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Will Lyman

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Will Lyman is a greatly underused actor who grabbed a bit of popularity with two TV series: Crossbow and Hull High, playing Mr. Deerborn under the direction of Kenny Ortega. He also played in two well-regarded made-for-TV movies, Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I and Hostile Takeover, as well as the feature films School Ties and Welcome to the Dollhouse. See full bio »

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William Remington Lyman
in Burlington, Vermont, USA
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2012 Last Man Out (short)
Voice of Walt Whitman
 
2010 The Other Guys
Frontline Narration App
 
2009 The Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park (short)
The Narrator (voice)
 
2008 Brotherhood (TV series)
Atty. General Dan Vanderpool
– All the Interim Is Like a Phantasma (2008) … Atty. General Dan Vanderpool
 
2008 What Doesn't Kill You
Sully
 
2008 Iron Man
Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
 
2008 On the Assassination of the President (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2007 Bud Greenspan Presents: Torino 2006 Olympics (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2007 I'm Paige Wilson (TV movie)
Foxworthy
 
2007 Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
Moe Fresno
 
2006 Little Children
Narrator
 
2006 Deep Sea UFOs (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Commander in Chief (TV series)
Teddy Bridges
– First Scandal (2005) … Teddy Bridges
– First Strike (2005) … Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
– Pilot (2005) … Teddy Bridges
 
2005 Our Fathers (TV movie)
Wilson Rogers Jr.
 
1990-2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– The Fall of Saigon (2005) … Narrator (voice)
– Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USA (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– Vietnam: Parts VII & VIII - Vietnamizing the War/Cambodia and Laos (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– Vietnam: Parts V & VI - America's Enemy/Tet 1968 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– Vietnam: Parts III & IV - LBJ Goes to War/America Takes Charge (1997) … Narrator (voice)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2005 Fierce People
Documentary Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Turntable
Det. McCoy
 
2003-2004 Threat Matrix (TV series)
Colonel Roger Atkins
– Cambodia (2004) … Colonel Roger Atkins
– 19 Seconds (2004) … Colonel Roger Atkins
– Extremist Makeover (2004) … Colonel Roger Atkins
– Stochastic Variable (2004) … Colonel Roger Atkins
– PPX (2004) … Colonel Roger Atkins
See all 16 episodes »
 
2004 Beacon Hill
Nolan Flannery
 
2004 Meltdown (TV movie)
Homeland Chief Utley
 
2004 The West Wing (TV series)
Narrator
– Access (2004) … Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Secret Weapons Over Normandy (Video Game)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Encounter Nancy (short)
Newton Forrester
 
2003 Mystic River
FBI Agent Birden
 
2002 Alma Mater
Arthur Knight
 
2002 The Perfect Gooseys (short)
 
2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2001/II Dog Days (short)
Dad
 
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Roger Jameson
– Smothered (2001) … Roger Jameson
 
2001 Dischord
Capt. Jack
 
2001 Ed (TV series)
Gus McGraw
– Mixed Signals (2001) … Gus McGraw
 
2001 Sydney 2000 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Gold from Down Under (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 The Prosecutors (TV series)
Narrator
– The Boneyard (2000) … Narrator
 
1999 The Autumn Heart
Doctor
 
1999 Fruitlands 1843 (short)
 
1999 Something Between Us (short)
Paul Kirkland
 
1998 Nagano '98 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Stories of Honor and Glory (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 The Siege
FBI Director
 
1998 A Perfect Murder
Jason Gates
 
1998 Intermezzo
Charlie
 
1997 Floating
Van's Father
 
1996 The Crucible
Isaiah Goodkind
 
1996 Celtic Pride
Rich Man
 
1995 Welcome to the Dollhouse
Mr. Edwards
 
1994-1995 Guiding Light (TV series)
Carroll O'Malley
 
1994 Law & Order (TV series)
Victor Conner
– Family Values (1994) … Victor Conner
 
1994 The Mao Years: 1949-1976
Narrator (voice)
 
1992 The Machine That Changed the World (TV series)
Narrator (1992) (voice)
 
1992 School Ties
Swanson
 
1992 Mann & Machine (TV series)
Banito Ruggerio
– Truth or Consequences (1992) … Banito Ruggerio
 
1992 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Allan Wooster
– Programmed for Murder (1992) … Allan Wooster
 
1992 The Great Eclipse (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1991 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
Peter Miller
– Dedicated to the One I Love (1991) … Peter Miller
 
1990 Hull High (TV series)
John Deerborn
– Episode #1.6 (1990) … John Deerborn
– Episode #1.5 (1990) … John Deerborn
– Episode #1.4 (1990) … John Deerborn
– Episode #1.2 (1990) … John Deerborn
– Episode #1.1 (1990) … John Deerborn
See all 8 episodes »
 
1990 In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1987-1989 Crossbow (TV series)
William Tell
– Betrayal (1989) … William Tell
– Blood Brothers (1989) … William Tell
– The Inquisitor (1989) … William Tell
– The Electors (1989) … William Tell
– Message to Geneva (1989) … William Tell
See all 72 episodes »
 
1988 Hostile Takeover
Smolen
 
1985-1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Capt. Ben Morrison / Lt. Grant
– McAllister (1988) … Lt. Grant
– Autumn Thieves (1985) … Capt. Ben Morrison
 
1984-1985 American Playhouse (TV series)
Gabriel Javsicas / Rev. Parris
– Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I (1985) … Rev. Parris
– Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion (1984) … Gabriel Javsicas
 
1984 George Washington (TV mini-series)
Lawrence Washington
 
1983 Vietnam: A Television History (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– LBJ Goes to War: 1964-1965 (1983) … Narrator
– America's Mandarin: 1954-1963 (1983) … Narrator
– Roots of a War: 1945-1953 (1983) … Narrator (voice)
– America's Enemy: 1954-1967 (1983) … Narrator
– America Takes Charge: 1965-1967 (1983) … Narrator
See all 11 episodes »
 
1979 Ryan's Hope (TV series)
Ken Alexander
– Episode #1.1066 (1979) … Ken Alexander
– Episode #1.1062 (1979) … Ken Alexander
 
1976-1977 Another World (TV series)
Ken Palmer
 
Show ShowSelf (37 titles)
1982-2013 Frontline (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Himself - Narrator / Himself / …
– The Retirement Gamble (2013) … Himself - Narrator
– Syria Behind the Lines (2013) … Himself - Narrator
– Kind Hearted Woman: Part 2 (2013) … Himself - Narrator
– Kind Hearted Woman Part 1 (2013) … Himself - Narrator
– Newtown Divided (2013) … Himself - Narrator
See all 171 episodes »
 
2010 God in America (TV series)
Himself / Narrator
– Soul of a Nation/Of God and Caesar (2010) … Himself/Narrator
 
2005-2006 Is It Real? (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– The Da Vinci Code (2006) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– The Nostradamus Effect (2006) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Ape-man (2006) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Stigmata (2006) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Extreme Sleepwalking (2005) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
See all 16 episodes »
 
2005 Russian Roswell (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Killing Silence: Taking on the Mafia in Sicily (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001-2004 Nova (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Himself - Narrator
– Battle Plan Under Fire (2004) … Narrator (voice)
– Life and Death in the War Zone (2004) … Narrator (voice)
– Crash of Flight 111 (2004) … Narrator (voice)
– Dirty Bomb (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Spies That Fly (2003) … Narrator (voice)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2004 Nature Tech: Avalanche (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Modern Marvels (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Terror Tech: Civilian (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Nature Tech: Tornadoes (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Terror Tech: Military (2003) … Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 1972 Munich Games: Bud Greenspan Remembers (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2002 Why the Towers Fell (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Bud Greenspan's Favorite Stories of Winter Olympic Glory (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Assignment Discovery: The Ultimate Guide: Mummies (video documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Shattered Dreams of Peace: The Road from Oslo (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 The Press Secretary (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Red October (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Stealing the Superfortress (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Sinking the Lusitania (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Blind Man's Bluff (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Tojo's War (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 The Ultimate Guide: Planes (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 The Ultimate Guide: Submarines (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 Satan in the Suburbs (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1997 Atlanta's Olympic Glory (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1997 China: Born Under the Red Flag (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1994 Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1992 Wings Over the Gulf (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1985 Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
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1989 Crossbow: The Movie (video)
William Tell
 

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Narrator of the PBS show Frontline/Nova since the early 1980s. See more »

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Often used as a narrator for documentaries. Unlisted titles include "The Death of TWA 800" and "Science Times - In the Eye of the Storm". See more »

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