Robert Ryan

Acting

Robert Ryan

Born 1909-11-11 Chicago, Illinois, USA 88 films

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 r…

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Filmography

88 films
Her Twelve Men poster

An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few…

Her Twelve Men

★ 5.9 1954

Alaska Seas poster

A crooked salmon fisherman tries to steal his best friend's fiancée and put him out of business.

Alaska Seas

★ 6.7 1954

Inferno poster

When selfish and arrogant millionaire Donald Carson fractures his leg during a desert vacation, his…

Inferno

★ 6.1 1953

The Naked Spur poster

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than…

The Naked Spur

★ 7.0 1953

Horizons West poster

Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling…

Horizons West

★ 6.3 1952