Acting • AGE 63
Robert Bushnell Ryan (November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973) was an American actor who often played hardened cops and ruthless villains. Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois, the first child of Timothy Ry...


Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
1986

The Iceman Cometh
Larry Slade
1973

Executive Action
Foster
1973

The Outfit
Mailer
1973

The Man Without a Country
Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan
1973

Lolly-Madonna XXX
Pap Gutshall
1973

The Moviemakers
Self
1973

And Hope to Die
Charley
1972

The Love Machine
Gregory 'Greg' Austin
1971

Lawman
Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan
1971

The Reason Why
Roger
1970

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Captain Nemo
1969

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
Self - Host
1969

The Wild Bunch
Deke Thornton
1969

Anzio
Gen. Carson
1968

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter
1968

Custer of the West
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
1966

Battle of the Bulge
General Grey
1965

The Dirty Game
General Bruce
1965

The Crooked Road
Richard Ashley
1965

The Inheritance
Narrator (voice)
1964

Kraft Suspense Theatre
Thomas Bollington
1963

Billy Budd
John Claggart, Master of Arms
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

The Longest Day
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
1962

King of Kings
John the Baptist
1961

The Canadians
Inspector William Gannon
1961

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Harry Walters
1960

Ice Palace
Thor Storm
1960

Odds Against Tomorrow
Earle Slater
1959

Day of the Outlaw
Blaise Starrett
1959

Lonelyhearts
William Shrike
1959

The David Susskind Show
Self
1959

God's Little Acre
Ty Ty Walden
1958

The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby
1958

Alcoa Theatre
Trilbridge
1957

Men in War
Lt. Benson
1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Matt Jessop
1956

Back from Eternity
Bill Lonagan
1956

The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956

The Proud Ones
Marshal Cass Silver
1956

The House Without a Name
1956

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
1954

Alaska Seas
Matt Kelly
1954

Inferno
Donald Whitley Carson III
1953

City Beneath the Sea
Brad Carlton
1953

The Oscars
Self
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 (uncredited)
1951

Born to Be Bad
Nick
1950

The Woman on Pier 13
Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson
1950

The Secret Fury
David McLean
1950

What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950

The Set-Up
Stoker
1949

Caught
Smith Ohlrig
1949

Act of Violence
Joe Parkson
1949

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 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

The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Eddie (uncredited)
1940

North West Mounted Police
Constable Dumont
1940

Golden Gloves
Pete Wells
1940

Queen of the Mob
Jim
1940

The Ghost Breakers
Intern (uncredited)
1940