- Employee of Paramount Pictures since 1928.
- In 1983, Lyles' old friend Ronald Reagan appointed Lyles to the President's Advisory Council on Private Sector Initiatives, and in January 1986, he was sworn onto the board. He regularly attended White House meetings with Reagan and his staff and attended conferences overseas. During the Reagan and George Bush administrations, he also functioned as Hollywood liaison, getting celebrities to entertain at the White House and other presidential functions.
- Former publicist, who became a producer of Paramount B-westerns starring veteran Hollywood actors.
- In 1984, Lyles received the George Washington Award of the Freedoms Foundation, presented to him in the Oval Office by President Ronald Reagan.
- During the 1960s, he produced over a dozen low-budget Westerns starring former A-list actors including Dana Andrews.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 3, 1988.
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