Robert F. Lyons

AKA:
0.2529

1939-10-17

Albany, New York, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

Beyond Fear
Writer
Beyond Fear
Director
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Associate Producer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {81}

Detective Vollers

1997-08-12 3.722

Exit in Red

Ed Altman is a psychiatrist who relocates to Palm Springs, Calif., in order to avoid a lawsuit. However, he happens to wander directly into more trouble when he begins an affair with the rich and beau ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

U.S. Vice President

2005-05-26 5.188

Silent Partner

Gordon Patrick, a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure. ...
Genre :Crime, Action

Murray

1981-03-01 6.318

Miracle on Ice

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 controversial coach Herb Brooks to win a gold medal at ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Family, TV Movie

Skeeter Norris

1981-10-24 6.5

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

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 hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After the ...
Genre :Horror, TV Movie

Art Penney

1986-04-18 6.069

Murphy's Law

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 prove his innocence. ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Crime

Commander Larkin

1998-04-10 5.3

Counter Measures

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 among terrorists, who have taken over the submarine an ...
Genre :Action, Thriller

Vince

1985-08-05 1

Command 5

A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood. ...
Genre :Action, TV Movie

Fred McKenzie

1982-02-20 6.2

Death Wish II

Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Nick

1970-05-13 6.368

Getting Straight

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's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Capt. Cliff Riggs

1974-10-01 4.909

The Disappearance of Flight 412

Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To ferret out the problem, he sends a four-man cr ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Sam

2015-09-11 5.867

Babysitter

A dysfunctional L.A. family hires a mysterious babysitter who changes their lives. ...
Genre :Comedy

Nathan Zager

1983-03-11 6.212

10 to Midnight

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further ev ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Sgt. Michael McNamara

1988-10-01 5.473

Platoon Leader

West Point graduate lieutenant Jeff Knight meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant Michael McNamara's tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese trench camp. Unlike his predecessor, who hid till the ...
Genre :Drama, War, Action

Jack Backis

2005-01-22 6

Annie's Point

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 Point. The charm of this tale lies in her journey. ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Bill Bowdish

1978-02-18 5.3

The Ghost of Flight 401

An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to repair other aircraft. Soon passengers and crew on th ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie, Horror

Bobby Jay

1971-07-02 6.37

Shoot Out

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 hires three men to pay attention of Clay's steps. The ...
Genre :Western

Peter

1972-02-25 4

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

A Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Boston to Berkeley, California. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Steven "Skipper" Todd

1971-10-20 4.3

The Todd Killings

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 old who charms his way into the lives of high school ...
Genre :Thriller

Luke

1985-10-18 5.3

Cease Fire

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 destroy his marriage and his family. Only after j ...
Genre :Drama

Harrison Hancock

1977-04-20 5

Black Oak Conspiracy

An average Joe is pitted against a crooked sheriff and unscrupulous land grabbers in this tale of small town corruption and revenge. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Jared Whitman

1972-03-07 6

The Rookies

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 as an ABC Movie of the Week before becoming a TV-se ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Barry Hill

1979-09-24 5.3

Death Car on the Freeway

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 road with his powerful van. ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie, Horror

Jack the Drunk

1994-12-14 4.5

The Dragon Gate

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 wielding warrior, Ken, willingly thrusts himself ...
Genre :Fantasy, Adventure

Mark

1977-02-28 5.8

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

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 who had died five years earlier. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Old Ben

2015-02-12 3.488

The Burning Dead

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 brought to life by the cursed mountains. ...
Genre :Horror

Proctor

2006-05-02 4.656

Pray for Morning

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 they discover a severed hand, they conjure up a ev ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller

Frankel

1995-02-01 3.9

Ripper Man

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. ...
Genre :Action, Horror, Thriller

Dad

2004-06-04 4.6

June

Young, innocent, and quirky June (Felicia Day), a violinist, spends her days working in an oddball Venice coffee shop, her nights rehearsing for a professional music career, and all-hours daydreaming ...
Genre :

Rudy Argente

1989-08-24 3

American Eagle

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 from torturing an innocent Cambodian girl, he wheel ...
Genre :Action

Legs Diamond

1981-04-09 7.5

Gangster Wars

The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional ch ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Lt. Hugh Andrews

1985-01-11 5

Avenging Angel

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 life has been murdered, she quickly finds herself pit ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Crime

Sheriff Hank Fallon

1989-01-01 3.4

Prime Suspect

The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer. ...
Genre :Thriller

Paul Martin Sanderson

1969-02-14 5.5

Pendulum

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 bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforeme ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mark Barrington

1980-04-21 5.5

Waikiki

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 Murderer" in this unsuccessful pilot to a detective ser ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie

Hank

2011-04-30 6.5

Peach Plum Pear

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 Nebraska on their way to Chicago when their car is stolen ...
Genre :Drama

Pete Dickson

1987-02-23 7.2

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

Doc Watkins

2004-11-20 6.7

Love's Enduring Promise

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 Missie encounters Grant, a handsome New England ra ...
Genre :TV Movie, Romance, Drama, Western

1990-12-09 3

The Cops Are Robbers

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 Clemente is the leader of a gang of rotten cops who ta ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, TV Movie

General

1999-10-15 4.6

The Omega Code

An ancient prophecy is about to be fulfilled as a secret code brings the world to the edge of apocalypse. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama

Director of Processing

1996-03-13 1

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

An introduction and overview to Scientology. ...
Genre :Documentary

1987-05-09 0

The Story of Book One

A highly dramatic retelling of how Hubbard developed Dianetics. The actor playing Hubbard never shows his face, filmed only with his back to the camera, and never speaks a word of dialogue. ...
Genre :

Turner Bates

1981-12-04 5.538

Falcon Crest

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 total of 227 episodes were produced. The series r ...
Genre :Soap, Drama

Taylor Hurst

1980-12-11 7.297

Magnum, P.I.

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, and charms attractive women in peril - that's th ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery

1977-09-15 6.8

CHiPs

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives. ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

Sam

1977-11-04 7.246

The Incredible Hulk

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he cros ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

Harold Watkins

1983-01-23 7.5

The A-Team

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 war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit." ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime

John Brackney

1965-09-19 5.455

The F.B.I.

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 characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Corporal Sam

1965-09-18 7.832

I Dream of Jeannie

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 South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a b ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family

1981-11-24 6.685

Simon & Simon

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 who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel driv ...
Genre :Drama

Jeff Cavanaugh

1982-09-26 7.539

Knight Rider

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 wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arrang ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime

Scott 'Skiz' Stenkovic (2006)

2003-09-28 7.779

Cold Case

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated t ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

1976-10-03 7.495

Quincy, M.E.

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Duncan McCallum

1993-04-21 6.968

Walker, Texas Ranger

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retire ...
Genre :Drama, Western, Crime

Nalor

1968-09-22 6.693

Land of the Giants

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. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route fr ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

1997-09-28 6.5

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

Detective Mike Hammer uses his savvy grit against deceptive enemies in Southern California. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Maxwell

1955-09-10 6.558

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the sett ...
Genre :Western, Action & Adventure, Drama

Hank Whitmore

1999-10-06 7.71

Roswell

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 life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques o ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

1982-10-03 7.506

Voyagers!

A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy

1967-03-28 6.8

Ironside

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 the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

1981-11-04 7.568

The Fall Guy

Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime

1968-09-23 5.3

The Outcasts

A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War… An American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 seas ...
Genre :Western, Action & Adventure

Judge Christie

1999-09-20 8.2

Family Law

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 their joint law practice with him. Although the attorn ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

1982-09-26 6.2

Matt Houston

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 Spelling. ...
Genre :Drama

Jason

1983-12-15 7.778

Automan

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 1984. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

1967-09-08 7.5

Judd for the Defense

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S. ...
Genre :Drama

1974-09-12 6.3

Paper Moon

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 of Moses Pray and his presumed daughter, Addie. The ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1975-04-17 6.2

Bronk

Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, California. 24 episodes were aired from September 21, ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Lon Owens

1965-09-19 5.455

The F.B.I.

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 characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ronald Loper

1965-09-19 5.455

The F.B.I.

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 characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Phil Gradin

2010-09-29 6.8

Law & Order: LA

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-headlines storytelling with the backdrop of LA, the se ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Dixon

1974-09-13 5

Kodiak

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. The show revolved around the main character of C ...
Genre :Drama

Pete

1969-09-24 6.1

Medical Center

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television. ...
Genre :Drama

Arnold

1977-09-15 6.8

CHiPs

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives. ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

Hal Dickey (segment "One for the Road")

1997-05-25 7.237

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stori ...
Genre :Documentary, Mystery, Reality

Dr. Randall

1985-11-14 6.5

Shadow Chasers

Shadow Chasers is a 1985 American mystery television series created by Brian Grazer and Kenneth Johnson. Thirteen episodes were produced, nine of which were shown on the ABC television network, the re ...
Genre :Drama

Sam Johnson

1974-09-11 7.1

Petrocelli

Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big mo ...
Genre :Drama

Smasher

1966-09-12 6.5

The Monkees

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 madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Steve Honig

1984-09-30 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Vincent Riley

1970-12-16 7.797

Night Gallery

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 connective link between the stories. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Young Gunman (uncredited)

1965-09-18 5.7

The Loner

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 and Procter & Gamble. ...
Genre :Western

Eddie Grobard

1982-01-29 4.5

Cassie & Co.

Cassie & Co. is an American drama series starring Angie Dickinson that aired on NBC in 1982. ...
Genre :Drama