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Tim Ryan

Jul 04, 1899 - Oct 22, 1956 (57 years old) in 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.

Known For

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The Life Of Riley
Fire Chief
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The Abbott and Costello Show
Police Lt. Smith
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From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Pete Karelsen
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The Asphalt Jungle
Jack (Police Clerk) (uncredited)
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Ball of Fire
Motor Policeman
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Detour
Diner Owner Gus
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Dark Alibi
Foggy
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Alias Nick Beal
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Body and Soul
Jack Shelton (uncredited)
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All That I Have
Ben Renson

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