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Robert Bushnell Ryan was an American actor who most often portrayed hardened cops and ruthless villains. He worked in theater and films. Ryan acted for over three decades and received one nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Crossfire (1947).
Birth Name
Robert Bushnell Ryan
Born
Thursday, 11 November 1909
Died
Wednesday, 11 July 1973
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Green Fog | Nick Bradley | 2018 |
| Sing Your Song | Self | 2012 |
| Stars of the Silver Screen | Ben Vandergroat | 2011 |
| The Harmony Game | Self | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Thornton | 2011 |
| The Rules of Film Noir | Jim Wilson | 2009 |
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | Brad Carlton / Dan Hammond | 2005 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | John the Baptist | 2005 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Sandy Dawson | 2002 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Green Fog | Nick Bradley | 2018 |
| Sing Your Song | Self | 2012 |
| Stars of the Silver Screen | Ben Vandergroat | 2011 |
| The Harmony Game | Self | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Thornton | 2011 |
| The Rules of Film Noir | Jim Wilson | 2009 |
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | Brad Carlton / Dan Hammond | 2005 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | John the Baptist | 2005 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Sandy Dawson | 2002 |
| Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self | 2001 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 1991 |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Earl Pfeiffer / Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Biography | Earl Pfeiffer | 1987 |
| The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 1986 |
| Executive Action | Robert Foster / Foster | 1973 |
| The Iceman Cometh | Larry Slade | 1973 |
| The Outfit | Mailer | 1973 |
| The Man Without a Country | Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan | 1973 |
| Lolly-Madonna XXX | Pap Gutshall | 1973 |
| ...And Hope to Die | Charley Ellis / Charley | 1972 |
| The Love Machine | Gregory 'Greg' Austin / Gregory Austin | 1971 |
| Lawman | Sabbath Cotton Ryan / Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan | 1971 |
| Actor's Choice | Self - Performer | 1970 |
| The Reason Why | Roger | 1970 |
| Captain Nemo and the Underwater City | Captain Nemo | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| The Wild Bunch | Deke Thornton / Thornton | 1969 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Firefighter (segment "The Dust at Ground Zero") / Himself - Firefighter (segment "The Dust at Ground Zero") (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Anzio | Gen. Carson / General Carson | 1968 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
| A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die | New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter | 1968 |
| Custer of the West | 'Mulligan' / Mulligan | 1967 |
| Hour of the Gun | Ike Clanton | 1967 |
| The Dirty Dozen | Col. Everett Dasher Breed | 1967 |
| The Busy Body | Charley Barker | 1967 |
| The Professionals | Ehrengard / Hans Ehrengard | 1966 |
| Battle of the Bulge | Gen. Grey / General Grey | 1965 |
| The Secret Agents | General Bruce | 1965 |
| The Crooked Road | Richard Ashley | 1965 |
| The Inheritance | Narrator | 1964 |
| The Reporter | Rush | 1964 |
| World War One | Narrator | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Thomas Bollington | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Andrew Dixon | 1963 |
| Breaking Point | Lloyd Osment | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Franklin 'Hoppy' Hopp | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Self - Guest / Himself | 1962 |
| The Longest Day | Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin | 1962 |
| The Jack Paar Program | Self | 1962 |
| Billy Budd | John Claggart - Master of Arms / John Claggart, Master of Arms | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | 1961 |
| King of Kings | John The Baptist | 1961 |
| The New Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | 1961 |
| The Canadians | Inspector William Gannon | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Ice Palace | Thor Storm | 1960 |
| Buick-Electra Playhouse | Harry Walters | 1959 |
| Odds Against Tomorrow | Earle Slater / Slater | 1959 |
| Day of the Outlaw | Blaise Starrett | 1959 |
| Lonelyhearts | William Shrike | 1959 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host | 1959 |
| God's Little Acre | Ty Ty Walden | 1958 |
| Frontier Justice | Captain Krag / Matt | 1958 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Jeff Banner / Ken Morton / Mike Ripetti / Trilbridge | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Dr. Robert Ross / Frank Berry / Gunner Smith / Joe Carter / The Man | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Father John Bernard / Bob Stuart | 1957 |
| Men in War | Lt. Benson | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Cob Oakley / Matt Jessop / Sheriff Amos Parney / Captain William Kraig | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Jay Gatsby / Self - -Host | 1956 |
| Back from Eternity | Bill Lonagan | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Proud Ones | Marshal Cass Silver | 1956 |
| The House Without a Name | 1956 | |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Abraham Lincoln | 1955 |
| The Tall Men | Nathan Stark | 1955 |
| House of Bamboo | Sandy Dawson | 1955 |
| Escape to Burma | Jim Brecan | 1955 |
| Bad Day at Black Rock | Reno Smith | 1955 |
| Her Twelve Men | Joe Hargrave | 1954 |
| About Mrs. Leslie | George Leslie / George Leslie Hendersall | 1954 |
| Alaska Seas | Matt Kelly | 1954 |
| Inferno | Donald Whitley Carson III | 1953 |
| City Beneath the Sea | Brad Carlton | 1953 |
| The Naked Spur | Ben Vandergroat | 1953 |
| Horizons West | Dan Hammond | 1952 |
| Beware, My Lovely | Howard Wilton | 1952 |
| Clash by Night | Earl Pfeiffer | 1952 |
| On Dangerous Ground | Jim Wilson | 1951 |
| The Racket | Nick Scanlon | 1951 |
| Flying Leathernecks | Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin | 1951 |
| Best of the Badmen | Jeff Clanton | 1951 |
| Hard, Fast and Beautiful! | Seabright Tennis Match Spectator | 1951 |
| Born to Be Bad | Nick / Nick Bradley | 1950 |
| The Secret Fury | David McLean | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist | 1950 |
| The Woman on Pier 13 | Brad Collins / Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson | 1949 |
| The Set-Up | Stoker | 1949 |
| Caught | Smith Ohlrig | 1949 |
| Act of Violence | Joe Parkson | 1948 |
| The Boy with Green Hair | Dr. Evans | 1948 |
| Return of the Bad Men | Sundance Kid | 1948 |
| Berlin Express | Robert Lindley | 1948 |
| Crossfire | Montgomery | 1947 |
| The Woman on the Beach | Scott / Scott Burnett | 1947 |
| Trail Street | Allen Harper | 1947 |
| Marine Raiders | Capt. Dan Craig | 1944 |
| Tender Comrade | Chris Jones | 1944 |
| Gangway for Tomorrow | Joe Dunham | 1943 |
| The Iron Major | Father Timothy 'Tim' Donovan | 1943 |
| Behind the Rising Sun | Lefty O'Doyle | 1943 |
| The Sky's the Limit | Reginald Fenton | 1943 |
| Bombardier | Joe Connors | 1943 |
| Texas Rangers Ride Again | Eddie / Eddie - Citizen in Car | 1940 |
| North West Mounted Police | Constable Dumont | 1940 |
| Golden Gloves | Pete Wells | 1940 |
| Queen of the Mob | Jim | 1940 |
| The Ghost Breakers | Intern | 1940 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1948 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
