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David Lyon

Known for

Acting

Born

May 16, 1941

Birthplace

Sierra Leone

Died

June 7, 2013 (aged 72)

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 declared bankrupt.

He first worked in Glasgow for Royal Insurance, before moving south to England to work as a flooring salesman in Birmingham. At the age of 30 he decided to switch careers to acting.

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Best known work

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
1997
House of Cards
House of Cards
1990
Greenfingers
Greenfingers
2001
Lovejoy
Lovejoy
1986
Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm
1986
Our Friends in the North
Our Friends in the North
1996
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Monarch of the Glen
Monarch of the Glen
2000
Empire State
Empire State
1987

Filmography

  1. 2001

    Greenfingers

    as Home Secretary

  2. 2000

    Monarch of the GlenTV

    as Mr. Burns (1 episode)

  3. 1997

    Midsomer MurdersTV

    as Alan Thorpe (1 episode)

  4. 1997

    Richard II

    as Thomas Mowbray

  5. 1996

    Our Friends in the NorthTV

    as Commander (1 episode)

  6. 1994

    Pie in the SkyTV

    as Tom Watson (1 episode)

  7. 1994

    Romeo and Juliet

    as Prince Escalus

  8. 1991

    Stanley and the WomenTV

    as Dr Cliff Wainwright (4 episodes)

  9. 1991

    PerformanceTV

    as Albany (1 episode), as Thomas Mowbray (1 episode), as Earl of Salisbury (1 episode)

  10. 1991

  11. 1991

    In Suspicious CircumstancesTV

    as Dr Carr (1 episode)

  12. 1991

    The War That Never Ends

    as Camarinean Representative

  13. 1990

    House of CardsTV

    as Henry Collingridge (4 episodes)

  14. 1990

    The ChiefTV

    as Cllr. Tom Brewster (1 episode)

  15. 1990

    Death Has a Bad Reputation

    as Patrick Cowlishaw

  16. 1989

    Agatha Christie's PoirotTV

    as Marcus Hardman (1 episode)

  17. 1988

    ChristabelTV

    as Kreuze (2 episodes)

  18. 1988

    Reasonable Force

    as Matheson

  19. 1987

    Love After Lunch

    as John Baines

  20. 1987

    Ping Pong

    as Peter

  21. 1987

    Empire State

    as Mr. Cavendish

  22. 1986

    Defence of the Realm

    as Political Pundit

  23. 1986

    LovejoyTV

    as John Welland Smythe (1 episode)

  24. 1985

    The Price

    as Simon

  25. 1983

    Macbeth

    as Angus

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