John Lyons (actor)

John Lyons
Born	John Lyons (1943-09-14) 14 September 1943 London, England
Occupation	Actor
Known for	The Sweeney & A Touch of Frost'

John Lyons (born 14 September 1943) is an English stage and screen actor. He is probably most famous for appearing as Detective Sergeant George Toolan in the long-running UK detective drama, A Touch of Frost (1992–2010) alongside David Jason. He also appeared as the Barman / Milkman / Decorator (Credit to https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529090/): "The Twenty Six Year Itch"(1979)..Barman; "And So to Bed"(1978)..Milkman; "My Husband Next Door"(1976)..Decorator in 3 episodes of George & Mildred, and in On the buses (Season 7, Ep. 7 and 11) as a bus driver. As a binman in Man About The House (series 5 episode 5) John also had a prominent role playing Detective Sgt. Jim. Huke in a 1976 episode of The Sweeney called "Bad Apple", and as an armed blagger called Mead in the feature film from the same series - Sweeney 2.

Lyons also appeared in a cameo role as the overly forward moustachioed omnibus driver for Rose, a war-time conductress, in the "Home Fires" episode of "Upstairs Downstairs".

Lyons has had a long and successful career in Television, and has, also, performed in numerous theatrical roles. In September 2005, Lyons joined the cast of the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap, in London's West End.

Lyons is currently on a UK tour in a stage adaptation of the BBC amateur detective series, Father Brown, in 2015/2016. He is, also, a regular performer in Pantomime throughout the country, and appeared in the role of "King Crumble" in "Sleeping Beauty" at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft in December 2015.

John Lyons also appeared for the second time as special guest at a 43tv Retro TV Sweeney Meet in October 2016 in Hammersmith, London and gave an after dinner talk about his career in TV & Film.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde	Second Sailor
1971-1973	On the Buses	Bert / Sid / Bill	4 episodes
1973	Yellow Dog	Homicidal Maniac
1975	Man About The House	Binman	1 episode
1976	The Sweeney	DS Jim Huke	1 episode
1976-1979	George & Mildred	Barman / Milkman / Decorators	3 episodes
1978	Sweeney 2	Mead
1979	Spooner's Patch	PC Killick	3 episodes
1988	Action Jackson	Yacht Guard #1
1990	Bullseye!	Train Guard
1992-2010	A Touch Of Frost	DS George Toolan	39 episodes
1998	Blues Brothers 2000	Russian Thug #5

External links

• John Lyons at IMDb
• John Lyons in The Sweeney - Bad Apple at 43tv - The Retro Forum