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Robert Bushnell Ryan
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Robert Ryan
Acting
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 make a career in show business as a playwright, but had to turn to acting to support himself. He st…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
The Outfit
as Mailer
Lolly-Madonna XXX
as Pap Gutshall
Executive Action
as Foster
The Iceman Cometh
as Larry Slade
TV Shows
World War One
as Narrator · 26 ep.
World War I: The Complete Story
as Narrator · 27 ep.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 ep.
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Thomas Bollington · 1 ep.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1 ep.
The David Susskind Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Alcoa Theatre
as Mike Ripetti · 1 ep.
Goodyear Theatre
as Frank Berry · 1 ep.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Captain William Kraig · 1 ep.
The Steve Allen Show
as Self · 1 ep.
