Robert Ryan

Film & TV

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 Ryan and his wife Mabel Bushnell Ryan.  He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932, having held the school's heavyweight boxing title all four years of his attendance. After graduation, the 6'4" Ryan…

Known for

• A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D — Self2017
• 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 Outfit — Mailer1973
• The Iceman Cometh — Larry Slade1973
• Executive Action — Foster1973
• Lolly-Madonna XXX — Pap Gutshall1973

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Key facts

Born

Robert Bushnell Ryan , ( 1909-11-11 ) November 11, 1909, Chicago , Illinois, U.S.

Died

July 11, 1973 (1973-07-11) (aged 63), New York City , New York , U.S.

Education

Loyola Academy

Alma mater

Dartmouth College (B.A., 1932)

Occupations

Actor activist

Years active

1940–1973

Spouse

Jessica Cadwalader ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; died 1972 ) ​

Awards

See below

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Ryan

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Chicago

Place of death

New York City

Occupation

military personnel

Political party

Democratic Party (United States)

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

acting

Genre

Western film

Conflict

World War II

Military branch

United States Marine Corps

Image

Robert Ryan in Naked Spur.jpg

Height

192.5

Number of children

3

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