Robert Ryan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-11-11 (64 years old)

Deathday

1973-07-11

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robert Ryan

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 make a career in show business as a playwright, but had to turn to acting to support himself. He studied acting in Hollywood and appeared on stage an...

Acting

1969

The Wild Bunch

as Deke Thornton

1967

The Dirty Dozen

as Col. Everett Dasher Breed

1962

Billy Budd

as John Claggart, Master of Arms

1955

House of Bamboo

as Sandy Dawson

1953

The Naked Spur

as Ben Vandergroat

1952

Clash by Night

as Earl Pfeiffer

1966

The Professionals

as Ehrengard

1951

On Dangerous Ground

as Jim Wilson

1967

Hour of the Gun

as Ike Clanton

1951

The Racket

as Nick Scanlon

1962

The Longest Day

as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

1959

Odds Against Tomorrow

as Earle Slater

1949

Act of Violence

as Joe Parkson

1973

The Outfit

as Mailer

1950

The Woman on Pier 13

as Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson

1965

Battle of the Bulge

as General Grey

1947

Crossfire

as Montgomery

1968

Anzio

as Gen. Carson

1973

The Iceman Cometh

as Larry Slade

1973

1948

Berlin Express

as Robert Lindley

1958

The Great Gatsby

as Jay Gatsby

1961

King of Kings

as John the Baptist

1955

1967

The Busy Body

as Charley Barker

1971

Lawman

as Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan

1947

The Woman on the Beach

as Scott Burnett

1958

God's Little Acre

as Ty Ty Walden

1952

Horizons West

as Dan Hammond

1955

The Tall Men

as Nathan Stark

1950

Born to Be Bad

as Nick Bradley

1949

Caught

as Smith Ohlrig

1943

The Iron Major

as Father Timothy 'Tim' Donovan

1953

Inferno

as Donald Whitley Carson III

1952

Beware, My Lovely

as Howard Wilton

1959

Day of the Outlaw

as Blaise Starrett

1943

The Sky's the Limit

as Reginald Fenton

1948

1957

Men in War

as Lt. Benson

1943

Bombardier

as Joe Connors

1960

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as Harry Walters

1956

Back from Eternity

as Bill Lonagan

1960

Ice Palace

as Thor Storm

1951

Flying Leathernecks

as Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin

1949

The Set-Up

as Stoker

1953

City Beneath the Sea

as Brad Carlton

1968

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

as New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter

1950

The Secret Fury

as David McLean

1972

And Hope to Die

as Charley

1964

The Inheritance

as Narrator (voice)

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1959

Lonelyhearts

as William Shrike

1944

Tender Comrade

as Chris Jones

1943

1947

Trail Street

as Allen Harper

1955

Escape to Burma

as Jim Brecan

1954

About Mrs. Leslie

as George Leslie

1956

The Proud Ones

as Marshal Cass Silver

1951

Best of the Badmen

as Jeff Clanton

1954

Alaska Seas

as Matt Kelly

1973

Lolly-Madonna XXX

as Pap Gutshall

1954

Her Twelve Men

as Joe Hargrave

1948

Return of the Bad Men

as Sundance Kid

1965

The Crooked Road

as Richard Ashley

1965

The Dirty Game

as General Bruce

1943

Behind the Rising Sun

as Lefty O'Doyle

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)

1944

Marine Raiders

as Capt. Dan Craig

1973

The Man Without a Country

as Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan

1961

The Canadians

as Inspector William Gannon

1940

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

as Eddie (uncredited)

1970

1971

The Love Machine

as Gregory 'Greg' Austin

1997

1940

Golden Gloves

as Pete Wells

1940

The Ghost Breakers

as Intern (uncredited)

1946

The Notorious Lone Wolf

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

1940

North West Mounted Police

as Constable Dumont

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

1967

1951

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

as Seabright Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)

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