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 f… Read more
Known for The Wild Bunch 1969 The Dirty Dozen 1967 The Longest Day 1962 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 ★ 6.7 The Outfit 1973
Mailer ★ 6.1 The Iceman Cometh 1973
Larry Slade ★ 6.5 Executive Action 1973
Foster ★ 5.8 Lolly-Madonna XXX 1973
Pap Gutshall ★ 6.4 And Hope to Die 1972
Charley ★ 6.5 Lawman 1971
Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan ★ 7.6 The Wild Bunch 1969
Deke Thornton ★ 5.6 Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969
Captain Nemo ★ 5.6 Anzio 1968
Gen. Carson ★ 7.6 The Dirty Dozen 1967
Col. Everett Dasher Breed ★ 6.5 Hour of the Gun 1967
Ike Clanton ★ 6 Custer of the West 1967
Mulligan ★ 7.1 The Professionals 1966
Ehrengard ★ 6.9 Battle of the Bulge 1965
General Grey ★ 7.3 Billy Budd 1962
John Claggart, Master of Arms ★ 7.6 The Longest Day 1962
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin ★ 7.1 King of Kings 1961
John the Baptist ★ 6.9 Odds Against Tomorrow 1959
Earle Slater ★ 6.8 Day of the Outlaw 1959
Blaise Starrett ★ 6.3 Lonelyhearts 1959
William Shrike ★ 6.2 God's Little Acre 1958
Ty Ty Walden ★ 6.6 Men in War 1957
Lt. Benson ★ 6.7 Back from Eternity 1956
Bill Lonagan ★ 6.5 The Proud Ones 1956
Marshal Cass Silver ★ 6.2 House of Bamboo 1955
Sandy Dawson ★ 7.3 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955
Reno Smith ★ 6.5 The Tall Men 1955
Nathan Stark ★ 7 The Naked Spur 1953
Ben Vandergroat ★ 6.1 Inferno 1953
Donald Whitley Carson III ★ 5.1 City Beneath the Sea 1953
Brad Carlton ★ 6.7 Clash by Night 1952
Earl Pfeiffer ★ 6.3 Horizons West 1952
Dan Hammond ★ 6.1 Beware, My Lovely 1952
Howard Wilton ★ 6.6 On Dangerous Ground 1951
Jim Wilson ★ 6.3 The Racket 1951
Nick Scanlon ★ 5.8 Flying Leathernecks 1951
Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin ★ 5.3 The Woman on Pier 13 1950
Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson ★ 6 Born to Be Bad 1950
Nick ★ 6.9 Act of Violence 1949
Joe Parkson ★ 6.6 Caught 1949
Smith Ohlrig ★ 7.4 The Set-Up 1949
Stoker ★ 6.3 Berlin Express 1948
Robert Lindley ★ 6.2 The Boy with Green Hair 1948
Dr. Evans ★ 6.3 Return of the Bad Men 1948
Sundance Kid ★ 6.7 Crossfire 1947
Montgomery ★ 6.1 The Woman on the Beach 1947
Scott Burnett ★ 6.3 The Sky's the Limit 1943
Reginald Fenton ★ 5.7 Bombardier 1943
Joe Connors ★ 6.5 The Ghost Breakers 1940
Intern (uncredited) ★ 6.4 North West Mounted Police 1940
Constable Dumont 
