Pierce Lyden

(1908-1998) born at Hildreth, Franklin County, lived at Naponee. Actor, free-lance writer, appeared in over 400 films, movie serials, and television episodes from 1931 to 1962 in supporting roles and usually as a villain in Western movies, he worked with such contemporary actors as Gene Autry, Alan Ladd, Gregory Peck, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, and others; was voted Villain of the Year in 1944 in a movie fan poll, recipient of Golden Boot Award from the Motion Picture and Television Fund in 1992, and honored with placement of star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in 1996. Consult Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition, October 10, 1990, p. F-1 and Lincoln Journal Star, December 31, 1995, pp. C-1, C-5 and obituaries in Santa Ana Orange County Register, October 13, 1998, p. 6 and Hastings Tribune, October 16, 1998, pp. A-l, A-7.

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