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