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