Pierce Lyden
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Pierce Lyden.
Born: January 8, 1908
Place of Birth: Hildreth, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Silver Trails
Jimmy and Cannonball find the body of Don Muquel after he has been shot and robbed by henchmen Ramsay and Sturgis. Jimmy is accused of the crime by Jose Esteban but the latter's rich uncle, Don Esteban, clears his friend Jimmy. Jose accuses the the settlers, led by John Chambers, of confiscating the land of the native Californians, through murder and theft. Actually, surveyor Willard Jackson is making forged copies of stolen land-grant papers after his men have killed the rightful owners. Playing both ends against the middle, Ramsay urges Chambers and his daughter, Diane, to drive off the Californians.
Six-Gun Serenade
In this western, two cowboys are framed as cattle rustlers and tossed in the pokey. Later, honest ranchers spring them and together they ride out against the rustlers.
The Cherokee Flash
Lawyer Butler, wanting Jeff Carson's ranch, has the Sheriff and his gang frame the bank holdup on him. Then they kill a witness that could free Carson and blame the murder on his son Sunset. But Sunset escapes, frees his father, and then sets a trap to catch the real killers.
Red River
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
The Gunfighter
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
Calamity Jane
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
Grand Ole Opry
Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.
Dragonwyck
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
The Tall Stranger
A Union soldier returns to his western home at the end of the Civil War and finds himself caught in the middle of a land war between his greedy half-brother and a wagon train of Confederate homesteaders.
Rancho Notorious
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.
Filmography
as Car Mechanic (uncredited)
as Morley's Henchman
as Dan Scruggs
as Bragg
as Cowboy (uncredited)
as Amby
as Andy, the Janitor
as Henchman Darr
as Dakota
as Citizen (uncredited)
as Rancher John Brackett
as Dyke
as Guard (uncredited)
as Stanley Johnson
as Henchman (uncredited)
as Farley
as Marshal George Markham
as Sheriff Bill Preston
as Henchman Rusty
as Horse-Thief Cassidy
as Larry Edwards
as Armstrong
as Erv Hopkins - Henchman
as Sheriff Connelly
as Allen
as Durk - Patrol 6 Henchman
as Henchman Brag
as Barfly (uncredited)
as Blake
as Slim Randall
as Detective (uncredited)
as Gibbs
as Policeman at Bus Station (uncredited)
as Henchman Jordan
as 2nd Policeman (uncredited)
as Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
as Sliver
as Henchman Ramsay
as Frank Gilmore
as Sergeant Hamon
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
as Sheriff Wheeler
as Henchman Matt
as Forrester - Rancher
as Jeff
as Buck
as Marshal Michael
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Henchman Stuhler
as Henchman Johnson
as Henchman Sam
as Murdered Man (uncredited)
as Clint Hawkins
as Joe
as Ace
as Red
as Henchman Al
as Guard (uncredited)
as Henchman Harper
as Henchman
as Clayton
as Henchman Mac
as Lefty
as Hatton Henchman
as Henchman In Town - on sidewalk, at bar
as Bill Slade
as Loren
as Henchman Rankin
as Curley
as Bert, lead raider
as Gap
as Braun - Ritter's Aide
as Duke Keesler
as Henchman Reynolds
as Tonjes - Gang Pilot
as Henchman (uncredited)
as Hillbilly (uncredited)