Cast & creator
Tim Ryan
Best known for The Abbott and Costello Show, The Life Of Riley, Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
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.
Also known as: Timothy Thomas Ryan
139
film credits
3
television credits
107
1935–1957 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (142)
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The Abbott and Costello Show
Police Lt. Smith
1952
The Life Of Riley
Fire Chief
1953
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
Chauffeur Jason
1956
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Pete Karelsen
1953
The Asphalt Jungle
Jack - Police Clerk (uncredited)
1950
This Gun for Hire
Weems, Guard (uncredited)
1942
Body and Soul
Jack Shelton (uncredited)
1947
Detour
Diner Owner Gus
1945
Red, Hot and Blue
Stranger (uncredited)
1949
The Buster Keaton Story
Studio Policeman (uncredited)
1957
Stand by for Action
Lt. Tim Ryan
1942
Ball of Fire
Motor Policeman
1941
A Tragedy at Midnight
Police Commissioner (uncredited)
1942
Champion
Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
1949
The Luck of the Irish
Policeman (uncredited)
1948
Two Sisters from Boston
Mr. Dibson (uncredited)
1946
Third Finger, Left Hand
Third Mate on Ship
1940
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Writer
1952
I Wake Up Screaming
Detective (uncredited)
1941
Three Girls About Town
Singing Drunk
1941
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Farrell (uncredited)
1942
And the Angels Sing
Stage-Door Man (uncredited)
1944
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Lieutenant Burke
1943The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Screenplay
1943
Merton of the Movies
Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)
1947
Alias Nick Beal
1949
Blue, White and Perfect
Barney - Cop
1942
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
Judge Saunders
1940
Force of Evil
Johnson
1950
Butch Minds the Baby
Mike (uncredited)
1942
The Strawberry Blonde
Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
1941
Leave It to the Irish
Screenplay
1944
Stand By All Networks
Police Inspector Ryan
1942
Jalopy
Screenplay
1953
Blondie Goes to College
Mr. Higby, Football Coach
1942
Maisie Was a Lady
Second Carnival Barker (Uncredited)
1941
The Marksman
Stage Driver
1953
Live Wires
Screenplay
1946
Dead Men Tell
Bartender (Uncredited)
1941
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Dinty Moore
1948
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Inspector Clancy
1945Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Screenplay
1945
All That I Have
Ben Renson
1951
The Man in the Trunk
Auctioneer
1942
Miss Mink of 1949
Police Sgt. Clancy
1949
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Hustun Greer
1945
Detective Kitty O'Day
Inspector Clancy
1944Detective Kitty O'Day
Screenplay
1944
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Bentley
1950
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Police Inspector
1941
The Shanghai Chest
Lt. Mike Ruark
1948
The Golden Eye
Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark
1948
Wife Wanted
Bartender
1946
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Dinty Moore
1947
Here Come the Marines
Sheriff Benson
1952Here Come the Marines
Writer
1952
This Time for Keeps
Professor Diz
1942
True to Life
Mr. Mammal (uncredited)
1943
Get Hep to Love
Detective Tucker
1942
Swing Out the Blues
Judge Dudley Gordon
1943
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Dinty Moore
1950
Sarong Girl
Tim Raynor
1943
Don't Get Personal
Traffic Cop
1942
Brother Orchid
Turkey Malone
1940
Nazi Agent
Officer (uncredited)
1942
Reveille with Beverly
Mr. Kennedy (uncredited)
1943
In Fast Company
Screenplay
1946
Pot o' Gold
'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)
1941
Jinx Money
Screenplay
1948
Harmon of Michigan
Flash Regan
1941
The Cruel Tower
1956
Redhead from Manhattan
Mike Glendon
1943
Two Latins from Manhattan
Police Sergeant
1941One Big Happy Family
Tim Ryan
1935One Big Happy Family
Writer
1935
Rockin' in the Rockies
Tom Trove
1945
The Sultan's Daughter
Tim
1943The Sultan's Daughter
Screenplay
1943
Hot Rhythm
Mr. O'Hara (as Tim)
1944Hot Rhythm
Screenplay
1944
A Man Betrayed
Mr. Wilson
1941
Dark Alibi
Foggy
1946
Feudin' Fools
Screenplay
1952
There Goes Kelly
Additional Dialogue
1945
Pardon My Stripes
Speed Wilson (uncredited)
1942
Riding High
Jones
1943
High Barbaree
Ringmaster (uncredited)
1947
Strictly in the Groove
Professor Blake
1942
Fargo
Sam
1952
News Hounds
John 'Bullfrog' Burke
1947News Hounds
Screenplay
1947
Blondie's Holiday
Mike
1947
Angels' Alley
Screenplay
1948
Devil Pays Off
First Mate
1941
Hullabaloo
Skee Golf Concessionaire
1940
G.I. Honeymoon
Additional Dialogue
1945
Ice-Capades
Jackson
1941
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters
Dinty Moore
1949
Private Eyes
Andy
1953
Bowery Bombshell
Dialogue
1946
Wha' Happen?
Tim, Vera's husband
1949
Private Affairs
Bartender Harry
1940
Hi, Beautiful
Babcock
1944His Pest Girl
Tim Ryan
1937His Pest Girl
Story
1937
Hold That Line
Screenplay
1952
Sky Dragon
Lt. Mike Ruark
1949
Crazy Over Horses
Flynn
1951Crazy Over Horses
Screenplay
1951
Half Past Midnight
Amos, Bartender
1948
Spook Busters
Screenplay
1946
Melody Parade
Happy Harrington
1943Melody Parade
Screenplay
1943
Fighting Trouble
Ray Vance
1956
No Holds Barred
Writer
1952
Trouble Makers
Screenplay
1948
Bedtime Story
Mac
1941
Bringing Up Father
Dinty Moore
1946
Kansas City Kitty
Dave Clark
1944
Fashion Model
O'Hara
1945Fashion Model
Screenplay
1945
Bowery Buckaroos
Screenplay
1947
Melody Lane
Police Sergeant
1941The Big Courtship
Tim Ryan
1937The Big Courtship
Story
1937
Crazy Knights
Grogan
1944Crazy Knights
Story
1944
Smuggler's Cove
Screenplay
1948Swingtime Johnny
Sparks
1944
Lucky Devils
Momser
1941
Forgotten Women
Harry
1949
Shamrock Hill
Uncle
1949
Shadow of Suspicion
Everett G. Northrup
1944Just Plain Folks
1936Just Plain Folks
Dialogue
1936
French Fried Frolic
Tim
1949
Will You Stop?
Tim / Mark Antony
1937Will You Stop?
Story
1937The Wacky Family
1936The Wacky Family
Dialogue
1936Peaceful Relations
Tim
1936Peaceful Relations
Writer
1936