
Known for
Acting
Born
November 11, 1909
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
July 11, 1973 (aged 63)
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 studied acting in Hollywood and appeared on stage and in small film parts during the early 1940s.
In...
2017
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1991
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as Self (archive footage)
1973
as Larry Slade
1973
as Foster
1973
as Mailer
1973
as Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan
1973
as Pap Gutshall
1973
as Self
1972
as Charley
1971
as Gregory 'Greg' Austin
1971
as Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan
1970
as Roger
1969
as Captain Nemo
1969
as Self - Host
1969
as Deke Thornton
1968
as Gen. Carson
1968
as New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter
1967
as Mulligan
1967
as Ike Clanton
1967
as Col. Everett Dasher Breed
1967
as Charley Barker