John P. Ryan
Birthday
1936/07/30
Day of death
2007/03/20 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Character actor John P. Ryan was born on July 30, 1936 in New York City. The son of Irish immigrant parents, Ryan graduated from Rice High School and studied English at the City College of New York, where he first developed an interest in acting. He served six years in the US Army and worked as a welfare investigator prior to pursuing an acting career. John made his film debut in the 1967 comedy "The Tiger Makes Out." He appeared in five pictures for Jack Nicholson; he's especially memorable as ...Read more
Acting
(1983) Breathless
as Lt. Parmental
(1976) Futureworld
as Dr. Mort Schneider
(1973) Shamus
as Col. Craig C. Hardcore
(1977) A Killing Affair
as Flagler
(1990) Class of 1999
as Mr. Hardin
(1985) Runaway Train
as Ranken
(1968) A Lovely Way to Die
as Harry Samson (uncredited)
(1987) Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
as Nathan White
(1996) Bound
as Mickey Malnato
(1970) Five Easy Pieces
as Spicer
(1973) Dillinger
as Charles Mackley
(1974) It's Alive
as Frank Davis
(1978) It Lives Again
as Frank Davis
(1987) Fatal Beauty
as Lt. Kellerman
(1980) The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
as Coslough
(1976) The Missouri Breaks
as Si
(1993) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
as Buzz Bronski (voice)
(1990) Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
as Gen. Taylor
(1986) Avenging Force
as Prof. Elliott Glastenbury
(1972) The King of Marvin Gardens
as Surtees
(1988) Paramedics
as Captain Prescott
(1987) City of Shadows
as Sergeant Fireman
(2007) The Pixar Story
as Dr. Schneider (archive footage)
(1977) Kill Me If You Can
as Johnson
(1975) Target Risk
as Ralph Sloan
(1981) The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Kennedy
(1987) Rent-a-Cop
as Wieser
(1983) Shooting Stars
as McGee
(1972) The Legend of Nigger Charley
as Houston
(1986) Houston: The Legend of Texas
as David Burnett
(1992) Hoffa
as Red Bennett
(1994) Bad Blood
as John Blackstone
(1989) Best of the Best
as Jennings
(1983) The Right Stuff
as Head of Program
(1984) The Cotton Club
as Joe Flynn
(1992) Star Time
as Sam Bones
(1990) Eternity
as Thomas Vandervere / Prosecutor
(1991) Blood River
as Henry Logan
(1993) Young Goodman Brown
as The Devil
(1987) Three O'Clock High
as Mr. O'Rourke
(1968) A Hatful of Rain
as Chuck
(1973) Cops and Robbers
as Patsy O'Neill
(1982) The Escape Artist
as Vernon
(1994) The Patriots
as Arthur
(1975) Death Scream
as Detective Dave Lambert
(1992) White Sands
as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
(1987) Rip Van Winkle
as Hendrick Hudson
(1971) Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Oeuf
(1972) M*A*S*H
as Major Van Zandt
(1993) The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Sheriff Bob Cavendish
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Ernie Flood
(1984) Miami Vice
as ---
(1981) Simon & Simon
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Guido Marioni
(1979) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Kurt Belzack
(1978) Kaz
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as Peter Ibbotson
(1979) Hart to Hart
as ---
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as ---
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1985) Hollywood Beat
as ---
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1979) Paris
as ---
(1975) Archer
as Lieutenant Barney Brighton
(1975) Matt Helm
as Carl Ainsley
(1965) The F.B.I.
as William Quine
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Hendrick Hudson / Narrator (voice)
(1982) American Playhouse
as Peter Doyle
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Dearborn