Tim Ryan
Acting • Born 1899-07-04 – Died 1956-10-22
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.
Filmography
105 credits
Detour
Movie • 1945
Diner Owner Gus
From Here to Eternity
Movie • 1953
Sgt. Pete Karelsen
Peaceful Relations
Movie • 1936
Tim
Two Latins from Manhattan
Movie • 1941
Police Sergeant
Melody Lane
Movie • 1941
Police Sergeant
Dark Alibi
Movie • 1946
Foggy
Bedtime Story
Movie • 1941
Mac
The Shanghai Chest
Movie • 1948
Lt. Mike Ruark
The Golden Eye
Movie • 1948
Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark
Pardon My Stripes
Movie • 1942
Speed Wilson (uncredited)
Fashion Model
Movie • 1945
O'Hara
Detective Kitty O'Day
Movie • 1944
Inspector Clancy
A Tragedy at Midnight
Movie • 1942
Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Wife Wanted
Movie • 1946
Bartender
Butch Minds the Baby
Movie • 1942
Mike (uncredited)
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Movie • 1945
Inspector Clancy
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Movie • 1943
Police Lt. Burke
Shadow of Suspicion
Movie • 1944
Everett G. Northrup
Alias Nick Beal
Movie • 1949
Melody Parade
Movie • 1943
Happy Harrington
The Buster Keaton Story
Movie • 1957
Studio Policeman
Here Come the Marines
Movie • 1952
Sheriff Benson
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie • 1942
Farrell (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Movie • 1944
Stage-Door Man (uncredited)
Sarong Girl
Movie • 1943
Tim Raynor
Shamrock Hill
Movie • 1949
Uncle
Lucky Devils
Movie • 1941
Momser
Reveille with Beverly
Movie • 1943
Mr. Kennedy (uncredited)
Hot Rhythm
Movie • 1944
Mr. O'Hara (as Tim)
Pot o' Gold
Movie • 1941
'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie • 1950
Jack (Police Clerk) (uncredited)
Crazy Over Horses
Movie • 1951
Flynn
Champion
Movie • 1949
Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
Force of Evil
Movie • 1950
Johnson
Nazi Agent
Movie • 1942
Officer (uncredited)
Kansas City Kitty
Movie • 1944
Dave Clark
One Big Happy Family
Movie • 1935
Tim Ryan
Just Plain Folks
Movie • 1936
The Wacky Family
Movie • 1936
The Cruel Tower
Movie • 1956
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Movie • 1945
Hustun Greer
The Man in the Trunk
Movie • 1942
Auctioneer
His Pest Girl
Movie • 1937
Tim Ryan
The Big Courtship
Movie • 1937
Tim Ryan
Merton of the Movies
Movie • 1947
Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Movie • 1941
Motor Policeman
The Sultan's Daughter
Movie • 1943
Tim
Swing Out the Blues
Movie • 1943
Judge Dudley Gordon
Brother Orchid
Movie • 1940
Turkey Malone
This Gun for Hire
Movie • 1942
Weems, Guard (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
Movie • 1944
Babcock
Swingtime Johnny
Movie • 1944
Sparks
Crazy Knights
Movie • 1944
Grogan
Rockin' in the Rockies
Movie • 1945
Tom Trove
Don't Get Personal
Movie • 1942
Traffic Cop
Hullabaloo
Movie • 1940
Skee Golf Concessionaire
Third Finger, Left Hand
Movie • 1940
Third Mate on Ship
Red, Hot and Blue
Movie • 1949
Stranger (uncredited)
Private Eyes
Movie • 1953
Andy
Fighting Trouble
Movie • 1956
Ray Vance
News Hounds
Movie • 1947
John 'Bullfrog' Burke
Sky Dragon
Movie • 1949
Lt. Mike Ruark
Redhead from Manhattan
Movie • 1943
Mike Glendon
Blondie Goes to College
Movie • 1942
Mr. Higby, Football Coach
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Movie • 1950
Dinty Moore
Fargo
Movie • 1952
Sam
Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Singing Drunk
The Marksman
Movie • 1953
Stage Driver
Devil Pays Off
Movie • 1941
First Mate
Dead Men Tell
Movie • 1941
Bartender
Bringing Up Father
Movie • 1946
Dinty Moore
Get Hep to Love
Movie • 1942
Detective Tucker
Blue, White, and Perfect
Movie • 1942
Barney - Cop
Harmon of Michigan
Movie • 1941
Flash Regan
Forgotten Women
Movie • 1949
Harry
I Wake Up Screaming
Movie • 1941
Detective (uncredited)
All That I Have
Movie • 1951
Ben Renson
Stand by for Action
Movie • 1942
Lt. Tim Ryan
Stand By All Networks
Movie • 1942
Police Inspector Ryan
Miss Mink of 1949
Movie • 1949
Police Sgt. Clancy
Body and Soul
Movie • 1947
Jack Shelton (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
Movie • 1942
Professor Diz
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Movie • 1941
Police Inspector
True to Life
Movie • 1943
Mr. Mammal (uncredited)
Ice-Capades
Movie • 1941
Jackson
Will You Stop?
Movie • 1937
Tim / Mark Antony
Half Past Midnight
Movie • 1948
Amos, Bartender
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
Movie • 1940
Judge Saunders
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Movie • 1947
Dinty Moore
Private Affairs
Movie • 1940
Bartender Harry
Riding High
Movie • 1943
Jones
Two Sisters from Boston
Movie • 1946
Mr. Dibson (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
Movie • 1941
Mr. Wilson
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Movie • 1950
Bentley
Blondie's Holiday
Movie • 1947
Mike
The Luck of the Irish
Movie • 1948
Policeman (uncredited)
Strictly in the Groove
Movie • 1942
Professor Blake
Maisie Was a Lady
Movie • 1941
Second Carnival Barker (Uncredited)
French Fried Frolic
Movie • 1949
Tim
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Movie • 1948
Dinty Moore
High Barbaree
Movie • 1947
Ringmaster (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
Movie • 1941
Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Fire Chief
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Police Lt. Smith
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
TV • 1956
Chauffeur Jason