
Acting
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.

The Life Of Riley
1953

The Abbott and Costello Show
1952

Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
1956

From Here to Eternity
1953

The Asphalt Jungle
1950

Ball of Fire
1941

Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941

Force of Evil
1950

This Gun for Hire
1942

Body and Soul
1947

I Wake Up Screaming
1941

Alias Nick Beal
1949

Detour
1945

The Strawberry Blonde
1941

And the Angels Sing
1944

The Marksman
1953

Champion
1949

Pot o' Gold
1941

Butch Minds the Baby
1942

Red, Hot and Blue
1949

Redhead from Manhattan
1943

Brother Orchid
1940

Stand by for Action
1942

Blue, White and Perfect
1942

The Luck of the Irish
1948

Merton of the Movies
1947

Maisie Was a Lady
1941

Nazi Agent
1942

Two Sisters from Boston
1946

Blondie Goes to College
1942

Three Girls About Town
1941

Dark Alibi
1946

Sarong Girl
1943

Riding High
1943

A Man Betrayed
1941

The Shanghai Chest
1948