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...
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Breathless
As Lt. Parmental
Futureworld
As Dr. Mort Schneider
Shamus
As Col. Craig C. Hardcore
A Killing Affair
As Flagler
Class of 1999
As Mr. Hardin
Runaway Train
As Ranken
A Lovely Way to Die
As Harry Samson (uncredited)
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
As Nathan White
Bound
As Mickey Malnato
Five Easy Pieces
As Spicer
Dillinger
As Charles Mackley
It's Alive
As Frank Davis
It Lives Again
As Frank Davis
Fatal Beauty
As Lt. Kellerman
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
As Coslough
The Missouri Breaks
As Si
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
As Buzz Bronski (voice)
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
As Gen. Taylor
Avenging Force
As Prof. Elliott Glastenbury
The King of Marvin Gardens
As Surtees
Paramedics
As Captain Prescott
City of Shadows
As Sergeant Fireman
The Pixar Story
As Dr. Schneider (archive footage)
Kill Me If You Can
As Johnson
Target Risk
As Ralph Sloan
The Postman Always Rings Twice
As Kennedy
Rent-a-Cop
As Wieser
Shooting Stars
As McGee
The Legend of Nigger Charley
As Houston
Houston: The Legend of Texas
As David Burnett
Hoffa
As Red Bennett
Bad Blood
As John Blackstone
Best of the Best
As Jennings
The Right Stuff
As Head of Program
The Cotton Club
As Joe Flynn
Star Time
As Sam Bones
Eternity
As Thomas Vandervere / Prosecutor
Blood River
As Henry Logan
Young Goodman Brown
As The Devil
Three O'Clock High
As Mr. O'Rourke
A Hatful of Rain
As Chuck
Cops and Robbers
As Patsy O'Neill
The Escape Artist
As Vernon
The Patriots
As Arthur
Death Scream
As Detective Dave Lambert
White Sands
As Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
Rip Van Winkle
As Hendrick Hudson
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
As Oeuf
M*A*S*H
As Major Van Zandt
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
As Sheriff Bob Cavendish
Starsky & Hutch
The F.B.I.
As Ernie Flood
Miami Vice
Simon & Simon
Hawaii Five-O
As Guido Marioni
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
As Kurt Belzack
Kaz
Kojak
As Peter Ibbotson
Hart to Hart
Cagney & Lacey
Police Woman
Hollywood Beat
Matt Houston
Paris
Archer
As Lieutenant Barney Brighton
Matt Helm
As Carl Ainsley
Faerie Tale Theatre
As Hendrick Hudson / Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
As Peter Doyle
The Rockford Files
As Dearborn