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Robert Bushnell Ryan (November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973) was an American actor and activist. Known for his portrayals of hardened cops and ruthless villains, Ryan performed for over three decades. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film noir drama Crossfire (1947).
Actor: The Wild Bunch. Distinguished U.S. actor and longtime civil rights campaigner Robert Bushnell Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Mable Arbutus (Bushnell), a secretary, and Timothy Aloysius Ryan, whose wealthy family owned a real estate firm.
Robert Ryan. Actor: The Wild Bunch. Distinguished U.S. actor and longtime civil rights campaigner Robert Bushnell Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Mable Arbutus (Bushnell), a secretary, and Timothy Aloysius Ryan, whose wealthy family owned a real estate firm. His father was of Irish ancestry, and his mother was of English and Irish descent.
Jul 12, 1973 · Robert Ryan, the versatile and durable film and stage actor, died yesterday in New York Hospital. He was 63 years old and had lived at 135 Central Park West since the death of...
May 19, 2015 · Actor Robert Ryan spent a good deal of his life promoting peace, civil rights and other social causes. In his long film career, he did something more daring: He willingly became the face of the very evils he denounced. In “Crossfire” (1947), Ryan plays a soldier whose hatred of Jews leads to murder.
Robert Ryan is one of my favorite actors so I decided to create a list of every film that he appeared in. His career spanned 47 years from 1940 to 1987. His IMDb ratings ranged from 5.4 (Behind the Rising Sun in 1943) to 8.1 (The Wild Bunch 1969).
Jun 22, 2015 · Robert Ryan died of lung cancer on July 11, 1973 at age 64. His life was a testament to humility and hard work; his film legacy a master class on what constitutes great movie acting: discipline, fearlessness and honesty, coupled with an economy of motion- and emotion.
Aug 5, 2011 · Aug. 5, 2011. BORN to play beautifully tortured, angry souls, the actor Robert Ryan was a familiar movie face for more than two decades in Hollywood’s classical years, his studio ups and downs,...
Jun 5, 2024 · Robert Ryan (born Nov. 11, 1909, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died July 11, 1973, New York, N.Y.) was a U.S. film actor. He trained for the stage at Max Reinhardt’s workshop in Hollywood, and after World War II he became a successful character actor.
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.
