Tim Ryan
Acting Born Jul 4, 1899 Bayonne, New Jersey, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) as Police Lt. Smith
- The Life Of Riley (1953) as Fire Chief
- From Here to Eternity (1953) as Sgt. Pete Karelsen
- Further Adventures of Spin and Marty (1956) as Chauffeur Jason
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) as Jack - Police Clerk (uncredited)
- Ball of Fire (1941) as Motor Policeman
- Detour (1945) as Diner Owner Gus
- Force of Evil (1950) as Johnson
- Body and Soul (1947) as Jack Shelton (uncredited)
- Champion (1949) as Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
- This Gun for Hire (1942) as Weems, Guard (uncredited)
- The Strawberry Blonde (1941) as Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
- Pot o' Gold (1941) as 'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)
- Two Sisters from Boston (1946) as Mr. Dibson (uncredited)
- Nazi Agent (1942) as Officer (uncredited)
- Brother Orchid (1940) as Turkey Malone
- Stand by for Action (1942) as Lt. Tim Ryan
- Alias Nick Beal (1949)
- Dark Alibi (1946) as Foggy
- Wife Wanted (1946) as Bartender
- I Wake Up Screaming (1941) as Detective (uncredited)
- And the Angels Sing (1944) as Stage-Door Man (uncredited)
- Butch Minds the Baby (1942) as Mike (uncredited)
- The Marksman (1953) as Stage Driver