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Tim Ryan
Known for: ActingTim 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.
Filmography 37
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. Pete Karelsen 
Detour
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as Diner Owner Gus 
The Luck of the Irish
as Policeman (uncredited) 
Force of Evil
as Johnson 
Detective Kitty O'Day
as Inspector Clancy 
A Man Betrayed
as Mr. Wilson 
Fighting Trouble
as Ray Vance 
Live Wires
Screenplay 
Dead Men Tell
as Bartender (Uncredited) 
Here Come the Marines
as Sheriff Benson 
Jalopy
Screenplay 
Stand by for Action
as Lt. Tim Ryan 
Leave It to the Irish
Screenplay 
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Lieutenant Burke 
Angels' Alley
Screenplay 
Hold That Line
Screenplay 
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Farrell (uncredited) 
No Holds Barred
Writer 
Blondie's Holiday
as Mike 
Sky Dragon
as Lt. Mike Ruark 
The Golden Eye
as Vincent O'Brien / Lt. Mike Ruark 
All That I Have
as Ben Renson 
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
as Inspector Clancy 
The Shanghai Chest
as Lt. Mike Ruark 
Dark Alibi
as Foggy 
Feudin' Fools
Screenplay 
Hot Rhythm
as Mr. O'Hara (as Tim) 
In Fast Company
Screenplay 
Private Eyes
as Andy 
Trouble Makers
Screenplay 
Crazy Over Horses
as Flynn 
Smuggler's Cove
Screenplay 
Spook Busters
Screenplay 
Bowery Buckaroos
Screenplay 
News Hounds
as John 'Bullfrog' Burke 
Jinx Money
Screenplay