the 75 Films of ROBERT RYAN (1909 - 1973)
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).
Here are the key ratings numbers:
MODE - 6.2 and 7.4 (6 times)
MEAN - 6.5 average
MEDIAN - 6.6
His favorite film genres were: crime (9); western (14); film noir (15); drama (10); and war (10).
Here are the key ratings numbers:
MODE - 6.2 and 7.4 (6 times)
MEAN - 6.5 average
MEDIAN - 6.6
His favorite film genres were: crime (9); western (14); film noir (15); drama (10); and war (10).
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- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsBob HopePaulette GoddardRichard CarlsonA radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.Ryan appeared as uncredited
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperMadeleine CarrollPaulette GoddardIn 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
- DirectorJames P. HoganStarsEllen DrewJohn HowardAkim TamiroffWith thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.last time in his career that Ryan would not be credited
- DirectorJames P. HoganStarsRalph BellamyBlanche YurkaJ. Carrol NaishMobster Ma Webster rules her clan with an iron hand, taking charge of all their robberies despite the protests of George Frost, the only member of her gang who is not her son. On Christmas Eve, Ma, George, and her sons Eddie, Charlie, and Tom, rob the Centre City bank, but are warned to get out of town by her other son Bert, who disdains their criminal activity and is studying to be a lawyer. Ma and the gang go on a crime spree across the states, receiving $300,000 in ransom for kidnapping, and additional cash from various robberies. Aware that the serial numbers on the ransom money have been recorded by federal agents, they arrange with fellow crook Pan to trade the money $100,000 in unmarked bills, but take the bills and kill him instead, They are unaware, however, that the police have found a list of the serial numbers for all Pan's bills in his coat pocket. Federal agents Scott Langham and Ross Waring are put on the case, and trace the Websters to a Southern town, where Ma is posing as a socialite. The Websters elude the police, but are forced to live meagerly while hiding out in cheap hotels. By the next Christmas, Ma returns to Centre City to visit Bert's baby boy. While she is out, her boys hold up a store, but Charlie is killed and Tom is arrested. Bert represents Tom at his extradition trial, and convinces him to plead guilty and return willingly to the city of the kidnapping. When George wants to go his own way, Ma and Eddie kill him, then hire Stitch Torey to get Tom away from the police. Their attempt fails, however, and most of Torey's gang perish. After a year, Ma and Eddie have developed a low profile while Eddie works at a cannery to support them, and Ma becomes neighborly. Unknown to Ma, Eddie arranges a hideout for some robbers he hopes to join up with and gives them a case of canned food, but the criminals' car crashes and the police get Eddie's fingerprints from the cans. On Christmas Eve, federal agents attempt to arrest Ma and Eddie, who respond with gunfire. In the hail of bullets, Eddie is killed and Ma is finally arrested.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRichard DenningJeanne CagneyJ. Carrol NaishBill Crane, an up and coming honest boxer, runs afoul of Taggerty and his fellow racketeers by fighting fair. They set out to ruin Crane but with the support of his girl Mary and newspaperman Matson the pugilist stands up to the mob.
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsFred AstaireJoan LeslieRobert BenchleyFred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days off.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsGinger RogersRobert RyanRuth HusseyJo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.
- DirectorRichard WallaceLambert HillyerStarsPat O'BrienRandolph ScottAnne ShirleyMajor "Chick" Davis is convinced that high-level bombing will win the next war. He convinces the powers-that-be to set up a bombardier school. He efficiently sets about training the USAAF's first generation of high-level bombardiers.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsMargoTom NealJ. Carrol NaishIn Japan, foreigners and their Japanese friends are caught up in the rising tide of militarism.
- DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsMargoJohn CarradineRobert RyanOn the way to work, five defence workers contemplate their pasts and their own reasons for working.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsPat O'BrienRobert RyanRuth WarrickCoach Frank Cavanaugh returns to college football after World War I, then gradually goes blind.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsPat O'BrienRobert RyanRuth HusseyA U.S. Marine major tries to keep his captain on the right track through combat on Guadalcanal, training new recruits in San Diego, and a relationship with a WAAAF while on leave in Australia.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRobert YoungRobert MitchumRobert RyanA man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?nominated for best supporting actor
26th out of my 100 favorite film noir titles - DirectorJean RenoirStarsJoan BennettRobert RyanCharles BickfordA Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsRandolph ScottRobert RyanAnne JeffreysBat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsPat O'BrienRobert RyanBarbara HaleThis parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsVan HeflinRobert RyanJanet LeighAn embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.a very good film noir classic
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsMerle OberonRobert RyanCharles KorvinA multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsRandolph ScottRobert RyanAnne JeffreysWhen part of Oklahoma Territory becomes officially part of the U.S., Vance Cordrell is forced to deal with some of the most infamous outlaws of the Old West.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsRobert RyanLaraine DayJohn AgarSuccessful, newly married Brad Collins once belonged to the Communist Party of the USA, and now the Party will stop at nothing to use him.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert RyanAudrey TotterGeorge TobiasExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.# 1 on my boxing top 10 movies; # 10 on my top 25 film noir classics; in my opinion his best acting in his career
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsJames MasonBarbara Bel GeddesRobert RyanAn ambitious young LA department store model gets her wish of marrying a millionaire but she eventually discovers that rich life isn't always a happy one.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsMel FerrerJoan FontaineRobert RyanA woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover, who sees through her act, and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
- DirectorMel FerrerStarsClaudette ColbertRobert RyanJane CowlA woman preparing to marry her fiance is accused of bigamy by a stranger but she fights back by trying to prove she's the victim of a conspiracy designed to discredit her.
- DirectorJohn CromwellMel FerrerTay GarnettStarsRobert MitchumLizabeth ScottRobert RyanIn New York, two honest cops try to hinder a crime syndicate from moving into the precinct and also to prevent the mob's plan of electing a corrupt prosecutor to a judgeship.# 86 out of my top 100 film noir movies