Tim Ryan
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.
Acting
Movie
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. Pete Karelsen
1953
Movie
The Asphalt Jungle
as Jack (uncredited)
1950
Movie
Detour
as Diner Owner Gus
1945
Movie
Ball of Fire
as Motor Policeman
1941
Movie
This Gun for Hire
as Weems, Guard (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Force of Evil
as Johnson
1950
Movie
Body and Soul
as Jack Shelton (uncredited)
1947
Movie
Champion
as Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
1949
Movie
I Wake Up Screaming
as Detective (uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Strawberry Blonde
as Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
1941
Movie
Brother Orchid
as Turkey Malone
1940
Movie
Alias Nick Beal
1949
Movie
The Luck of the Irish
as Policeman (uncredited)
1948
Movie
Pot o' Gold
as 'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)
1941
Movie
Dark Alibi
as Foggy
1946
Movie
Detective Kitty O'Day
as Inspector Clancy
1944
TV
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Police Lt. Smith
1952
Movie
Dead Men Tell
as Bartender (Uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Golden Eye
as Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark
1948
Movie
Nazi Agent
as Officer (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Third Mate on Ship
1940
Movie
A Man Betrayed
as Mr. Wilson
1941
Movie
Stand by for Action
as Lt. Tim Ryan
1942
Movie
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Police Lt. Burke
1943
Crew
Movie
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Writer
1952
Movie
Detective Kitty O'Day
Screenplay
1944
Movie
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Screenplay
1943
Movie
Trouble Makers
Screenplay
1948
Movie
Crazy Knights
Story
1944
Movie
Live Wires
Screenplay
1946
Movie
Spook Busters
Screenplay
1946
Movie
Jalopy
Screenplay
1953
Movie
Leave It to the Irish
Screenplay
1944
Movie
Angels' Alley
Screenplay
1948
Movie
Jinx Money
Screenplay
1948
Movie
Bowery Buckaroos
Screenplay
1947