Tim Ryan
Acting
Born: 1899-07-04 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
The Life Of Riley
Fire Chief
The Abbott and Costello Show
Police Lt. Smith
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
Chauffeur Jason
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Pete Karelsen
The Asphalt Jungle
Jack - Police Clerk (uncredited)
Body and Soul
Jack Shelton (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Motor Policeman
The Strawberry Blonde
Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
Detour
Diner Owner Gus
This Gun for Hire
Weems, Guard (uncredited)
Champion
Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
The Marksman
Stage Driver
Pot o' Gold
'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)
Force of Evil
Johnson
Red, Hot and Blue
Stranger (uncredited)
Redhead from Manhattan
Mike Glendon
Wife Wanted
Bartender
Dark Alibi
Foggy
Alias Nick Beal
Fargo
Sam
Nazi Agent
Officer (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
Singing Drunk
Miss Mink of 1949
Police Sgt. Clancy
Bedtime Story
Mac
And the Angels Sing
Stage-Door Man (uncredited)
The Luck of the Irish
Policeman (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby
Mike (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
Detective (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
Mr. Higby, Football Coach
Stand By All Networks
Police Inspector Ryan
Brother Orchid
Turkey Malone
Sky Dragon
Lt. Mike Ruark
Here Come the Marines
Sheriff Benson
True to Life
Mr. Mammal (uncredited)
The Man in the Trunk
Auctioneer
Blondie's Holiday
Mike
The Golden Eye
Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark
Wha' Happen?
Tim, Vera's husband
Two Sisters from Boston
Mr. Dibson (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
Mr. Wilson