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