Nelson Lyon

Biography

Career Overview

Nelson Lyon has 7 screen credits in a career dating back to 1971. Signature works include The Telephone Book. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

Known Credits

7

Known For

• 

  The Telephone Book

Frequent Collaborators

• Edward Beyer (2 collaborations)
• James A. Taylor (1 collaborations)
• Larry Orlick (1 collaborations)
• Frank Shimko (1 collaborations)
• Bob Grimaldi (1 collaborations)
• Peter Garofalo (1 collaborations)
• Leon Perera (1 collaborations)
• Leonard Saltzberg (1 collaborations)
• Lou Graf (1 collaborations)
• Tom Gavin Jr. (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (3 credits)

  • Baja

    Nelson

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Floundering

    Chief Merryl Fence

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Saturday Night Live

    - Johnny Cash/Elton John (1982) ... Prisoner (uncredited) actor actors

    - Robert Conrad/The Allman Brothers Band (1982) ... Joseph Stalin (uncredited) actor actors
    1975

• production (1 credits)

  • Spike of Bensonhurst

    producer

    production
    1988

• directing (1 credits)

  • The Telephone Book

    director

    directing
    1971

• writing (2 credits)

  • Saturday Night Live

    - Olivia Newton-John (1982) ... writer writing

    - Danny DeVito/Sparks (1982) ... writer writing

    - Robert Culp/The Charlie Daniels Band (1982) ... writer writing

    - Johnny Cash/Elton John (1982) ... writer writing

    - Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar (1982) ... writer writing
    1975
  • The Telephone Book

    writer

    writing
    1971