Tim Ryan
Acting
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.
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Police Lt. Burke
Age 44 (now 57)
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Writer
Age 53 (now 57)
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
as Bentley
Age 50 (now 57)
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters
as Dinty Moore
Age 50 (now 57)
Merton of the Movies
as Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)
Age 48 (now 57)
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Police Lt. Burke
Age 44 (now 57)
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Farrell (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 57)
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 57)
Blondie Goes to College
as Mr. Higby, Football Coach
Age 42 (now 57)
The Strawberry Blonde
as Streetcleaner Foreman (uncredited)
Age 41 (now 57)
Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Police Inspector
Age 41 (now 57)
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
as Chauffeur Jason
Age 57
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Police Lt. Smith
Age 53 (now 57)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Timothy Thomas Ryan
IMDB
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