Tim Ryan
AKA: Timothy Thomas Ryan
Birthday: 1899-07-04
Died: 1956-10-22
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Diner Owner Gus
Character: Sgt. Pete Karelsen
Character: Lt. Mike Ruark
Character: Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark
Character: Inspector Clancy
Character: Inspector Clancy
Character: Police Lt. Burke
Character: Everett G. Northrup
Character: Happy Harrington
Character: Sheriff Benson
Character: Farrell (uncredited)
Character: Stage-Door Man (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Kennedy (uncredited)
Character: Mr. O'Hara (as Tim)
Character: Judge Dudley Gordon
Character: Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)
Character: Motor Policeman
Character: Weems, Guard (uncredited)
Character: Skee Golf Concessionaire
Character: Third Mate on Ship
Character: John 'Bullfrog' Burke
Character: Lt. Mike Ruark
Character: Mr. Higby, Football Coach
Character: Detective Tucker
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Character: Police Inspector Ryan
Character: Police Sgt. Clancy
Character: Jack Shelton (uncredited)
Character: Police Inspector
Character: Mr. Mammal (uncredited)
Character: Tim / Mark Antony
Character: Amos, Bartender
Character: Judge Saunders
Character: Bartender Harry
Character: Mr. Dibson (uncredited)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Character: Professor Blake
Character: Second Carnival Barker (Uncredited)
Character: Police Sergeant
Character: Police Sergeant
Character: Studio Policeman
Character: Jack (Police Clerk) (uncredited)
Character: Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
Character: Officer (uncredited)
Character: Speed Wilson (uncredited)
Character: Mike (uncredited)
Character: Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Character: 'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)