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A. C. Lyles

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A. C. Lyles
  • Birth Name:
    Andrew Craddock Lyles Jr.
  • Date of Birth:
    May 17, 1918
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Taurus
  • Place of Birth:
    Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

A. C. Lyles
  • Spouse:
    Martha Vickers - divorced
    Martha Troetscher Schaefer - present

Career

A. C. Lyles

Trivia

A. C. Lyles
  • Lyles has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the El Capitan Theatre and a building named in his honor at Paramount Studios.
  • He recently worked as a consultant on HBO's Deadwood, created by David Milch (NYPD Blue), whom Lyles said "is as close to being a genius as anyone I know....If you listen to his dialogue, it's like Shakespeare."
  • He also served as associate producer on the TV series "Rawhide", which gave Clint Eastwood his breakthrough role.
  • In 1954 he was associate producer on "The Mountain", which starred Spencer Tracy, and in 1957 he became a full producer on "Short Cut to Hell", starring Cagney.
  • Lyles was headed for success; at age 19 he became a publicity director and over the next decade he worked on more than 70 films.
  • Is an American movie producer for Paramount Pictures who produced westerns in the 1950s and 1960s, and has been a major player in Hollywood for the past 78 years.

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