Tim Ryan
Biography
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
Top 40 Movies
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
1947
Bedtime Story
1941
Forgotten Women
1949
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
The Sultan's Daughter
1943
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950
Melody Lane
1941
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948
Blondie Goes to College
1942
This Time for Keeps
1942
Fargo
1952
Reveille with Beverly
1943
True to Life
1943
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
1950
Stand by for Action
1942
From Here to Eternity
1953
Swing Out the Blues
1943
Hi, Beautiful
1944
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Harmon of Michigan
1941
Detour
1945
Don't Get Personal
1942
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
This Gun for Hire
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
Shamrock Hill
1949
Here Come the Marines
1952
News Hounds
1947
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
Private Affairs
1940
Ball of Fire
1941
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
1945
Alias Nick Beal
1949
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
The Luck of the Irish
1948
Devil Pays Off
1941
Brother Orchid
1940
Champion
1949