Tim Ryan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 4, 1899, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- October 22, 1956
- Movies
- 130
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1957 | The Buster Keaton Story | Studio Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Cruel Tower | |
| 1956 | Fighting Trouble | Ray Vance |
| 1953 | Private Eyes | Andy |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. Pete Karelsen |
| 1953 | The Marksman | Stage Driver |
| 1952 | Fargo | Sam |
| 1952 | Here Come the Marines | Sheriff Benson |
| 1951 | All That I Have | Ben Renson |
| 1951 | Crazy Over Horses | Flynn |
| 1950 | Force of Evil | Johnson |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Bentley |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Jack - Police Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Jiggs and Maggie Out West | Dinty Moore |
| 1949 | French Fried Frolic | Tim |
| 1949 | Wha' Happen? | Tim, Vera's husband |
| 1949 | Red, Hot and Blue | Stranger (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters | Dinty Moore |
| 1949 | Forgotten Women | Harry |
| 1949 | Sky Dragon | Lt. Mike Ruark |
| 1949 | Champion | Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal | |
| 1949 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Police Sgt. Clancy |
| 1949 | Shamrock Hill | Uncle |
| 1948 | Jiggs and Maggie in Court | Dinty Moore |
| 1948 | The Luck of the Irish | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Golden Eye | Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark |
| 1948 | The Shanghai Chest | Lt. Mike Ruark |
| 1948 | Half Past Midnight | Amos, Bartender |
| 1947 | Jiggs and Maggie in Society | Dinty Moore |
| 1947 | Body and Soul | Jack Shelton (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies | Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited) |
| 1947 | News Hounds | John 'Bullfrog' Burke |
| 1947 | High Barbaree | Ringmaster (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Blondie's Holiday | Mike |
| 1946 | Bringing Up Father | Dinty Moore |
| 1946 | Wife Wanted | Bartender |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston | Mr. Dibson (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Dark Alibi | Foggy |
| 1945 | Detour | Diner Owner Gus |
| 1945 | Swingin' on a Rainbow | Hustun Greer |
| 1945 | Rockin' in the Rockies | Tom Trove |
| 1945 | Fashion Model | O'Hara |
| 1945 | Adventures of Kitty O'Day | Inspector Clancy |
| 1944 | Hi, Beautiful | Babcock |
| 1944 | Crazy Knights | Grogan |
| 1944 | Shadow of Suspicion | Everett G. Northrup |
| 1944 | Kansas City Kitty | Dave Clark |
| 1944 | Detective Kitty O'Day | Inspector Clancy |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing | Stage-Door Man (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Hot Rhythm | Mr. O'Hara (as Tim) |
| 1944 | Swingtime Johnny | Sparks |
| 1943 | True to Life | Mr. Mammal (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Swing Out the Blues | Judge Dudley Gordon |
| 1943 | The Sultan's Daughter | Tim |
| 1943 | Riding High | Jones |
| 1943 | The Mystery of the 13th Guest | Lieutenant Burke |
| 1943 | Melody Parade | Happy Harrington |
| 1943 | Sarong Girl | Tim Raynor |
| 1943 | Redhead from Manhattan | Mike Glendon |
| 1943 | Reveille with Beverly | Mr. Kennedy (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Lt. Tim Ryan |
| 1942 | Strictly in the Groove | Professor Blake |
| 1942 | Stand By All Networks | Police Inspector Ryan |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | Detective Tucker |
| 1942 | The Man in the Trunk | Auctioneer |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Weems, Guard (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Butch Minds the Baby | Mike (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Farrell (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | This Time for Keeps | Professor Diz |
| 1942 | A Tragedy at Midnight | Police Commissioner (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Pardon My Stripes | Speed Wilson (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College | Mr. Higby, Football Coach |
| 1942 | Blue, White and Perfect | Barney - Cop |
| 1942 | Don't Get Personal | Traffic Cop |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story | Mac |
| 1941 | Melody Lane | Police Sergeant |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Motor Policeman |
| 1941 | Devil Pays Off | First Mate |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Singing Drunk |
| 1941 | Two Latins from Manhattan | Police Sergeant |
| 1941 | Harmon of Michigan | Flash Regan |
| 1941 | Ice-Capades | Jackson |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | 'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Dead Men Tell | Bartender (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Mr. Wilson |
| 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady | Second Carnival Barker (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | Lucky Devils | Momser |
| 1941 | Where Did You Get That Girl? | Police Inspector |
| 1940 | Hullabaloo | Skee Golf Concessionaire |
| 1940 | I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now | Judge Saunders |
| 1940 | Third Finger, Left Hand | Third Mate on Ship |
| 1940 | Private Affairs | Bartender Harry |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid | Turkey Malone |
| 1937 | Will You Stop? | Tim / Mark Antony |
| 1937 | His Pest Girl | Tim Ryan |
| 1937 | The Big Courtship | Tim Ryan |
| 1936 | The Wacky Family | |
| 1936 | Peaceful Relations | Tim |
| 1936 | Just Plain Folks | |
| 1935 | One Big Happy Family | Tim Ryan |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1953 | Jalopy | Screenplay |
| 1952 | No Holds Barred | Writer |
| 1952 | Feudin' Fools | Screenplay |
| 1952 | Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla | Writer |
| 1952 | Here Come the Marines | Writer |
| 1952 | Hold That Line | Screenplay |
| 1951 | Crazy Over Horses | Screenplay |
| 1948 | Trouble Makers | Screenplay |
| 1948 | Smuggler's Cove | Screenplay |
| 1948 | Jinx Money | Screenplay |
| 1948 | Angels' Alley | Screenplay |
| 1947 | Bowery Buckaroos | Screenplay |
| 1947 | News Hounds | Screenplay |
| 1946 | Spook Busters | Screenplay |
| 1946 | In Fast Company | Screenplay |
| 1946 | Live Wires | Screenplay |
| 1945 | Fashion Model | Screenplay |
| 1945 | Adventures of Kitty O'Day | Screenplay |
| 1944 | Leave It to the Irish | Screenplay |
| 1944 | Detective Kitty O'Day | Screenplay |
| 1944 | Hot Rhythm | Screenplay |
| 1943 | The Sultan's Daughter | Screenplay |
| 1943 | The Mystery of the 13th Guest | Screenplay |
| 1943 | Melody Parade | Screenplay |
| 1936 | Peaceful Relations | Writer |
| 1935 | One Big Happy Family | Writer |
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