John P. Ryan
John P. Ryan (born July 30, 1936 in New York City , New York , † March 20, 2007 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .
Life
Ryan, son of Irish immigrants , studied at the City College of The City University of New York , or CCNY for short, and served six years in the US Army. He made his first appearances in the early 1970s. As a supporting actor he appeared in series like Kojak , Starsky and Hutch , The Rockford Files , Miami Vice and * A * S * H M on.
At the side of Jack Nicholson he played his first supporting roles in the cinema. He had minor appearances in well-known films such as Futureworld - The Land of Tomorrow , 1976 with Yul Brynner and Peter Fonda , The Cotton Club , 1984 with Richard Gere and Hoffa , 1992 with Danny DeVito and Jack Nicholson . As a character actor, he played mostly straightforward cops and taciturn military personnel. In 1974 he took on a leading role in the horror film The Cradle of Evil . In 1985 he was on Runaway Train as prison director Ranken the opponent of Jon Voight and Eric Roberts . Ryan took his last film role in 1996 as mafioso Micky Malnato in the neo-noir thriller Bound - Gefesselt , the directorial debut of the Wachowskis .
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1968: The Fastest Way to the Afterlife (A Lovely Way to Die)
- 1970: Five Easy Pieces - A man seeks himself (Five Easy Pieces)
- 1972: The King of Marvin Gardens (The King of Marvin Gardens)
- 1973: The sniffer dog (Shamus)
- 1973: Hunt for Dillinger (Dillinger)
- 1973: Meeting Point Central Park (Cops and Robbers)
- 1974: The Cradle of Evil (It's Alive)
- 1976: Duel on the Missouri (The Missouri Breaks)
- 1976: Futureworld - The Land of Tomorrow (Futureworld)
- 1978: The Cradle of Satan (It Lives Again)
- 1980: Crash Landing in Paradise (The Last Flight of Noah's Ark)
- 1981: The Postman Always Rings Twice (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
- 1982: The Escape Artist
- 1983: Breathless (Breathless)
- 1983: The Right Stuff (The Right Stuff)
- 1984: Cotton Club (The Cotton Club)
- 1985: Runaway Train
- 1986: Night Hunter (Avenging Force)
- 1987: The White in the Eye (Death Wish 4: The Crackdown)
- 1987: Law of the Fist - Terror in High School (Three O'Clock High)
- 1987: Fatal Beauty
- 1987: Rent-a-Cop
- 1989: Karate Tiger IV - Best of the Best
- 1990: Delta Force 2 - The Columbian Connection (Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection)
- 1990: The Class of 1999 (Class of 1999)
- 1990: Avatar: Evil Reborn (Eternity)
- 1992: White Sands - The Big Deal (White Sands)
- 1992: Jimmy Hoffa (Hoffa)
- 1994: State commission: murder (Les patriotes)
- 1995: Pecos Bill - An Incredible Adventure (Tall Tale)
- 1996: Bound - Bound (Bound)
Television series
- 1974: Kojak - deployment in Manhattan (Kojak)
- 1975: Makeup and Guns (Police Woman)
- 1977: Detective Rockford - Just call (The Rockford Files)
- 1979: Hawaii Five-Zero (Hawaii Five-O)
- 1979: Starsky & Hutch
- 1980: Buck Rogers (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
- 1980: Hart to Hart (Hart to Hart)
- 1982: M * A * S * H
- 1984: Simon & Simon
- 1984: Matt Houston
- 1985: Cagney & Lacey
- 1989: Miami Vice
- 1993: The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. Episode 10/27 ( twelve fifteen noon )
Web links
- John P. Ryan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ryan, John P. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ryan, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 2007 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California |