Robert Ryan
Acting
Born: 1909-11-11 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1973-07-11
Biography
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
🎬 Movies (30)
A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
2017
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Self (archive footage)
The Outfit
1973
Mailer
The Iceman Cometh
1973
Larry Slade
Executive Action
1973
Foster
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
Pap Gutshall
The Man Without a Country
1973
Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan
The Moviemakers
1973
Self
And Hope to Die
1972
Charley
Lawman
1971
Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan
The Love Machine
1971
Gregory 'Greg' Austin
The Reason Why
1970
Roger
The Wild Bunch
1969
Deke Thornton
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
1969
Captain Nemo
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
1969
Self - Host
Anzio
1968
Gen. Carson
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter
The Dirty Dozen
1967
Col. Everett Dasher Breed
Hour of the Gun
1967
Ike Clanton
The Busy Body
1967
Charley Barker
Custer of the West
1967
Mulligan
The Professionals
1966
Ehrengard
Battle of the Bulge
1965
General Grey
The Crooked Road
1965
Richard Ashley
The Dirty Game
1965
General Bruce
The Inheritance
1964
Narrator (voice)
📺 TV Shows (12)
World War One
1964
Narrator
World War I: The Complete Story
1964
Narrator
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Thomas Bollington
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self
The David Susskind Show
1959
Self
Alcoa Theatre
1957
Mike Ripetti
Goodyear Theatre
1957
Frank Berry
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Captain William Kraig
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Self
The Oscars
1953
Self
What's My Line?
1950
Self