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)
Ball of Fire
Motor Policeman
Body and Soul
Jack Shelton (uncredited)
Detour
Diner Owner Gus
This Gun for Hire
Weems, Guard (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
Champion
Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
The Marksman
Stage Driver
Wife Wanted
Bartender
Force of Evil
Johnson
Pot o' Gold
'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Stage-Door Man (uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
Red, Hot and Blue
Stranger (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
Singing Drunk
Nazi Agent
Officer (uncredited)
Redhead from Manhattan
Mike Glendon
The Luck of the Irish
Policeman (uncredited)
Wha' Happen?
Tim, Vera's husband
Dark Alibi
Foggy
Two Sisters from Boston
Mr. Dibson (uncredited)
Fargo
Sam
Blondie's Holiday
Mike
Blondie Goes to College
Mr. Higby, Football Coach
Sky Dragon
Lt. Mike Ruark
Butch Minds the Baby
Mike (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
Mr. Wilson
Bedtime Story
Mac
I Wake Up Screaming
Detective (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Turkey Malone
The Golden Eye
Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Farrell (uncredited)
Sarong Girl
Tim Raynor
Hullabaloo
Skee Golf Concessionaire
True to Life
Mr. Mammal (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story
Studio Policeman (uncredited)