Tim Ryan
Birthday: 1899-07-04
Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
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.
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Detour
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to...
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From Here to Eternity
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's...
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Peaceful Relations
An Educational Pictures comedy starring the husband and wife team of Tim and Irene Ryan....
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Two Latins from Manhattan
Joan Daley, a New York booking/press agent, attempts to recruit two local stand-ins, Jinx Terry and ...
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Melody Lane
In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortun...
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Dark Alibi
After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigati...
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Bedtime Story
A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is t...
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The Shanghai Chest
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three m...
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The Golden Eye
A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable mon...
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Pardon My Stripes
Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a ...
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Fashion Model
When two employees of a clothing factory are murdered, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a lowly st...
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Detective Kitty O'Day
Convinced that she has what it takes to be a detective, inquisitive secretary Kitty O'Day gets her c...
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A Tragedy at Midnight
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find ...
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Wife Wanted
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actuall...
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Butch Minds the Baby
Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her...
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Adventures of Kitty O'Day
A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police....
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The Mystery of the 13th Guest
A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instr...
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Shadow of Suspicion
Brash ladies' man James Dale and his partner, wisecracking Everett Northrup, are sent by Cartell &am...
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Alias Nick Beal
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul...
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Melody Parade
The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing....
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The Buster Keaton Story
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton....
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Here Come the Marines
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sac...
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter....
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And the Angels Sing
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing t...
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Sarong Girl
A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed....
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Shamrock Hill
A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock HIll, and she tries to s...
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Lucky Devils
Lucky Devils casts the mismatched duo as a pair of intrepid newsreel cameramen. When they're not ris...
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Reveille with Beverly
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ fo...
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Hot Rhythm
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery)and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, an...
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Pot o' Gold
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. B...
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The Asphalt Jungle
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emme...
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Champion
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who help...
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Force of Evil
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big power...
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Nazi Agent
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a ...
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Kansas City Kitty
A piano teacher and her roommate decide to invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comed...
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One Big Happy Family
When Tim Ryan's leading lady walks out in a small hillbilly town, the leading lady he selects -- at ...
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Just Plain Folks
In a burlesque of the radio program "One Man's Family", Tim pays a visit to his fiancée, Irene Carr,...
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The Wacky Family
Tim has just been promoted to sales manager and his boss says he will be out to visit Tim and Irene ...
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Swingin' on a Rainbow
A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is pa...
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The Man in the Trunk
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer....
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His Pest Girl
Tim Ryan teams with his wife, Irene, playing a salesman who runs into a saleswoman with an identical...
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Merton of the Movies
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studio...
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Ball of Fire
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. Whe...
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The Sultan's Daughter
A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American....
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Swing Out the Blues
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispense...
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Brother Orchid
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h...
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This Gun for Hire
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bill...
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Hi, Beautiful
Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film i...
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Swingtime Johnny
The Andrews Sisters take a hiatus from show business to aid the war effort. They take on jobs at a p...
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Crazy Knights
Also known as Ghost Crazy. Three goofballs run up against ghosts and a giant gorilla in a haunted ho...
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Rockin' in the Rockies
Rancher Rusty Williams is away at agricultural college and leaves his spread in the hands of his old...
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Don't Get Personal
Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds...
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Hullabaloo
A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic....
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Third Finger, Left Hand
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleague...
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Red, Hot and Blue
In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water w...
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Private Eyes
After being punched in the nose, Sach finds out that he has the ability to read minds. Slip and the ...
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Fighting Trouble
An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a pic...
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News Hounds
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip w...
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Sky Dragon
All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is...
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Redhead from Manhattan
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita sh...
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Blondie Goes to College
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Compan...
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Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Monogram's Bringing Up Father series, based on the popular comic strip by George McManus, hit a high...
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Fargo
The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started...
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Three Girls About Town
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next doo...
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The Marksman
Mike Martin becomes a deputy marshal and takes on a gang of cattle rustlers....
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Devil Pays Off
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the ene...
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Dead Men Tell
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan...
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Bringing Up Father
Based on the comic strip by George McManus about the adventures of the social-climbing Maggie and he...
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Get Hep to Love
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her...
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Blue, White, and Perfect
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get ...
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Harmon of Michigan
A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play profession...
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Forgotten Women
A tale of three women who hang out in a bar and bend the ear of Harry the bartender. Kate Allison dr...
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I Wake Up Screaming
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitre...
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All That I Have
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those ...
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Stand by for Action
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about ...
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Stand By All Networks
An intrepid radio reporter sets out to track down and expose Nazi agents....
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Miss Mink of 1949
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget....
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Body and Soul
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the ...
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This Time for Keeps
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult....
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Where Did You Get That Girl?
In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They e...
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True to Life
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents ...
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Ice-Capades
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arr...
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Will You Stop?
Tim (Tim Ryan) has written what he thinks is a great skit about Antony and Cleopatra for the departm...
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Half Past Midnight
A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer wh...
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I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
In this low-budget musical, two sets of politically ambitious parents attempt to pair up their young...
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Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Maggi continues her forever-ever efforts to crash Manhattan's top society, while Jiggs still mingles...
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Private Affairs
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love...
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Riding High
No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High ...
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Two Sisters from Boston
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New...
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A Man Betrayed
A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politici...
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Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey...
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Blondie's Holiday
Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount...
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The Luck of the Irish
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts ...
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Maisie Was a Lady
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires h...
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French Fried Frolic
Wally and Tim pose as the husbands of two French women so they'll receive their dowry from their ecc...
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Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Maggie is resentful of being pointed out and laughed at in public because she resembles the cartoon ...
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High Barbaree
After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while a...
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The Strawberry Blonde
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulat...
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