A.C. Lyles was born on May 17, 1918 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA as Andrew Craddock Lyles Jr. He is known for his work on Deadwood (2004), Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (2006) and Johnny Reno (1966). He was married to Martha Troetscher Schaefer and Martha Vickers. He died on September 27, 2013 in Bel-Air, California, USA.
[about Lyle Bettger] . . . one of the nicest guys we had at Paramount. So professional. He was, oddly enough, cast as a heavy while in real life he was just a dear, dear man. Extremely friendly with everyone. Very, very popular on the lot with cast members. People all over the world the minute they saw him on screen knew he was gonna be a mean man. His role in [Cecil B. DeMille's] The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) was tailor-made for him.
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Fact
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Former publicist, who became a producer of Paramount B-westerns starring veteran Hollywood actors.
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Employee of Paramount Pictures since 1928.
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In 1984 Lyles received the George Washington Award of the Freedoms Foundation, presented to him in the Oval Office by President Ronald Reagan.
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Lyles' old friend Ronald Reagan appointed Lyles to the President's Advisory Council on Private Sector Initiatives in 1983, and in January of 1986 he was sworn onto the board. He regularly attended White House meetings with Reagan and his staff and attended conferences overseas. During the Reagan and George Bush administrations he also functioned as Hollywood liaison, getting celebrities to entertain at the White House and other presidential functions.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Apache Uprising
1965
producer
Town Tamer
1965
producer
Black Spurs
1965
producer
Young Fury
1965
producer
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
producer
Law of the Lawless
1964
producer
The Young and the Brave
1963
producer
Raymie
1960
producer
Rawhide
1959
TV Series associate producer - 9 episodes
Short Cut to Hell
1957
producer
Deadwood
2005-2006
TV Series consulting producer - 24 episodes
Here's Boomer
1980-1981
TV Series executive producer - 4 episodes
A Christmas for Boomer
1979
TV Movie producer
Flight to Holocaust
1977
TV Movie producer
The Last Day
1975
TV Movie producer
Night of the Lepus
1972
producer
Rogue's Gallery
1968
producer
Buckskin
1968
producer
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
producer
Fort Utah
1967
producer
Hostile Guns
1967
producer
Red Tomahawk
1967
producer
Waco
1966
producer
Johnny Reno
1966
producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Deadwood
2004
TV Series consultant - 12 episodes
The Mountain
1956
assistant to producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Here's Boomer
TV Series created by - 4 episodes, 1980 - 1981 developed by - 1 episode, 1980
Flight to Holocaust
1977
TV Movie
The Last Day
1975
TV Movie story
Rogue's Gallery
1968
story
Johnny Reno
1966
story
Young Fury
1965
story
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Advisor #1
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Sierra Spirits
2009
Short grateful thanks
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
2004
TV Movie documentary thanks
Let Freedom Sing! The Story of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'
2003
Video documentary short special thanks
'Sunset Blvd.': A Look Back
2002
Video documentary short special thanks
The Whole Shebang
2001
special thanks
James Cagney: Top of the World
1992
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
What Ever Happened to Norma Jeane?
2016
Documentary filming
Himself
The Lost City
2015
Documentary post-production
Himself
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2014
Documentary post-production
Himself
Hollywood Renegade
Documentary announced
Himself
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
2012
Documentary
Himself
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr.
2010
Video documentary short
Himself - Producer / Friend
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
Video documentary
Himself
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Video documentary
Himself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
Video documentary
Himself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Video documentary
Himself
Legends
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie
2009
Documentary
Himself
The Florence Henderson Show
2009
TV Series
Himself - guest
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
2008
Video short
Himself
William Holden: The Paramount Years
2008
Video short
Himself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
Video documentary
Himself
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
Video documentary
Himself - Producer, Paramount Pictures
100 Years of John Wayne
2007
TV Short documentary
Himself
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Documentary
Himself
Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri
2006
Documentary
Himself
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Interviewee
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
2003
Video short
Himself
Let Freedom Sing! The Story of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'
2003
Video documentary short
Himself - Producer
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003
Documentary
Himself - Paramount Pictures Producer
Biography
1999-2003
TV Series documentary
Himself - Producer and Mamnging Director of Paramount / Himself / Himself - Producer / ...
Remembering 'Roman Holiday'
2002
Video documentary short
The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel
2002
Video documentary
Himself
The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961
2002
Video documentary
Himself
Cinerama Adventure
2002
Documentary
Himself, film producer
'Sunset Blvd.': A Look Back
2002
Video documentary short
Himself - Paramount Pictures Producer
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2001
Documentary
Himself
E! Mysteries & Scandals
1998-2000
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Producer
The Young and the Dead
2000
Documentary
Himself
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Producer at Paramount
Hollywood Greats
1978-1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
E! True Hollywood Story
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
The DeMille Dynasty
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Producer
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1997
Documentary
Himself
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
TV Movie documentary
Himself
James Cagney: Top of the World
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Producer
American Masters
1990
TV Series documentary
Himself, Paramount Producer
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney