Robert F. Lyons (actor)
Robert F. Lyons (born October 17, 1939, in Albany, New York) is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for guest starring in numerous popular television shows since the 1960s and for appearing in such films as "Getting Straight" (1970), "Dark Night of the Scarecrow" (1981), "Death Wish II" (1982), "Murphy's Law" (1986) and "Platoon Leader" (1988). Career. Lyons made his screen debut in the television series "I Dream of Jeannie" and made his film debut in "Pendulum" (1969), followed by "Getting Straight" (1970). Since then he has appeared in such  films as "Shoot Out" (1971) (as the main villain, opposite good guy Gregory Peck), "Avenging Angel" (1985) and "Pray for Morning" (2006) and such television shows as "Gunsmoke", "Medical Center", "Falcon Crest", "Roswell" and "Criminal Minds". In 1999 he played Dr Lester Arnold on "Days of Our Lives". In 2015 he co-starred with Danny Trejo in the zombie film "The Burning Dead".