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Eddie Lyons


Foto: Albert Witzel (1879-1929)

1886 - 1926

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The actor, director, screenwriter and producer Eddie Lyons belonged to one of the most popular film comedians of the early silent movie era. He often worked together with the actor Lee Moran.

He already acted in 1911 in his first movies like "The Villain Foiled" (11) and "Percy, the Masher" (11), afterwards he appeared in numerous short movies which made him very popular.

To his many movies belong "All a Mistake" (12), "The Call of the Drum" (12), "False to Both" (12), "Big Hearted Sim" (12), "Percy, the Bandit" (12), "Almost a Suicide" (12), "Her Hero's Predicament" (13), "Almost a Rescue" (13), "Aladdin's Awakening" (13), "His Wife's Burglar" (13), "Her Friend, the Butler" (13), "Hawkeye's Great Capture" (13), "Snobbery" (14), "Such a Villain" (14), "Their Honeymoon" (14), "Those College Days" (14), "Way of Life" (14), "When the Mummy Cried for Help" (15), "All Aboard" (15), "Eddie's Awful Predicament" (15), "Almost a King" (15), "The Downfall of Potts" (15), "The Rise and Fall of Officer 13" (15), "When Lizzie Went to Sea" (15) and "Love and a Savage" (15).

Eddie Lyons continued his film career successfully in the second half of the 10s. From 1915 often together with Lee Moran.
To his movies of those years belong "When the Losers Won" (16), "The Deacon's Waterloo" (16), "He's a Devil" (16), "Almost a Widow" (16), "The Terrible Turk" (16), "The Barfly" (16), "Pretty Baby" (16), "One Thousand Miles an Hour" (17), "Down Went the Key" (17), "The Home Wreckers" (17), "To Be or Not to Be Married" (17), "Move Over" (17), "The Tail of a Cat" (18), "The Dodgers" (18), "The Knockout" (18), "Don't Shoot!" (18), "Maid Wanted" (18), "The Strike Breakers" (19), "Mixed Tales" (19), "The Smell of the Yukon" (19), "A Model Husband" (19) and "In the Good Old Days" (19).

His last cinematical works as an actor came in the 20s into being and he took part in the productions "Bungled Bungalows" (20), "Her Perfect Husband" (20), "La La Lucille" (20), "Oh, Daddy!" (21), "Peace and Quiet" (21), "Follow Me" (22), "Just a Minute!" (22), "Seeing Double" (23), "This Way Out" (24), "Lucky Loser" (24), "The Wrong Groom" (24) and "Shadow of the Law" (26).

Besides his activity as an actor Eddie Lyons also realised a lot of movies as a director, screenwriter and producer - often for movies he was also in front of the camera.

Eddie Lyons died prematurely at the age of only 39 in 1926 because of appendicitis.

 
Other movies with Eddie Lyons: 
Railing the Counterfeiter (11) Mrs. Matthews, Dressmaker (12) Who Wears Them? (12) Better Than Gold (12) The Tankville Constable (12) Squnk City Fire Company (12) Where Paths Meet (12) The Dove and the Serpent (12) A Melodrama of Yesterday (12) Jim's Atonement (12) Henpecked Ike (12) The Thirst for Gold (12) Nothing Shall Be Hidden (12) Love, War and a Bonnet (12) The Parson and the Medicine Man (12) Lem's Hot Chocolate (12) Those Lovesick Cowboys (12) Hearts and Skirts (12) Her Friend, the Doctor (12) The Lady Barber of Roaring Gulch (12) Making a Man of Her (12) Sharps and Chaps (12) The Shanghaied Cowboys (12) Cupid's Assistants (13) When a Man Marries (13) When He Jumped at Conclusions (13) The Village Choir (13) His Friend, Jimmie (13) The Country Cousin (13) On Cupid's Highway (13) A Mix-Up in Bandits (13) The Knight of Her Dreams (13) Professional Jealousy (13) To the Brave Belong the Fair (13) Four Queens and a Jack (13) When His Courage Failed (13) The Tale of a Hat (13) The Girls and Dad (13) Hawkeye of the Rescue (13) Some Runner (13) The Battle of Bull Con (13) On Cupid's Highway (13) A Mix-Up in Bandits (13) The Knight of Her Dreams (13) Professional Jealousy (13) To the Brave Belong the Fair (13) Four Queens and a Jack (13) His Crazy Job (13) Curses! Said the Villain (13) Love, Luck and a Paint Brush (13) An Elephant on His Hands (13) When He Lost to Win (13) Locked Out at Twelve (13) Teaching Dad a Lesson (13) His Faithful Servant (13) And the Villain Still Pursued Her (14) When Ursus Threw the Bull (14) Cupid's Close Shave (14) Twist Love and Flour (14) His Royal Pants (14) Scooped by a Hencoop (14) One of the Finest (14) She Was Only a Working Girl (14) What a Baby Did (14) Those Persistent Old Maids (14) The Wrong Miss Wright (14) The Man Who Slept (14) Her Moonshine Lover (14) When the Girls Joined the Force (14) Her Husbands (14) His Strenuous Honeymoon (14) Cloud You Blame Her (14) Captain Bill's Warm Reception (14) Sophie of the Films (14) When Eddie Went to the Front (14) All at Sea (14) Detective Dan Cupid (14) On Rugged Shores (14) A Lucky Deception (14) A Baby Did It (14) Feeding the Kitty (14) A Troublesome Wink (14) Fruits and Flowers (14) Out of the Frying Pan (14) He Never Said a Word (14) Cupid Pulls a Tooth (14) Those Were the Happy Days (14) When the Girls Were Shanghaied (14) When Their Brides Got Mixed (14) In Taxi 23 (14) When Lizzie Got Her Polish (14) Their Ups and Downs (14) His Dog-Gone Luck (14) Who Stole the Bridegroom? (14) Pruning the Movies (15) For the Good of the Cause (15) When Cupid Caught a Thief (15) When the Deacon Swore (15) When Eddie Took a Bath (15) Jed's Little Elopement (15) All Over the Biscuits (15) Lizzie's Dizzy Career (15) How Doctor Cupid Won Out (15) Nellie the Pride of the Fire House (15) When He Proposed (15) A Coat's a Coat (15) A Mix-up at Maxim's (15) They Were on Their Honeymoon (15) In a Jackpot (15) Eddie's Little Nightmare (15) Two Hearts and a Ship (15) Her Friend, the Milkman (15) Wanted…A Chaperone (15) He Fell in the Park (15) They Were Heroes (15) When Her Idol Fell (15) When They Were Co-Eds (15) A Peach and a Pair (15) When the Spirits Moved (15) Lizzie Breaks Into the Harem (15) Her Rustic Hero (15) Little Egypt Malone (15) Lost: Three Teeth (15) Tony, the Wop (15) Mrs. Plum's Pudding (15) His Egyptian Affinity (15) Lizzie and the Beauty Contest (15) Their Happy Honeymoon (15) Too Many Smiths (15) Snatched from the Altar (15) Eddie's Little Love Affair (15) Some Fixer (15) Almost a Knockout (15) An Heiress for Two (15) Wanted: A Leading Lady (15) Their Quiet Honeymoon (15) Where the Heather Blooms (15) Some Chaperone (15) Jed's Trip to the Fair (16) Mingling Spirits (16) When Aunt Matilda Fell (16) A Quiet Supper for Four (16) Her Friend, the Doctor (16) Cupid Trims His Lordship (16) When Lizzie Disappeared (16) Love and Vaccination (16) A Leap Year Tangle (16) Eddie's Night Out (16) The Newlyweds' Mix-Up (16) Lem's College Career (16) Potts Bungles Again (16) Her Celluloid Hero (16) All Over a Stocking (16) Never Again Eddie! (16) Their Awful Predicament (16) What Could the Poor Girl Do? (16) Double Crossing the Dean (16) Kill the Umpire (16) Art for Art's Sake (16) Caught with the Goods (16) Beer Must Go Down (16) He Maid Me (16) All Bets Off (16) The Battle of Chili con Carne (16) Broke But Ambitious (16) The Boy from the Gilded East (16) Nobody Guilty (16) A Silly Sultan (16) Model 46 (16) With the Spirit's Help (16) When the Spirits Fell (16) Almost Guilty (16) His Own Nemesis (16) Love and a Liar (16) A Political Tramp (16) Knights of a Bathtub (16) How Do You Feel? (16) The White Turkey (16) Pass the Prunes (16) Two Small Town Romeos (16) It Sounded Like a Kiss (16) Practice What You Preach (17) Treat 'Em Rough (17) A Macaroni Sleuth (17) Why, Uncle! (17) His Wife's Relatives (17) A Hasty Hazing (17) A Million in Sight (17) A Bundle of Trouble (17) Some Specimens (17) When the Cat's Away (17) In Again, Out Again (17) Shot in the West (17) Mixed Matrimony (17) Under the Bed (17) Follow the Tracks (17) What a Clue Will Do (17) The Lost Appetite (17) To Oblige a Vampire (17) Moving Day (17) Tell Morgan's Girl (17) Burglar by Request (17) Who's Looney Now? (17) Jilted in Jail (17) The War Bridegroom (17) Poor Peter Pious (17) Five Little Widows (17) Minding the Baby (17) A Dark Deed (17) Seeing Things (17) Married by Accident (17) The Love Slacker (17) The Rushin' Dancers (17) The Nightcap (17) Looking 'Em Over (17) The Boulevard Speed Hounds (17) Welcome Home (17) Taking Their Medicine (17) Pete, the Prowler (17) Hot Applications (17) Wild and Woolly Women (17) A Fire Escape Finish (17) The Shame of a Chaperone (17) The Other Stocking (17) A Pigskin Hero (18) The Guilty Egg (18) Mum's the Word (18) Whose Baby Are You? (18) The One Horse Show (18) A Ripping Time (18) There Goes the Bride (18) Stepping Some (18) Berth Control (18) Bad News (18) Shot in the Dumbwaiter (18) Almost Welcome (18) The  Vamp Cure (18) A Duck Out of Water (18) Give Her Gas (18) Damaged Goods (18) The House Cleaning Horrors (18) The Extra Bridegroom (18) Hearts and Let Us (18) Nearly a Chaperone (18) Please Hit Me (18) Frenzied Film (18) The Price of a Rotten Time (18) Nailed at the Plate (18) Why Worry! (18) There and Back (18) Guilty (18) Don't Weaken! (18) Camping Out (18) Swat the Flirt (18) Straight Crooks (18) How's Your Husband? (19) Sing, Rosa, Sing! (19) Marry My Wife (19) Kitchen Police (19) Up the Flue (19) His Body for Rent (19) Oh!Ethel? (19)Chicken a la King (19) Lay Off! (19) The Wife Breakers (19) Stateroom Secrets (19) Skidding Thrones (19) Scared Stiff (19) The Expert Eloper (19) Fun in A Flat (19) Three in a Closet (19) The Bullshevicks (19) Taking Things Easy (19) His Friend's Trip (19) Wise Wives (19) Happy Returns (19) Half and Half (19) All in the Swim (19) All Bound Around (19) Waiting at the Church (19) Penny Ante (19) A Dog Gone Shame (19) Heart Trouble (19) Missing Husband (19) Don't Kid Your Wife (19) Oh! O! Nursie! (19) Who's Her Husband? (19) Tick Tock Man (19) Ten Nights in a Tea Room (19) Woes of a Woman (19) Good Night, Ladies (19) Sweet Patootie (20) Some Shimmiers (20) The Sweet Dry and Dry (20) Ain't Nature Wonderful? (20) Non Skid Love (20) Old Clothes for New (20) The Latest in Pants (20) Officer, Call a Cop (20) Wives and Old Sweethearts (20) Stop That Shimmy (20) Oiling Uncle (20) Butting in on Baby (20) Downing an Uprising (20) Stop That Wedding (20) Somebody Lied (20) Pick Out Your Husband (20) Concrete Biscuits (20) Why Lee! (20) Too Many Burglars (20) Caught in the End (20) Everything But the Truth (20) Once a Plumber (20) Fixed by George (20) A Lucky Loser (20) A Shocking Night (21) Blue Sunday (21) Roman Romeos (21) Just in Time (21) Pardon Me (22) Do You Take? (22) My Mistake (22) Keep Moving (22) Fresh Paint (22) Why Not Now? (22) That's It! (22) All Is Fair (22) For the love of Tut (23) Captain Applesauce (23) Oh! Shoot (23) Almost Married (23) Oh, Teacher! (23) Welcome, Uncle! (24) My Error (24) Only a Bill Collector (24) Unmounted Policemen (24) Be Brave (24) Once a Boob (24) Meet the Doctor (24) The Dumbwaiter (24) Her Other Husband (24) Déclassé (25) The Lodge in the Wilderness (26)

Director:
Lizzie's Dizzy Career (15) They Were on Their Honeymoon (15) Ina Jackpot (15) His Only Pants (15) Eddie's Little Nightmare (15) Eddie's Awful Predicament (15) Her Friend, the Milkman (15) Wanted…A Chaperone (15) He Fell in the Park (15) The Newlyweds' Mix-Up (16) Kill the Umpire (16) Art for Art's Sake (16) Caught with the Goods (16) Beer Must Go Down (16) He Maid Me (16) All Bets Off (16) A Pigskin Hero (18) The Tail of a Cat (18) The Guilty Egg (18) Mum's the Word (18) Whose Baby Are You? (18) The Dodgers (18) The One Horse Show (18) A Ripping Time (18) Stepping Some (18) The Knockout (18) Berth Control (18) Bad News (18) Shot in the Dumbwaiter (18) Almost Welcome (18) The  Vamp Cure (18) A Duck Out of Water (18) Don't Shoot! (18) Give Her Gas (18) Damaged Goods (18) The House Cleaning Horrors (18) The Extra Bridegroom (18) Hearts and Let Us (18) Nearly a Chaperone (18) Please Hit Me (18) Frenzied Film (18) The Price of a Rotten Time (18) Nailed at the Plate (18) Why Worry! (18) Maid Wanted (18) Guilty (18) Don't Weaken! (18) Camping Out (18) Swat the Flirt (18) Straight Crooks (18) How's Your Husband? (19) The Strike Breakers (19) Sing, Rosa, Sing! (19) Marry My Wife (19) Kitchen Police (19) Up the Flue (19) His Body for Rent (19) Mixed Tales (19) Chicken a la King (19) Lay Off! (19) The Smell of the Yukon (19) The Wife Breakers (19) Skidding Thrones (19) Scared Stiff (19) The Expert Eloper (19) Fun in A Flat (19) Three in a Closet (19) The Bullshevicks (19) His Friend's Trip (19) Wise Wives (19) A Model Husband (19) Half and Half (19) All in the Swim (19) All Bound Around (19) Waiting at the Church (19) Penny Ante (19) A Dog Gone Shame (19) Heart Trouble (19) Missing Husband (19) Don't Kid Your Wife (19) Oh! Oh! Nursie! (19) Who's Her Husband? (19) Tick Tock Man (19) Ten Nights in a Tea Room (19) Woes of a Woman (19) Good Night, Ladies (19) In the Good Old Days (19) Sweet Patootie (20) Some Shimmiers (20) The Sweet Dry and Dry (20) Bungled Bungalows (20) Ain't Nature Wonderful? (20) Non Skid Love (20) Old Clothes for New (20) The Latest in Pants (20) Officer, Call a Cop (20) Wives and Old Sweethearts (20) Stop That Shimmy (20) Oiling Uncle (20) Butting in on Baby (20) Downing an Uprising (20) Stop That Wedding (20) Somebody Lied (20) Pick Out Your Husband (20) Concrete Biscuits (20) Why Lee! (20) Too Many Burglars (20) Caught in the End (20) Everything But the Truth (20) La La Lucille (20) Once a Plumber (20) Fixed by George (20) A Shocking Night (21) Blue Sunday (21) Roman Romeos (21) Peace and Quiet (21) Oh, Daddy! (21) Pardon Me (22) Do You Take? (22) My Mistake (22) Keep Moving (22) Fresh Paint (22) Hands Up (22) Why Not Now? (22) Follow Me (22) Give Me Air (22) All Wrong (22) No Luck (22) That's It! (22) All Is Fair (22) The Fast Mail-Man (22) A Lot of Bull (22) For the Love of Tut (23) Captain Applesauce (23) Oh! Shoot (23) No Danger (23) Seeing Double (23) Almost Married (23) Oh, Teacher! (23) Welcome, Uncle! (24) This Way Out (24) My Error (24) Only a Bill Collector (24) A Fake Alarm (24) Unmounted Policemen (24) Lucky Loser (24) Flapper Fever (24) Be Brave (24) Once a Boob (24) Meet the Doctor (24) The Wrong Groom (24) The Dumbwaiter (24) Her Other Husband (24)

Writer:
Mrs. Plum's Pudding (15) The Battle of Chili Con Carne (16) A Political Tramp (16) Treat 'Em Rough (17) A Macaroni Sleuth (17) A Hasty Hazing (17) When the Cat's Away (17) Under the Bed (17) Moving Day (17) Tell Morgan's Girl (17) Poor Peter Pious (17) Married by Accident (17) Looking 'Em Over (17) Taking Their Medicine (17) Pete, the Prowler (17) Wild and Woolly Women (17) The Guilty Egg (18) A Ripping Time (18) There Goes the Bride (18) Berth Control (18) Bad News (18) Almost Welcome (18) A Duck Out of Water (18) Give Her Gas (18) The Extra Bridegroom (18) Hearts and Let Us (18) Frenzied Film (18) The Price of a Rotten Time (18) Why Worry! (18) Guilty (18) Don't Weaken! (18) Camping Out (18) Swat the Flirt (18) Straight Crooks (18) The Strike Breakers (19) Sing, Rosa, Sing! (19) Marry My Wife (19) Kitchen Police (19) Up the Flue (19) His Body for Rent (19) Chicken a la King (19) Lay Off! (19) The Smell of the Yukon (19) The Wife Breakers (19) Skidding Thrones (19) Scared Stiff (19) The Expert Eloper (19) Fun in A Flat (19) Three in a Closet (19) The Bullshevicks (19) Taking Things Easy (19) His Friend's Trip (19) Wise Wives (19) A Model Husband (19) Half and Half (19) All in the Swim (19) All Bound Around (19) Waiting at the Church (19) Penny Ante (19) A Dog Gone Shame (19) Heart Trouble (19) Missing Husband (19) Don't Kid Your Wife (19) Oh! Oh! Nursie! (19) Who's Her Husband? (19) Tick Tock Man (19) Ten Nights in a Tea Room (19) Woes of a Woman (19) Good Night, Ladies (19) In the Good Old Days (19) Sweet Patootie (20) Some Shimmiers (20) The Sweet Dry and Dry (20) Bungled Bungalows (20) Ain't Nature Wonderful? (20) Non Skid Love (20) Old Clothes for New (20) The Latest in Pants (20) Officer, Call a Cop (20) Wives and Old Sweethearts (20) Stop That Shimmy (20) Oiling Uncle (20) Butting in on Baby (20) Downing an Uprising (20) Stop That Wedding (20) Somebody Lied (20) Pick Out Your Husband (20) Concrete Biscuits (20) Why Lee! (20) Too Many Burglars (20) Caught in the End (20) Bill Sunday (21)

Producer:
Peace and Quiet (21) Oh, Daddy! (21) Pardon Me (22) Do You Take? (22) My Mistake (22) Keep Moving (22) Fresh Paint (22) Hands Up (22) Why Not Now? (22) Follow Me (22) All Wrong (22) Give Me Air (22) That's It! (22) No Luck (22) All Is Fair (22) Poor But Honest (23) Our Alley (23) For the Love of Tut (23) Captain Applesauce (23) Hot Foot (23) Oh! Shoot (23) No Danger (23) Seeing Double (23) Almost Married (23) Oh, Teacher! (23) All Is Lost (23) Welcome, Uncle! (24) This Way Out (24) My Error (24) My Error (24) Only a Bill Collector (24) A Fake Alarm (24) Unmounted Policemen (24) Lucky Loser (24) Flapper Fever (24) Be Brave (24) Once a Boob (24) Meet the Doctor (24) I'm Cured (24) The Wrong Groom(24) The Dumbwaiter (24) Her Other Husband (24) The Plumber's Helper (24) 


 
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