Robert Ryan
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Nov 11 1909• Died Jul 11 1973
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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 make a career in show business as a playwright, but had to…
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Robert Ryan's Credits
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Matt Jessop
The Professionals
Ehrengard
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Thomas Bollington
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Oscars
Self
Alcoa Theatre
Trilbridge
King of Kings
John the Baptist
The Dirty Dozen
Col. Everett Dasher Breed
The Longest Day
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
The Wild Bunch
Deke Thornton
The Tall Men
Nathan Stark
Battle of the Bulge
General Grey
World War I: The Complete Story
Narrator
Lawman
Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan
Caught
Smith Ohlrig
The Naked Spur
Ben Vandergroat
Bad Day at Black Rock
Reno Smith
Hour of the Gun
Ike Clanton
Inferno
Donald Whitley Carson III
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
The Outfit
Mailer
The Boy with Green Hair
Dr. Evans
Trail Street
Allen Harper
Clash by Night
Earl Pfeiffer
Act of Violence
Joe Parkson
On Dangerous Ground
Jim Wilson
Men in War
Lt. Benson
Odds Against Tomorrow
Earle Slater
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
The Ghost Breakers
Intern (uncredited)
The Set-Up
Stoker
North West Mounted Police
Constable Dumont
The Iceman Cometh
Larry Slade
Queen of the Mob
Jim
Billy Budd
John Claggart, Master of Arms
Tender Comrade
Chris Jones
The Racket
Nick Scanlon
Day of the Outlaw
Blaise Starrett
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Pap Gutshall
Goodyear Theatre
Frank Berry
Horizons West
Dan Hammond
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Captain Nemo
The Woman on the Beach
Scott Burnett
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter
Bombardier
Joe Connors
Crossfire
Montgomery
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Ice Palace
Thor Storm
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Eddie (uncredited)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Lonelyhearts
William Shrike
Flying Leathernecks
Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin
And Hope to Die
Charley
The Dirty Game
General Bruce
Custer of the West
Mulligan
The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby
Best of the Badmen
Jeff Clanton
The Sky's the Limit
Reginald Fenton
Behind the Rising Sun
Lefty O'Doyle
House of Bamboo
Sandy Dawson
The Proud Ones
Marshal Cass Silver
The Man Without a Country
Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan
Berlin Express
Robert Lindley
Alaska Seas
Matt Kelly
The Canadians
Inspector William Gannon
Hard, Fast and Beautiful!
Seabright Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
Return of the Bad Men
Sundance Kid
The Busy Body
Charley Barker
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)
God's Little Acre
Ty Ty Walden
Her Twelve Men
Joe Hargrave
Gangway for Tomorrow
Joe Dunham
Born to Be Bad
Nick
Back from Eternity
Bill Lonagan
Executive Action
Foster
Golden Gloves
Pete Wells
Marine Raiders
Capt. Dan Craig
The Woman on Pier 13
Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson
The Iron Major
Father Timothy 'Tim' Donovan
The Love Machine
Gregory 'Greg' Austin
About Mrs. Leslie
George Leslie
Beware, My Lovely
Howard Wilton
The House Without a Name
The Moviemakers
Self
City Beneath the Sea
Brad Carlton
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
Self - Host
Anzio
Gen. Carson
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Harry Walters
The Secret Fury
David McLean
The Crooked Road
Richard Ashley
Escape to Burma
Jim Brecan
The Reason Why
Roger
World War One
Narrator
A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer
Narrator (voice)
A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
Self
The Inheritance
Narrator (voice)