Actor
David Lyon
May 16, 1941 · Sierra Leone
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Hugh Fraser
2 titles together
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Reilly: Ace of Spies
Frances Barber
2 titles together
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Reilly: Ace of Spies
John Nettles
2 titles together
Midsomer Murders, Romeo and Juliet
Malcolm Tierney
2 titles together
House of Cards, Lovejoy
Bill Paterson
2 titles together
Defence of the Realm, The Ploughman's Lunch
David Calder
2 titles together
Defence of the Realm, The War That Never Ends
Full filmography · 28
Greenfingers
as Home Secretary
20016.3
Richard II
as Thomas Mowbray
1997Romeo and Juliet
as Prince Escalus
1994
Tell Me That You Love Me
as Leslie Boyd
1991
The War That Never Ends
as Camarinean Representative
1991
Death Has a Bad Reputation
as Patrick Cowlishaw
1990
Love After Lunch
as John Baines
1987
Ping Pong
as Peter
1987
Empire State
as Mr. Cavendish
1987
Defence of the Realm
as Political Pundit
19866.4
The Price
as Simon
1985
Macbeth
as Angus
1983