Edmon Ryan
Biography
Date of Birth 5 June 1905, Cecilia, Kentucky, USA Date of Death 4 August 1984, Louisville, Kentucky, USA (heart attack) Birth Name Edmon Ryan Mossbarger Spouse Anne Sargent (13 December 1949 - June 1967)(divorced) 1 child Trivia Buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY Attended Yale School of Drama Before entering pictures, he was a football coach and history teacher in his native Kentucky. Film career began in late 30s England - best known for his early Cold War-era film noir appearances back in the USA. Played tough characters with names like "Spike" and "Ace". Was a good friend of James Whitmore, a fellow Yale graduate, who starred with him in two films: Battleground (1949) and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). According to his friend, actor James Whitmore, Ryan was a painter who loved painting more than acting.
Dead Eyes of London/The Ghost
Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly
Hey! Hey! USA
Ace Marco
Highway 301
Detective Sgt. Truscott / Narrator
Undercover Girl
Doc Holmes
Gangway
Red Mike
Murder in Soho
Spike
Larceny Street
Barman (uncredited)
Go Man Go
Zack Leader
Non-Stop New York
American Prosecutor (uncredited)
A House Is Not a Home
Sam
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Rear Admiral Bellinger
Topaz
McKittreck
Banning
Stuart Warren
The Americanization of Emily
Admiral Hoyle
A House Is Not a Home
Sam
A Global Affair
Gavin
Spiel zu zweit
Frank Taubman
Good Day for a Hanging
William P. Selby, Attorney
Go Man Go
Zack Leader
Ein Fremder kam nach Arizona
Opening Off Screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Storm Warning
Trailer's Hooded Narrator (uncredited)
Highway 301
Detective Sgt. Truscott / Narrator
Undercover Girl
Doc Holmes
Three Secrets
Hardin
The Breaking Point
Rogers
Mystery Street
James Joshua Harkley
Side Street
Victor Backett
Battleground (1949)
Major (uncredited)
Dead Eyes of London/The Ghost
Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly
Murder in Soho
Spike
Hey! Hey! USA
Ace Marco
Larceny Street
Barman (uncredited)
Non-Stop New York
American Prosecutor (uncredited)
Gangway
Red Mike
