Tim Ryan
Acting · 57 years old
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known For
Hi, Beautiful
Babcock
Sky Dragon
Lt. Mike Ruark
Private Eyes
Andy
The Asphalt Jungle
Jack (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Motor Policeman
True to Life
Mr. Mammal (uncredited)
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Pete Karelsen
Detour
Diner Owner Gus
The Abbott and Costello Show
Police Lt. Smith
And the Angels Sing
Stage-Door Man (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
Mr. Kennedy (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
Weems, Guard (uncredited)
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
Chauffeur Jason
I Wake Up Screaming
Detective (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Third Mate on Ship
Stand by for Action
Lt. Tim Ryan
Maisie Was a Lady
Second Carnival Barker (Uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
Nazi Agent
Officer (uncredited)
