Actor
Born May 16, 1941 in 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.

Greenfingers
Home Secretary

Monarch of the Glen
Mr. Burns

Midsomer Murders
Alan Thorpe

Richard II
Thomas Mowbray

Pie in the Sky
Tom Watson

Stanley and the Women
Dr Cliff Wainwright

Performance
Albany

Tell Me That You Love Me
Leslie Boyd

In Suspicious Circumstances
Dr Carr

The War That Never Ends
Camarinean Representative

House of Cards
Henry Collingridge

The Chief
Cllr. Tom Brewster

Death Has a Bad Reputation
Patrick Cowlishaw

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Marcus Hardman

Codename: Kyril
Burrows

Love After Lunch
John Baines

Ping Pong
Peter

Empire State
Mr. Cavendish

Defence of the Realm
Political Pundit

Lovejoy
John Welland Smythe

The Price
Simon

Macbeth
Angus

Reilly: Ace of Spies
Dichter Daerenthal

The Ploughman's Lunch
Newsreader

The Disappearance of Harry
Harry Webster

Northern Lights
Andrew

The Workshop
Machinist