Portrait of Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan

Acting

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.

Born: July 4, 1899

Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

1957
The Buster Keaton Story

as Studio Policeman

1956
Fighting Trouble

as Ray Vance

1953
1953
From Here to Eternity

as Sgt. Pete Karelsen

1953
The Marksman

as Stage Driver

1953
The Life Of Riley

as Fire Chief

1952
The Abbott and Costello Show

as Police Lt. Smith

1952
Fargo

as Sam

1952
Here Come the Marines

as Sheriff Benson

1951
All That I Have

as Ben Renson

1951
1950
Force of Evil

as Johnson

1950
The Asphalt Jungle

as Jack (Police Clerk) (uncredited)

1950
1949
Red, Hot and Blue

as Stranger (uncredited)

1949
1949
Sky Dragon

as Lt. Mike Ruark

1949
Champion

as Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)

1949
Miss Mink of 1949

as Police Sgt. Clancy

1949
1948
1948
The Luck of the Irish

as Policeman (uncredited)

1948
The Golden Eye

as Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark

1948
The Shanghai Chest

as Lt. Mike Ruark

1948
Half Past Midnight

as Amos, Bartender

1947
1947
Body and Soul

as Jack Shelton (uncredited)

1947
Merton of the Movies

as Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)

1947
News Hounds

as John 'Bullfrog' Burke

1947
High Barbaree

as Ringmaster (uncredited)

1946
Bringing Up Father

as Dinty Moore

1946
Wife Wanted

as Bartender

1946
Two Sisters from Boston

as Mr. Dibson (uncredited)

1946
Dark Alibi

as Foggy

1945
Detour

as Diner Owner Gus

1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow

as Hustun Greer

1945
1945
Fashion Model

as O'Hara

1945
Adventures of Kitty O'Day

as Inspector Clancy

1944
Hi, Beautiful

as Babcock

1944
Crazy Knights

as Grogan

1944
Shadow of Suspicion

as Everett G. Northrup

1944
Kansas City Kitty

as Dave Clark

1944
Detective Kitty O'Day

as Inspector Clancy

1944
And the Angels Sing

as Stage-Door Man (uncredited)

1944
Hot Rhythm

as Mr. O'Hara (as Tim)

1943
True to Life

as Mr. Mammal (uncredited)

1943
Swing Out the Blues

as Judge Dudley Gordon

1943
Riding High

as Jones

1943
1943
Melody Parade

as Happy Harrington

1943
Sarong Girl

as Tim Raynor

1943
Redhead from Manhattan

as Mike Glendon

1943
Reveille with Beverly

as Mr. Kennedy (uncredited)

1942
Stand by for Action

as Lt. Tim Ryan

1942
Strictly in the Groove

as Professor Blake

1942
Stand By All Networks

as Police Inspector Ryan

1942
Get Hep to Love

as Detective Tucker

1942
1942
This Gun for Hire

as Weems, Guard (uncredited)

1942
Butch Minds the Baby

as Mike (uncredited)

1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy

as Farrell (uncredited)

1942
Nazi Agent

as Officer (uncredited)

1942
This Time for Keeps

as Professor Diz

1942
A Tragedy at Midnight

as Police Commissioner (uncredited)

1942
Pardon My Stripes

as Speed Wilson (uncredited)

1942
Blondie Goes to College

as Mr. Higby, Football Coach

1942
1942
Don't Get Personal

as Traffic Cop

1941
1941
Melody Lane

as Police Sergeant

1941
Ball of Fire

as Motor Policeman

1941
Devil Pays Off

as First Mate

1941
I Wake Up Screaming

as Detective (uncredited)

1941
Three Girls About Town

as Singing Drunk

1941
Two Latins from Manhattan

as Police Sergeant

1941
Harmon of Michigan

as Flash Regan

1941
Ice-Capades

as Jackson

1941
Pot o' Gold

as 'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)

1941
Dead Men Tell

as Bartender

1941
A Man Betrayed

as Mr. Wilson

1941
The Strawberry Blonde

as Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)

1941
Maisie Was a Lady

as Second Carnival Barker (Uncredited)

1941
Where Did You Get That Girl?

as Police Inspector

1941
Lucky Devils

as Momser

1940
Hullabaloo

as Skee Golf Concessionaire

1940
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand

as Third Mate on Ship

1940
Private Affairs

as Bartender Harry

1940
Brother Orchid

as Turkey Malone

1937
Will You Stop?

as Tim / Mark Antony