd Killings'' as Skipper Todd *1972: '' Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues'' (TV Movie) as Peter *1974: ''

The Disappearance of Flight 412 ''The Disappearance of Flight 412'' is a 1974 American made-for-television science fiction drama film starring Glenn Ford, Bradford Dillman, David Soul and Guy Stockwell. The film was shown as an NBC World Premiere Movie in 1974. Plot U.S. Air Fo ...

'' as Captain Cliff Riggs *1974: '' Paper Moon'' (TV series) as

Clyde Barrow Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were American outlaws who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, committing a ser ...

*1977: ''

Black Oak Conspiracy ''Black Oak Conspiracy'' is a 1977 American action film directed by Bob Kelljan and written by Hugh Smith. The film stars Jesse Vint, Karen Carlson, Albert Salmi, Seymour Cassel, Douglas Fowley and Robert F. Lyons. The film was released on Ap ...

'' as Harrison Hancock *1978: ''The Ghost of Flight 401'' (TV Movie) as Bill Bowdish *1979: ''

Death Car on the Freeway ''Death Car on the Freeway'' is a 1979 American television film, made-for-television thriller (genre), crime thriller film starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's ''Duel (1971 film), Duel'', this tells the story of an unse ...

'' (TV Movie) as Barry Hill *1979–1981: ''

The Incredible Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of '' The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book ...

'' (TV Series) as Sam / Joe Conti *1980: ''

Quincy M.E. ''Quincy, M.E.'' (also called ''Quincy'') is an American mystery medical drama television series from Universal Studios that was broadcast on NBC from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983. Jack Klugman starred in the title role as a Los Angeles Coun ...

'' (TV Series) as Bob Denvo *1980: ''

Fantasy Island ''Fantasy Island'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo. ...

'' (TV Series) as Carl *1980–1981: ''

CHiPs ''CHiPs'' is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. After the final first-run telecast on NBC in May 1983, the series went into reruns on Sundays fr ...

'' (TV Series) as Arnold / Toro *1981: ''

Gangster Wars ''The Gangster Chronicles'' is a 1981 American crime drama television miniseries starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo, Kathleen Lloyd, Madeleine Stowe, Chad Redding, Markie Post, Allan Arbus, James Andronica, Rober ...

'' as Legs Diamond *1981: ''

'' (TV Movie) as Skeeter Norris *1981–1982: ''

'' (TV Series) as Turner Bates *1982: ''

'' as Fred McKenzie *1982: ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980, to May 1, 1988, during its first-run broadcast on ...

'' as Taylor Hurst *1983: ''

10 to Midnight ''10 to Midnight'' is a 1983 American neo noir-thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay originally written by William Roberts. The film stars Charles Bronson in the lead role with a supporting cast that includes Lisa Eilbach ...

'' as Nathan Zager *1983–1985: ''

Matt Houston ''Matt Houston'' is an American crime drama television series starring Lee Horsley as the title character, a wealthy oilman who holds a side job as a private investigator. Created by Lawrence Gordon and produced by Aaron Spelling, it origin ...

'' (TV Series) as Wade Kimball / Perry Brandon *1984: ''

Simon & Simon ''Simon & Simon'' is an American crime drama television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981, to September 16, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS, and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two disparate brothers who ope ...

'' (TV Series) as Frank Gaul *1985: '' Avenging Angel'' as Lt. Hugh Andrews *1985: ''

Cease Fire A ceasefire (also known as a truce), also spelled cease-fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions often due to mediation by a third party. Ceasefires may be ...

'' as Luke *1985: ''

Knight Rider ''Knight Rider'' is an American media franchise, entertainment franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The core of ''Knight Rider'' is its three-television series: the original ''Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Knight Rider'' (1982–1986) and sequ ...

'' (TV Series) as Jeff Cavanaugh *1986: ''

'' as Art Penney *1987: ''

Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series f ...

'' (TV Series) as Steve Honig *1988: ''

'' as Sgt. Michael McNamara *1989: '' American Eagle'' as Rudy Argente *1989: ''

Prime Suspect ''Prime Suspect'' is a British police procedural television series devised by Lynda La Plante. Broadcast on ITV between 1991 and 2006, it stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater Lo ...

'' as Sheriff Hank Fallon *1994: ''The Dragon Gate'' as Jack the Drunk *1995: ''Ripper Man'' as Frankel *1996: ''

Walker, Texas Ranger ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action fiction, action Crime drama, crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both the film and the series starring Chuck Norr ...

'' (TV Series) as Duncan McCallum *1996: ''

Exit in Red Exit(s) may refer to: Architecture and engineering * Door * Portal (architecture), an opening in the walls of a structure * Emergency exit * Overwing exit, a type of emergency exit on an airplane * Exit ramp, a feature of a road interchange Art ...

'' as Detective Vollers *1997: '' Pensacola: Wings of Gold'' as Addison's Father *1998: ''

Mike Hammer, Private Eye ''Mike Hammer, Private Eye'' is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane. Like the previous series, it was produced by Jay Bernstein ...

'' as Joe Rollins *1999–2000 '' Roswell'' (TV Series) as Hank Whitmore *1999: ''

The Omega Code ''The Omega Code'' is a 1999 apocalyptic thriller film directed by Rob Marcarelli, written by Stephen Blinn and Hollis Barton, and starring Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenberg and Michael Ironside. The premillennialist plot revolves ...

'' as General *2001: ''

Family Law Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations. Overview Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include: * Marriag ...

'' (TV Series) as Judge Christie *2004: ''

Love's Enduring Promise ''Love's Enduring Promise'' is a 2004 made-for-television Christian drama film based on a series of books by Janette Oke. The film is the second in the ''Love Comes Softly'' series of television movies on Hallmark Channel that includes ''Love Co ...

'' (TV Movie) as Doc Watkins *2005: ''Silent Partner'' as U.S. Vice President *2006: ''

'' as Proctor *2006: ''

Cold Case ''Cold Case'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series. It ran on CBS from September 28, 2003, to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in invest ...

'' (TV Series) as Scott "Skiz" Stenkovic (2006) *2006: ''Cut Off'' as Dick *2009–2011: ''

'' (TV Series) as Bartender / Mr Donovan *2010: ''Confession'' as Mac *2011: ''Peach Plum Pear'' as Hank *2015: '' The Burning Dead'' as Old Ben

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Robert F. 1938 births American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from Albany, New York 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors