Tim Ryan (actor)
Timothy Thomas Ryan was an American performer and film actor.
Life and career
Ryan was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on July 5, 1899, to Edward and Hannah Ryan.
He teamed with wife Irene Ryan, who later played Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies, as "Tim and Irene," an act who performed on Broadway, in films and on radio. They appeared in short films for Educational Pictures in the mid-1930s based on their vaudeville act. The Ryans were married from 1922 to 1942. Even after their divorce in 1942, the couple occasionally worked together.
In the 1940s, Ryan acted in films and wrote screenplays at Monogram Pictures. He appeared in film roles as policemen, newspaper editors and detectives.
Ryan died in Los Angeles on October 22, 1956, at the age of 57.
Selected filmography
Brother Orchid - Turkey MalonePrivate Affairs - Bartender HarryThird Finger, Left Hand - Third Mate on Ship I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now - Judge SaundersHullabaloo - Skee Golf Concessionaire Where Did You Get That Girl? - Police InspectorLucky Devils - K.W. MomsenMaisie Was a Lady - Second Barker The Strawberry Blonde - Streetcleaner Foreman A Man Betrayed - Mr. Wilson, Insurance AgentThe Penalty - Police Sergeant Dead Men Tell - Red Eye Bartender Pot o' Gold - Snooky Sis Hopkins - Police Sergeant Angels with Broken Wings - San Antonio Rose - Gus Sweetheart of the Campus - Football Coach Hurricane Smith - Bartender Citadel of Crime - Minor Role Ice-Capades - JacksonDr. Kildare's Wedding Day - Piano Mover Harmon of Michigan - Flash ReganTwo Latins from Manhattan - Police SergeantYou'll Never Get Rich - Cop ticketing Curtis It Started with Eve - Tom - Assistant Editor Last of the Duanes - Bartender Three Girls About Town - Singing DrunkPublic Enemies - TrumbullI Wake Up Screaming - Detective The Devil Pays Off - First Mate Rise and Shine - Doorman Melody Lane - Police SergeantBedtime Story - MacBall of Fire - Motor CopDon't Get Personal - Traffic CopBlue, White and Perfect - Barney - Cop Blondie Goes to College - Mr. Higby, Football Coach Nazi Agent - Officer Mr. and Mrs. North - O'Toole the Fingerprint Man Pardon My Stripes - Speed Wilson A Tragedy at Midnight - Police Commissioner Yokel Boy - Waiter Secret Agent of Japan - Bartender Butch Minds the Baby - Mike The Courtship of Andy Hardy - Police Officer Farrell This Time for Keeps - Professor Diz This Gun for Hire - Weems - Guard Sweetheart of the Fleet - Gordon CrouseTortilla Flat - Rupert Hogan Flight Lieutenant - Bartender Just Off Broadway - Bus Tour Guide The Man in the Trunk - AuctioneerGet Hep to Love - Detective TuckerThe Forest Rangers - Keystone Cop Stand By All Networks - Police Inspector RyanStrictly in the Groove - Professor BlakeStand by for Action - Lt. Tim RyanReveille with Beverly - Mr. KennedyTwo Weeks to Live - Thrill-a-Minute Higgens Hit Parade of 1943 - Brownie MayRedhead from Manhattan - Mike GlendonSarong Girl - Tim RaynorMelody Parade - Happy HarringtonMystery of the 13th Guest - Police Lt. BurkeRiding High - Jones The Sultan's Daughter - TimSwingtime Johnny - SparksSwing Out the Blues - Judge Dudley GordonTrue to Life - Mr. Mammal Her Primitive Man - House Detective Hot Rhythm - Mr. O'HaraAnd the Angels Sing - Stage-Door Man Detective Kitty O'Day - Inspector ClancyKansas City Kitty - Dave ClarkShadow of Suspicion - Everett G. NorthrupCrazy Knights - GroganHi, Beautiful - BabcockAdventures of Kitty O'Day - Inspector ClancyFashion Model - Police Inspector O'HaraRockin' in the Rockies - Tom TroveSwingin' on a Rainbow - Hustun GreerDetour - Nevada Diner ProprietorWho's Guilty? - Duke EllisIdea Girl - Ken Williams Two Sisters from Boston - Mr. Dibson Dark Alibi - Foggy Till the End of Time - Steve Sumpter Wife Wanted - BartenderBringing Up Father - Dinty MooreBlondie's Holiday - MikeHigh Barbaree - Ringmaster News Hounds - editor John 'Bullfrog' BurkeThe Unfinished Dance - Moose Merton of the Movies - Mammoth Studio's Night guard Cass Timberlane - Police Officer Charlie Ellis Body and Soul - Jack Shelton Jiggs and Maggie in Society - Dinty MooreHalf Past Midnight - Amos the Bartender Shanghai Chest - Police Lt. Mike RuarkBeyond Glory - Partier Punched by Rocky The Golden Eye - Lt. Mike Ruark, aka "Vincent O'Brien"The Luck of the Irish - Patrolman Clancy Jiggs and Maggie in Court - Dinty MooreForce of Evil - Johnson Miss Mink of 1949 - Police Sgt. Clancy Shamrock Hill - UncleAlias Nick Beal - Detective Dodds Champion - Al - Kansas City Manager The Stratton Story - Man Playing Slot Machine Sky Dragon - Lt. Mike Ruark Stampede - The Drunk Forgotten Women - HarryJiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters - Dinty MooreRed, Hot and Blue - Brad Williams - Stranger Dear Wife - Police Officer Simmons Jiggs and Maggie Out West - Dinty MooreMilitary Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang - Specs' Father The Asphalt Jungle - Jack, police clerk Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance - BentleyThe Petty Girl - Durkee - Producer #1 My Blue Heaven - Cop To Please a Lady - Minor Role Cuban Fireball - Detective BaconAll That I Have - Ben RensonCrazy Over Horses - FlynnHere Come the Marines - Sheriff BensonFargo - SamNo Holds Barred - Mr. HunterThe Marksman - Stagecoach DriverFrom Here to Eternity - Sergeant Pete KarelsenHot News - Ringside Fight Announcer Private Eyes - Andy the CopFighting Trouble - Ray VanceThe Cruel Tower - Bartender The Buster Keaton Story - Studio PolicemanBeau James - Captain of Police