---
name: "David Lyon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-lyon"
fi1m_id: "david-lyon"
imdb_id: "nm0528918"
tmdb_id: 1989292
wikidata_id: "Q5236863"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 May 1941"
died: "7 June 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-22T04:04:18.750962+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Lyon

## Identity

David Lyon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-lyon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-lyon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0528918
- **TMDB ID:** 1989292
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5236863
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyon_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5236863, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528918/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1989292

Actor. Born 16 May 1941 in Sierra Leone. Died 7 June 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 May 1941, Sierra Leone
- **Died:** 7 June 2013
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyon_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5236863, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528918/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1989292

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*House of Cards*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md) (84)

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## Biography

David Lyon was a British stage, television and film actor. Born in Sierra Leone in 1941 to a diamond merchant, he spent much of his childhood there before being educated in Scotland. After early jobs in insurance and sales, he trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama as a mature student and began paid acting work in 1975 at the Manchester Library Theatre.

From 1976 he performed regularly for two decades with the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in numerous Shakespeare productions and modern plays. On television he was known for roles including Marcus Hardman in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), Alan Thorpe in Midsomer Murders (1997) and Henry Collingridge in House of Cards (1990). He also appeared in Greenfingers (2001) as the Home Secretary. Lyon died in Brighton in 2013.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *House of Cards* (1990), Fi1m 84, as Henry Collingridge — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Greenfingers* (2001), as Home Secretary
- *Monarch of the Glen* (2000), series, as Mr. Burns
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Alan Thorpe — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Richard II* (1997), as Thomas Mowbray
- *Our Friends in the North* (1996), series, as Commander — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/our-friends-in-the-north.md)
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Tom Watson
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1994), as Prince Escalus
- *Stanley and the Women* (1991), series, as Dr Cliff Wainwright
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Albany, Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Salisbury
- *Tell Me That You Love Me* (1991), as Leslie Boyd
- *In Suspicious Circumstances* (1991), series, as Dr Carr
- *The War That Never Ends* (1991), as Camarinean Representative
- *House of Cards* (1990), series, as Henry Collingridge — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md)
- *The Chief* (1990), series, as Cllr. Tom Brewster
- *Death Has a Bad Reputation* (1990), as Patrick Cowlishaw
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Marcus Hardman — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Christabel* (1988), series, as Kreuze
- *Reasonable Force* (1988), as Matheson
- *Love After Lunch* (1987), as John Baines
- *Ping Pong* (1987), as Peter
- *Empire State* (1987), as Mr. Cavendish
- *Defence of the Realm* (1986), as Political Pundit
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as John Welland Smythe
- *The Price* (1985), as Simon
- *Macbeth* (1983), as Angus
- *Reilly: Ace of Spies* (1983), series, as Dichter Daerenthal
- *The Ploughman's Lunch* (1983), as Newsreader
- *The Disappearance of Harry* (1982), as Harry Webster
- *Northern Lights* (1982), as Andrew
- *The Workshop* (1982), as Machinist

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