Tim Ryan
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Born July 4, 1899·Died October 22, 1956 (at 57)·Bayonne, New Jersey, USA·Male
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.
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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
the most rated titles across all credits
Filmography
142 credits across 124 titlesActing
84 creditsWriting
33 creditsCrew
2 creditsAs self
23 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
