Robert F. Lyons

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, Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981), Death Wish II (1982), Murphy's Law (1986) and Platoon Leader (1988).

Career Lyons made his screen debut in the television series I Dream of Jeannie and made his film debut in Pendulum (1969), followed by Getting Straight (1970). Since then he has appeared in such films as Shoot Out (1971) (as the main villain, opposite good guy Gregory Peck), Avenging Angel (1985) and Pray for Morning (2006) and such television shows as Gunsmoke, Medical Center, Falcon Crest, Roswell and Criminal Minds. In 1999 he played Dr Lester Arnold on Days of Our Lives. In 2015 he co-starred with Danny Trejo in the zombie film The Burning Dead.

Selected TV and filmography

1966: Days of Our Lives (TV Series) as Dr. Lester Arnold (1999) 1966–1973: The F.B.I (TV Series) as John Brackney / Lon Owens / Ronald Loper 1967: Bonanza (TV Series) as Sandy 1967: Gunsmoke (TV Series) as Maxwell 1967: The Monkees (TV Series) as Smasher 1968: Judd, for the Defense (TV Series) as Archie Fryell 1969: Pendulum as Paul Sanderson 1969: Land of the Giants (TV Series) as Nalor 1970: Getting Straight as Nick 1970: Ironside (TV Series) as Garvie Durko 1970–1972: Medical Center (TV Series) as Pete / David Drayton 1971: Shoot Out 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 as Captain Cliff Riggs 1974: Paper Moon (TV series) as Clyde Barrow 1977: Black Oak Conspiracy as Harrison Hancock 1978: The Ghost of Flight 401 (TV Movie) as Bill Bowdish 1979: Death Car on the Freeway (TV Movie) as Barry Hill 1979–1981: The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) as Sam / Joe Conti 1980: Quincy M.E. (TV Series) as Bob Denvo 1980: Fantasy Island (TV Series) as Carl 1980–1981: CHiPs (TV Series) as Arnold / Toro 1981: Gangster Wars as Legs Diamond 1981: Dark Night of the Scarecrow (TV Movie) as Skeeter Norris 1981–1982: Falcon Crest (TV Series) as Turner Bates 1982: Death Wish II as Fred McKenzie 1982: Magnum, P.I. as Taylor Hurst 1983: 10 to Midnight as Nathan Zager 1983–1985: Matt Houston (TV Series) as Wade Kimball / Perry Brandon 1984: Simon & Simon (TV Series) as Frank Gaul 1985: Avenging Angel as Lt. Hugh Andrews 1985: Cease Fire as Luke 1985: Knight Rider (TV Series) as Jeff Cavanaugh 1986: Murphy's Law as Art Penney 1987: Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as Steve Honig 1988: Platoon Leader as Sgt. Michael McNamara 1989: American Eagle as Rudy Argente 1989: Prime Suspect as Sheriff Hank Fallon 1994: The Dragon Gate as Jack the Drunk 1995: Ripper Man as Frankel 1996: Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) as Duncan McCallum 1996: Exit in Red as Detective Vollers 1997: Pensacola: Wings of Gold as Addison's Father 1998: Mike Hammer, Private Eye as Joe Rollins 1999–2000 Roswell (TV Series) as Hank Whitmore 1999: The Omega Code as General 2001: Family Law (TV Series) as Judge Christie 2004: Love's Enduring Promise (TV Movie) as Doc Watkins 2005: Silent Partner as U.S. Vice President 2006: Pray for Morning as Proctor 2006: Cold Case (TV Series) as Scott "Skiz" Stenkovic (2006) 2006: Cut Off as Dick 2009–2011: Criminal Minds (TV Series) as Bartender / Mr Donovan 2010: Confession as Mac 2011: Peach Plum Pear as Hank 2015: The Burning Dead as Old Ben