Robert Ryan

Actor Nov 11 (died age 63) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1940–2017 (77 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Dirty Dozen

Col. Everett Dasher Breed

Film

The Wild Bunch

Deke Thornton

Film

The Longest Day

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Film

Bad Day at Black Rock

Reno Smith

Film

The Professionals

Ehrengard

Film

Battle of the Bulge

General Grey

Film

The Naked Spur

Ben Vandergroat

Film

King of Kings

John the Baptist

Filmography

Acting (101)

Movies (89)

A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D

2017

as Self

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.8

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1986

as Self (archive footage)

Executive Action

as Foster

The Outfit

as Mailer

Lolly-Madonna XXX

as Pap Gutshall

The Iceman Cometh

as Larry Slade

The Man Without a Country

1973

as Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan

6.5

The Moviemakers

1973

as Self

And Hope to Die

1972

as Charley

6.3

Lawman

1971

as Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan

6.5

The Love Machine

1971

as Gregory 'Greg' Austin

4.3

The Reason Why

1970

as Roger

The Wild Bunch

1969

as Deke Thornton

7.6

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

1969

as Captain Nemo

5.6

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

1969

as Self - Host

Anzio

1968

as Gen. Carson

5.6

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

1968

as New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter

5.9

The Dirty Dozen

1967

as Col. Everett Dasher Breed

Hour of the Gun

as Ike Clanton

Custer of the West

as Mulligan

The Busy Body

as Charley Barker

The Professionals

as Ehrengard

Battle of the Bulge

as General Grey

The Dirty Game

as General Bruce

The Crooked Road

as Richard Ashley

The Inheritance

as Narrator (voice)

A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer

1964

as Narrator (voice)

The Longest Day

1962

as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

7.6

Billy Budd

1962

as John Claggart, Master of Arms

King of Kings

as John the Baptist

The Canadians

as Inspector William Gannon

6.5

Ice Palace

1960

as Thor Storm

5.8

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1960

as Harry Walters

Lonelyhearts

as William Shrike

Day of the Outlaw

as Blaise Starrett

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

as Earle Slater

6.8

The Great Gatsby

1958

as Jay Gatsby

God's Little Acre

as Ty Ty Walden

Men in War

as Lt. Benson

The Proud Ones

as Marshal Cass Silver

6.4

The House Without a Name

Back from Eternity

as Bill Lonagan

Escape to Burma

as Jim Brecan

House of Bamboo

as Sandy Dawson

Bad Day at Black Rock

as Reno Smith

The Tall Men

as Nathan Stark

About Mrs. Leslie

as George Leslie

Alaska Seas

as Matt Kelly

Her Twelve Men

as Joe Hargrave

City Beneath the Sea

as Brad Carlton

Inferno

as Donald Whitley Carson III

The Naked Spur

as Ben Vandergroat

Clash by Night

as Earl Pfeiffer

Horizons West

as Dan Hammond

Beware, My Lovely

as Howard Wilton

Hard, Fast and Beautiful!

1951

as Seabright Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)

On Dangerous Ground

as Jim Wilson

Best of the Badmen

as Jeff Clanton

Flying Leathernecks

as Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin

The Racket

as Nick Scanlon

Born to Be Bad

as Nick Bradley

The Woman on Pier 13

as Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson

The Secret Fury

as David McLean

The Set-Up

as Stoker

Caught

as Smith Ohlrig

Act of Violence

as Joe Parkson

The Boy with Green Hair

as Dr. Evans

Berlin Express

as Robert Lindley

Return of the Bad Men

as Sundance Kid

Trail Street

as Allen Harper

Crossfire

as Montgomery

The Woman on the Beach

1947

as Scott Burnett

6.1

The Notorious Lone Wolf

1946

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Tender Comrade

as Chris Jones

Marine Raiders

as Capt. Dan Craig

The Iron Major

as Father Timothy 'Tim' Donovan

Gangway for Tomorrow

as Joe Dunham

Bombardier

as Joe Connors

Behind the Rising Sun

as Lefty O'Doyle

The Sky's the Limit

as Reginald Fenton

The Ghost Breakers

as Intern (uncredited)

6.5

North West Mounted Police

1940

as Constable Dumont

6.4

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

1940

as Eddie (uncredited)

Queen of the Mob

as Jim

Golden Gloves

as Pete Wells

Television (12)

World War I: The Complete Story

as Narrator

World War One

as Narrator

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Thomas Bollington

5.3

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The David Susskind Show

as Self

Alcoa Theatre

as Trilbridge

Goodyear Theatre

as Frank Berry

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Matt Jessop

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self