Tim Ryan

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Tim Ryan

Acting July 4, 1899

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

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 busin…

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From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

7.3 1953 Movie
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

7.5 1950 Movie
Detour

Detour

7.2 1945 Movie
Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

7.4 1941 Movie
This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire

7.0 1942 Movie
Force of Evil

Force of Evil

6.6 1950 Movie
Body and Soul

Body and Soul

6.7 1947 Movie
The Abbott and Costello Show

The Abbott and Costello Show

7.2 1952 TV Show
Champion

Champion

6.7 1949 Movie
The Life Of Riley

The Life Of Riley

6.7 1953 TV Show
I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming

6.9 1941 Movie
The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

6.9 1941 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1957
    The Buster Keaton Story

    Movie Studio Policeman (uncredited)

  2. 1956
    Further Adventures of Spin and Marty

    TV show Chauffeur Jason

  3. 1956
    The Cruel Tower

    Movie

  4. 1956
    Fighting Trouble

    Movie Ray Vance

  5. 1953
    Private Eyes

    Movie Andy

  6. 1953
    From Here to Eternity

    Movie Sgt. Pete Karelsen

  7. 1953
    The Marksman

    Movie Stage Driver

  8. 1953
    Jalopy

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1953
    The Life Of Riley

    TV show Fire Chief

  10. 1952
    The Abbott and Costello Show

    TV show Police Lt. Smith

  11. 1952
    No Holds Barred

    Movie Writer

  12. 1952
    Feudin' Fools

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1952
    Fargo

    Movie Sam

  14. 1952
    Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

    Movie Writer

  15. 1952
    Here Come the Marines

    Movie Sheriff Benson

  16. 1952
    Hold That Line

    Movie Screenplay

More credits
  1. 1951
    All That I Have

    Movie Ben Renson

  2. 1951
    Crazy Over Horses

    Movie Flynn

  3. 1950
    Force of Evil

    Movie Johnson

  4. 1950
    Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

    Movie Bentley

  5. 1950
    The Asphalt Jungle

    Movie Jack - Police Clerk (uncredited)

  6. 1950
    Jiggs and Maggie Out West

    Movie Dinty Moore

  7. 1949
    French Fried Frolic

    Movie Tim

  8. 1949
    Wha' Happen?

    Movie Tim, Vera's husband

  9. 1949
    Red, Hot and Blue

    Movie Stranger (uncredited)

  10. 1949
    Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters

    Movie Dinty Moore

  11. 1949
    Forgotten Women

    Movie Harry

  12. 1949
    Sky Dragon

    Movie Lt. Mike Ruark

  13. 1949
    Champion

    Movie Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)

  14. 1949
    Alias Nick Beal

    Movie

  15. 1949
    Miss Mink of 1949

    Movie Police Sgt. Clancy

  16. 1949
    Shamrock Hill

    Movie Uncle

  17. 1948
    Jiggs and Maggie in Court

    Movie Dinty Moore

  18. 1948
    Trouble Makers

    Movie Screenplay

  19. 1948
    Smuggler's Cove

    Movie Screenplay

  20. 1948
    The Luck of the Irish

    Movie Policeman (uncredited)

  21. 1948
    The Golden Eye

    Movie Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark

  22. 1948
    The Shanghai Chest

    Movie Lt. Mike Ruark

  23. 1948
    Jinx Money

    Movie Screenplay

  24. 1948
    Angels' Alley

    Movie Screenplay