David Lyon
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
David Laurie Lyon (16 May 1941 – 7 June 2013) was a British stage, television, and film actor. Of Scottish descent, David Lyon was born in 1941 to Joe Lyon, a diamond merchant, and his wife Margaret. David spent much of his childhood in Sierra Leone where his father worked, before being sent home to be educated at Crofton House in Dumfriesshire in Scotland. He won a scholarship to Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, but was forced to leave education at the age of 16 when his father was decl...
Known For
Filmography
Greenfingers
2001
as Home Secretary
Monarch of the Glen
2000
as Mr. Burns
Richard II
1997
as Thomas Mowbray
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Alan Thorpe
Our Friends in the North
1996
as Commander
Romeo and Juliet
1994
as Prince Escalus
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Tom Watson
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Leslie Boyd
The War That Never Ends
1991
as Camarinean Representative
Performance
1991
as Albany
Performance
1991
as Thomas Mowbray
Performance
1991
as Earl of Salisbury
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Dr Carr
Stanley and the Women
1991
as Dr Cliff Wainwright
Death Has a Bad Reputation
1990
as Patrick Cowlishaw
House of Cards
1990
as Henry Collingridge
The Chief
1990
as Cllr. Tom Brewster
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Marcus Hardman
Reasonable Force
1988
as Matheson
Christabel
1988
as Kreuze
Ping Pong
1987
as Peter
Empire State
1987
as Mr. Cavendish
Love After Lunch
1987
as John Baines
Defence of the Realm
1986
as Political Pundit
Lovejoy
1986
as John Welland Smythe
The Price
1985
as Simon
Macbeth
1983
as Angus
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
as Newsreader
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Dichter Daerenthal
The Disappearance of Harry
1982
as Harry Webster
The Workshop
1982
as Machinist
Northern Lights
1982
as Andrew