Tim Ryan
1899-07-04 ( 125 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.

Movies

Private Eyes 1953-12-06
The Marksman 1953-04-10
Fargo 1952-09-07
Force of Evil 1950-08-24
Sky Dragon 1949-04-27
Champion 1949-04-09
Shamrock Hill 1949-02-01
The Golden Eye 1948-08-29
Body and Soul 1947-11-11
News Hounds 1947-08-13
Wife Wanted 1946-11-02
Dark Alibi 1946-05-25
Detour 1945-11-30
Fashion Model 1945-03-02
Hi, Beautiful 1944-12-18
Crazy Knights 1944-12-08
Hot Rhythm 1944-04-22
True to Life 1943-12-24
Riding High 1943-11-11
Melody Parade 1943-08-27
Sarong Girl 1943-06-11
Nazi Agent 1942-03-01
Bedtime Story 1941-12-25
Melody Lane 1941-12-09
Ball of Fire 1941-12-02
Devil Pays Off 1941-11-10
Ice-Capades 1941-08-19
Pot o' Gold 1941-04-03
Dead Men Tell 1941-03-28
A Man Betrayed 1941-03-07
Lucky Devils 1941-01-03
Hullabaloo 1940-10-25
Brother Orchid 1940-06-07
Will You Stop? 1937-09-10
His Pest Girl 1937-04-30