Robert Ryan

Career timeline

1. 1909 · Born

   Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA

2. 1940 · Screen debut

   The Ghost Breakers (Movie)

3. 1962 · Breakthrough

   The Longest Day (Movie)

4. 1973 · Died

   July 11, 1973

5. 2002 · Latest release

   The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (Movie)

Career in numbers

18 1940s

29 1950s

20 1960s

8 1970s

1 2000s

• Drama49
• Western18
• Crime14
• Adventure11
• Thriller11
• War10

Highest-rated title The Longest Day 1962 7.6 Most popular title The Dirty Dozen 1967 7.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Ryan in our catalogue.

Robert Mitchum

4 titles together

Mel Ferrer

3 titles together

Edward Dmytryk

3 titles together

Ed Begley

2 titles together

Dalton Trumbo

2 titles together

Robert Wise

2 titles together

Janet Leigh

2 titles together

Friedrich Hollaender

2 titles together

Carleton Young

2 titles together

Tom Keene

2 titles together

1. 2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
2. 1973 The Iceman Cometh as Larry Slade 6.2 Movie
3. 1973 Executive Action as Foster 6.5 Movie
4. 1973 The Outfit as Mailer 6.8 Movie
5. 1973 The Man Without a Country as Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan Movie
6. 1973 Lolly-Madonna XXX as Pap Gutshall 5.9 Movie
7. 1972 And Hope to Die as Charley 6.3 Movie
8. 1971 The Love Machine as Gregory 'Greg' Austin Movie
9. 1971 Lawman as Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan 6.6 Movie
10. 1969 Captain Nemo and the Underwater City as Captain Nemo 5.6 Movie
11. 1969 The Wild Bunch as Deke Thornton 7.6 Movie
12. 1968 Anzio as Gen. Carson 5.7 Movie
13. 1968 A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die as New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter Movie
14. 1967 Custer of the West as Mulligan 5.9 Movie
15. 1967 Hour of the Gun as Ike Clanton 6.5 Movie
16. 1967 The Dirty Dozen as Col. Everett Dasher Breed 7.6 Movie
17. 1967 The Busy Body as Charley Barker Movie
18. 1966 The Professionals as Ehrengard 7.1 Movie
19. 1965 Battle of the Bulge as Maj. Gen. Grey 6.9 Movie
20. 1965 The Dirty Game as General Bruce Movie
21. 1964 World War One as Narrator TV
22. 1964 World War I: The Complete Story as Narrator TV
23. 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre as Thomas Bollington TV
24. 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV
25. 1962 Billy Budd as John Claggart, Master of Arms 7.3 Movie
26. 1962 The Longest Day as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin 7.6 Movie
27. 1961 King of Kings as John the Baptist 7.2 Movie
28. 1960 The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Harry Walters Movie
29. 1960 Ice Palace as Thor Storm Movie
30. 1959 Odds Against Tomorrow as Earle Slater 6.9 Movie
31. 1959 Day of the Outlaw as Blaise Starrett 6.8 Movie
32. 1959 Lonelyhearts as William Shrike 6.3 Movie
33. 1958 God's Little Acre as Ty Ty Walden 6.2 Movie
34. 1957 Alcoa Theatre as Trilbridge TV
35. 1957 Goodyear Theatre as Frank Berry TV
36. 1957 Men in War as Lt. Benson 6.6 Movie
37. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Matt Jessop TV
38. 1956 Back from Eternity as Bill Lonagan 6.7 Movie
39. 1956 The Proud Ones as Marshal Cass Silver 6.5 Movie
40. 1955 The Tall Men as Nathan Stark 6.4 Movie
41. 1955 House of Bamboo as Sandy Dawson 6.2 Movie
42. 1955 Escape to Burma as Jim Brecan Movie
43. 1955 Bad Day at Black Rock as Reno Smith 7.3 Movie
44. 1954 Her Twelve Men as Joe Hargrave Movie
45. 1953 Inferno as Donald Whitley Carson III 6.2 Movie
46. 1953 City Beneath the Sea as Brad Carlton 5.1 Movie
47. 1953 The Naked Spur as Ben Vandergroat 7.0 Movie
48. 1952 Horizons West as Dan Hammond 6.3 Movie
49. 1952 Beware, My Lovely as Howard Wilton 6.1 Movie
50. 1952 Clash by Night as Earl Pfeiffer 6.7 Movie
51. 1951 On Dangerous Ground as Jim Wilson 6.7 Movie
52. 1951 The Racket as Nick Scanlon 6.3 Movie
53. 1951 Flying Leathernecks as Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin 5.8 Movie
54. 1951 Best of the Badmen as Jeff Clanton Movie
55. 1951 Hard, Fast and Beautiful! as Seabright Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited) Movie
56. 1950 Born to Be Bad as Nick 6.1 Movie
57. 1950 The Woman on Pier 13 as Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson 5.3 Movie
58. 1950 The Secret Fury as David McLean Movie
59. 1949 The Set-Up as Stoker 7.4 Movie
60. 1949 Caught as Smith Ohlrig 6.6 Movie
61. 1949 Act of Violence as Joe Parkson 6.9 Movie
62. 1948 The Boy with Green Hair as Dr. Evans 6.2 Movie
63. 1948 Return of the Bad Men as Sundance Kid 6.3 Movie
64. 1948 Berlin Express as Robert Lindley 6.3 Movie
65. 1947 Crossfire as Montgomery 6.7 Movie
66. 1947 The Woman on the Beach as Scott Burnett 6.1 Movie
67. 1947 Trail Street as Allen Harper Movie
68. 1944 Marine Raiders as Capt. Dan Craig Movie
69. 1944 Tender Comrade as Chris Jones Movie
70. 1943 Behind the Rising Sun as Lefty O'Doyle Movie
71. 1943 The Sky's the Limit as Reginald Fenton 6.3 Movie
72. 1943 Bombardier as Joe Connors 5.7 Movie
73. 1940 The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Eddie (uncredited) Movie
74. 1940 North West Mounted Police as Constable Dumont 6.4 Movie
75. 1940 Queen of the Mob as Jim Movie
76. 1940 The Ghost Breakers as Intern (uncredited) 6.5 Movie

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