Robert Ryan
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Acting Credits
Biography
Robert Bushnell Ryan (November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973) was an American actor who often played hardened cops and ruthless villains. Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois, the first child of Timothy Ryan and his wife Mabel Bushnell Ryan. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932, having held the school's heavyweight boxing title all four years of his attendance. After graduation, the 6'4" Ryan found employment as a stoker on a ship, a WPA worker, and a ranch hand in Montana. Ryan attempted to...
Known For
Filmography
A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
2017
as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self (archive footage)
The Outfit
1973
as Mailer
The Iceman Cometh
1973
as Larry Slade
Executive Action
1973
as Foster
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
as Pap Gutshall
The Man Without a Country
1973
as Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan
The Moviemakers
1973
as Self
And Hope to Die
1972
as Charley
Lawman
1971
as Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan
The Love Machine
1971
as Gregory 'Greg' Austin
The Reason Why
1970
as Roger
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Deke Thornton
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
1969
as Captain Nemo
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
1969
as Self - Host
Anzio
1968
as Gen. Carson
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
as New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Col. Everett Dasher Breed
Hour of the Gun
1967
as Ike Clanton
The Busy Body
1967
as Charley Barker
Custer of the West
1967
as Mulligan
The Professionals
1966
as Ehrengard
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as General Grey
The Crooked Road
1965
as Richard Ashley
The Dirty Game
1965
as General Bruce
A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer
1964
as Narrator (voice)
The Inheritance
1964
as Narrator (voice)
World War One
1964
as Narrator
World War I: The Complete Story
1964
as Narrator
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Thomas Bollington
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Billy Budd
1962
as John Claggart, Master of Arms
The Longest Day
1962
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
King of Kings
1961
as John the Baptist
The Canadians
1961
as Inspector William Gannon
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
as Harry Walters
Ice Palace
1960
as Thor Storm
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
as Earle Slater
Day of the Outlaw
1959
as Blaise Starrett
Lonelyhearts
1959
as William Shrike
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
The Great Gatsby
1958
as Jay Gatsby
God's Little Acre
1958
as Ty Ty Walden
Men in War
1957
as Lt. Benson
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Trilbridge
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Mike Ripetti
Goodyear Theatre
1957
as Frank Berry
Back from Eternity
1956
as Bill Lonagan
The Proud Ones
1956
as Marshal Cass Silver
The House Without a Name
1956
as Fernand Fox
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Matt Jessop
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Cob Oakley
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff Amos Parney
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Captain William Kraig
House of Bamboo
1955
as Sandy Dawson
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Reno Smith
The Tall Men
1955
as Nathan Stark
Escape to Burma
1955
as Jim Brecan
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
as George Leslie
Alaska Seas
1954
as Matt Kelly
Her Twelve Men
1954
as Joe Hargrave
The Naked Spur
1953
as Ben Vandergroat
Inferno
1953
as Donald Whitley Carson III
City Beneath the Sea
1953
as Brad Carlton
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Clash by Night
1952
as Earl Pfeiffer
Horizons West
1952
as Dan Hammond
Beware, My Lovely
1952
as Howard Wilton
On Dangerous Ground
1951
as Jim Wilson
The Racket
1951
as Nick Scanlon
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin
Best of the Badmen
1951
as Jeff Clanton
Hard, Fast and Beautiful!
1951
as Seabright Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
The Woman on Pier 13
1950
as Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson
Born to Be Bad
1950
as Nick
The Secret Fury
1950
as David McLean
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Act of Violence
1949
as Joe Parkson
Caught
1949
as Smith Ohlrig
The Set-Up
1949
as Stoker
Berlin Express
1948
as Robert Lindley
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Dr. Evans
Return of the Bad Men
1948
as Sundance Kid
Crossfire
1947
as Montgomery
The Woman on the Beach
1947
as Scott Burnett
Trail Street
1947
as Allen Harper
Tender Comrade
1944
as Chris Jones
Marine Raiders
1944
as Capt. Dan Craig
The Iron Major
1943
as Father Timothy 'Tim' Donovan
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Reginald Fenton
Bombardier
1943
as Joe Connors
Gangway for Tomorrow
1943
as Joe Dunham
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
as Lefty O'Doyle
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
as Eddie (uncredited)
Golden Gloves
1940
as Pete Wells
The Ghost Breakers
1940
as Intern (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Constable Dumont
Queen of the Mob
1940
as Jim