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John P. Ryan

Highest Rated: 93% Dillinger (1973)

Lowest Rated: 0% Rent-A-Cop (1988)

Birthday: Jul 30, 1936

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

A barrel-chested, silver-haired character player since the late 1960s, Ryan frequently appeared in films and on TV, usually as officials and cops. His feature credits include small turns in two Bob Rafelson 70s classics, "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) and "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972). Ryan had somewhat larger roles as Kennedy in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981), as the gung-ho head of the space program in "The Right Stuff" (1983), as the irate Warden Ranken in "Runaway Train" (1985) and as a gangster in "Bound" (1995). Ryan's additional appearances include Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club" (1984) and "Fatal Beauty" (1987). His largest TV roles to date have been in the movie "Death Scream" (1975) and the miniseries "Kennedy" (1983).

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Highest rated movies

93% 75% Dillinger
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89% 84% Five Easy Pieces
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87% 83% Bound
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83% 76% Runaway Train
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83% 88% Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
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80% 63% The Escape Artist
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79% 58% The Postman Always Rings Twice
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78% 60% The Missouri Breaks
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74% 57% The Cotton Club
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72% 58% The King of Marvin Gardens
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
87% 83% Bound Micky Malnato (Character) $3.8M 1996
48% 52% Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill Grub (Character) $8.2M 1995
No Score Yet 20% Bad Blood John Blackstone (Character) - 1994
83% 88% Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 'Buzz' Bronski (Voice) $5.0M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Goodman Brown The Devil (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Star Time Sam Bones (Character) - 1992
52% 58% Hoffa Red Bennett (Character) $23.3M 1992
44% 41% White Sands Arms Dealer (Character) $8.2M 1992
No Score Yet 25% Delta Force 3: The Killing Game Sergei (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 38% Blood River Henry Logan (Character) - 1991
11% 40% Delta Force 2 Gen. Taylor (Character) $5.9M 1990
63% 50% Class of 1999 Mr. Hardin (Character) $1.4M 1990
No Score Yet 71% Eternity Thomas Vandervere/Prosecutor (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 54% Paramedics Captain Prescott (Character) $149.6K 1988
0% 17% Rent-A-Cop Wieser (Character) $294.3K 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet City of Shadows Sergeant Fireman (Character) - 1987
20% 55% Fatal Beauty Lt. Kellerman (Character) $10.8M 1987
60% 73% Three O'Clock High Mr. O'Rourke (Character) $3.1M 1987
25% 40% Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Nathan White (Character) $4.7M 1987
No Score Yet 50% Avenging Force Prof. Elliott Glastenbury (Character) $3.2M 1986
No Score Yet 21% Houston: The Legend of Texas David Burnett (Character) - 1986
83% 76% Runaway Train Ranken (Character) $7.2M 1985
74% 57% The Cotton Club Joe Flynn (Character) - 1984
63% 49% Breathless Lt. Parmental (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shooting Stars McGee (Character) - 1983
80% 63% The Escape Artist Vernon (Character) - 1982
79% 58% The Postman Always Rings Twice Kennedy (Character) - 1981
47% 27% It Lives Again Frank Davis (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Behind the Badge Flagler (Character) - 1977
36% 30% Futureworld Dr. Schneider (Character) - 1976
78% 60% The Missouri Breaks Si (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Woman Who Cried Murder Detective Dave Lambert (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 71% Death Scream Detective Dave Lambert (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Target Risk Ralph Sloan (Character) - 1975
65% 41% It's Alive Frank Davies (Character) - 1974
29% 38% Shamus Hardcore (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 29% Cops and Robbers Patsy O'Neill (Character) - 1973
93% 75% Dillinger Charles Mackley (Character) - 1973
72% 58% The King of Marvin Gardens Surtees (Character) - 1972
89% 84% Five Easy Pieces Spicer (Character) - 1970

TV

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71% 89% Miami Vice Jake Manning (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Stewart Crawford (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet 87% M*A*S*H Major Van Zandt (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Starsky and Hutch Unknown (Guest Star) 1977 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Dearborn (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Collier (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak Peter Ibbotson (Guest Star) 1974