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Tim Ryan
Actor · Writer · Screenplay · 38 credits
Tim Ryan was an American performer who is probably best known today as a film actor. Ryan and his wife, Irene who later played Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies, were a show business team that performed on Broadway, film and radio. They made some short films for Educational Pictures in the mid-1930s based on their vaudeville act. They were married from 1922 to 1942. Even after their divorce in 1942, the couple occasionally worked together. In the 1940s, Ryan found opportunities at Monogram Pictures where he acted in films as well as wrote screenplays. In films of the 1940s and the early 1950s, Ryan appeared on screen playing numerous roles as cops, newspaper editors and detectives.
All Work
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
Studio Policeman (uncredited)
From Here to Eternity
1953
Sgt. Pete Karelsen
Here Come the Marines
1952
Sheriff Benson
Force of Evil
1950
Johnson
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Jack - Police Clerk (uncredited)
Red, Hot and Blue
1949
Stranger (uncredited)
Champion
1949
Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
The Luck of the Irish
1948
Policeman (uncredited)
Body and Soul
1947
Jack Shelton (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
Mr. Dibson (uncredited)
Live Wires
1946
Screenplay
Detour
1945
Diner Owner Gus
Leave It to the Irish
1944
Screenplay
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944
Inspector Clancy
And the Angels Sing
1944
Stage-Door Man (uncredited)
Hot Rhythm
1944
Mr. O'Hara (as Tim)
True to Life
1943
Mr. Mammal (uncredited)
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
Lieutenant Burke
Stand by for Action
1942
Lt. Tim Ryan
Strictly in the Groove
1942
Professor Blake
Stand By All Networks
1942
Police Inspector Ryan
This Gun for Hire
1942
Weems, Guard (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
Mike (uncredited)
Nazi Agent
1942
Officer (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
1942
Mr. Higby, Football Coach
Ball of Fire
1941
Motor Policeman
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Detective (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
1941
'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)
Dead Men Tell
1941
Bartender (Uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
1941
Mr. Wilson
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
Second Carnival Barker (Uncredited)
Brother Orchid
1940
Turkey Malone