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Robert Ryan
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Robert Ryan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-11-11,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Robert Bushnell Ryan 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 make a career in show business as a playwright, but had to turn to acting to support himself. He studied acting in Hollywood and appeared on stage and in small film parts during the early 1940s. In January 1944, after securing a contract guarantee from RKO Radio Pictures, Ryan enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served as a drill instructor at Camp Pendleton, in San Diego, California. At Camp Pendleton, he befriended writer and future director Richard Brooks, whose novel, The Brick Foxhole, he greatly admired. He also took up painting. Ryan's breakthrough film role was as an anti-Semitic killer in Crossfire (1947), a film noir based on Brooks's novel. The role won Ryan his sole career Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. From then on, Ryan's specialty was tough/tender roles, finding particular expression in the films of directors such as Nicholas Ray, Robert Wise and Sam Fuller. In Ray's On Dangerous Ground (1951) he portrayed a burnt-out city cop finding redemption while solving a rural murder. In Wise's The Set-Up (1949), he played an over-the-hill boxer who is brutally punished for refusing to take a dive. Other important films were Anthony Mann's western The Naked Spur, Sam Fuller's uproarious Japanese set gangland thriller House of Bamboo, Bad Day at Black Rock, and the socially conscious heist movie Odds Against Tomorrow. He also appeared in several all-star war films, including The Longest Day (1962) and Battle of the Bulge (1965), and The Dirty Dozen. He also played John the Baptist in MGM's Technicolor epic King of Kings (1961) and was the villainous Claggart in Peter Ustinov's adaptation of Billy Budd (1962). In his later years, Ryan continued playing significant roles in major films. Most notable of these were The Dirty Dozen, The Professionals (1966) and Sam Peckinpah's highly influential brutal western The Wild Bunch (1969). Ryan appeared several times on the Broadway stage. His credits there include Clash by Night, Mr. President and The Front Page, the comedy drama about newspapermen. He appeared in many television series as a guest star, including the role of Franklin Hoppy-Hopp in the 1964 episode "Who Chopped Down the Cherry Tree?" on the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. Similarly, he guest starred as Lloyd Osment in the 1964 episode "Better Than a Dead Lion" in the ABC psychiatric series, Breaking Point. In 1964, Ryan appeared with Warren Oates in the episode "No Comment" of CBS's short-lived drama about newspapers, The Reporter, starring Harry Guardino in the title role of journalist Danny Taylor. Ryan appeared five times (1956–1959) on CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater and twice (1959 and 1961) on the Zane Grey spin-off Frontier Justice. He appeared three times (1962–1964) on the western Wagon Train.

Filmography

7.606

The Wild Bunch
1969-06-19

The Dirty Dozen

7.597

The Dirty Dozen
1967-06-15

7.3

Billy Budd
1962-11-12

House of Bamboo

6.1

House of Bamboo
1955-07-01

6.9

The Naked Spur
1953-01-29

6.656

Clash by Night
1952-05-30

The Professionals

7.1

The Professionals
1966-11-01

On Dangerous Ground

6.6

On Dangerous Ground
1951-12-13

Hour of the Gun

6.4

Hour of the Gun
1967-11-01

6.324

The Racket
1951-10-25

Odds Against Tomorrow

6.781

Odds Against Tomorrow
1959-10-15

The Longest Day

7.591

The Longest Day
1962-09-25

Act of Violence

6.934

Act of Violence
1949-01-22

6.806

The Outfit
1973-10-19

A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D

0

A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
2017-05-16

The Woman on Pier 13

5.3

The Woman on Pier 13
1950-06-15

Battle of the Bulge

6.9

Battle of the Bulge
1965-12-16

6.6

Crossfire
1947-08-15

5.636

Anzio
1968-07-24

The Iceman Cometh

6.107

The Iceman Cometh
1973-11-10

Executive Action

6.4

Executive Action
1973-11-07

6.2

Berlin Express
1948-05-01

The Great Gatsby

0

The Great Gatsby
1958-06-26

7.149

King of Kings
1961-10-11

Bad Day at Black Rock

7.3

Bad Day at Black Rock
1955-01-13

6.875

The Busy Body
1967-03-12

6.5

Lawman
1971-03-11

The Woman on the Beach

6

The Woman on the Beach
1947-06-07

God's Little Acre

6.143

God's Little Acre
1958-09-23

6.225

Horizons West
1952-10-11

6.392

The Tall Men
1955-09-22

6

Born to Be Bad
1950-09-28

6.6

Caught
1949-02-17

5.8

The Iron Major
1943-10-31

6.3

Inferno
1953-08-12

Beware, My Lovely

6.05

Beware, My Lovely
1952-08-29

The Sky's the Limit

6.2

The Sky's the Limit
1943-07-13

Day of the Outlaw

6.8

Day of the Outlaw
1959-07-01

The Boy with Green Hair

6.19

The Boy with Green Hair
1948-11-26

6.629

Men in War
1957-05-03

5.5

Bombardier
1943-05-14

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

0

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960-03-25

Back from Eternity

6.6

Back from Eternity
1956-09-07

5.8

Ice Palace
1960-01-02

Flying Leathernecks

5.9

Flying Leathernecks
1951-08-28

7.332

The Set-Up
1949-03-29

City Beneath the Sea

5

City Beneath the Sea
1953-04-21

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

6.1

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968-02-08

The Secret Fury

5.4

The Secret Fury
1950-02-21

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

5.406

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
1969-12-01

And Hope to Die

6.3

And Hope to Die
1972-09-15

A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer

0

A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer
1964-04-13

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

5.8

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002-07-02

The Inheritance

0

The Inheritance
1964-11-08

6.1

Lonelyhearts
1959-03-04

6.3

Tender Comrade
1944-05-30

Gangway for Tomorrow

5.3

Gangway for Tomorrow
1943-11-03

6.4

Trail Street
1947-02-19

Escape to Burma

5.8

Escape to Burma
1955-04-09

About Mrs. Leslie

7

About Mrs. Leslie
1954-08-03

6.4

The Proud Ones
1956-05-15

Best of the Badmen

6.5

Best of the Badmen
1951-08-09

6.2

Alaska Seas
1954-01-27

Lolly-Madonna XXX

5.9

Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973-02-21

5.2

Her Twelve Men
1954-08-11

Return of the Bad Men

6.302

Return of the Bad Men
1948-07-17

The Crooked Road

5

The Crooked Road
1965-02-03

5.556

The Dirty Game
1965-06-23

Behind the Rising Sun

5.7

Behind the Rising Sun
1943-08-01

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

7.5

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986-04-19

6.8

Marine Raiders
1944-07-11

The Man Without a Country

6.5

The Man Without a Country
1973-04-24

6.5

The Canadians
1961-03-11

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

5.5

The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940-12-13

0

The Reason Why
1970-01-02

The Love Machine

4.6

The Love Machine
1971-08-14

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

7

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12

5

Golden Gloves
1940-08-02

The Ghost Breakers

6.5

The Ghost Breakers
1940-06-21

The Notorious Lone Wolf

5.5

The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946-02-14

North West Mounted Police

6.3

North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

5.7

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991-07-15

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

8

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986-03-09

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

0

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
1969-11-30

Custer of the West

5.839

Custer of the West
1967-11-09

The House Without a Name

0

The House Without a Name
1956-01-01

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

6

Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951-05-23

Queen of the Mob

4.5

Queen of the Mob
1940-06-28

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

7.75

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004-07-25

The Moviemakers

0

The Moviemakers
1973-01-01

Kraft Suspense Theatre

5.3

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10

The David Susskind Show

5

The David Susskind Show
1959-01-18

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

5.714

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04

7.3

World War One
1964-09-22

6.5

Alcoa Theatre
1957-09-30

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

The Steve Allen Show

5.6

The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24

6.96

The Oscars
1953-03-19

6.5

Alcoa Theatre
1957-09-30

Goodyear Theatre

6.75

Goodyear Theatre
1957-09-30

World War I: The Complete Story

8

World War I: The Complete Story
1964-07-20

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

What's My Line?

6.9

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

What's My Line?

6.9

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.459

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01