Acting
Robert Ryan
- Titles
- 89movies12TV shows
- Career
Active from 1940 to 1973, with up to 5 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 67top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
House of Bamboo82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.8average 2.6
- Warfare3.1average 1.2
- Crime5.3average 3.7
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Violence5.8average 4.3
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.6
- Tension7.1average 6.1
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.5, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.7, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.5, average 2.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Moral Ambiguity 9
- Historical Drama 7
- Social Commentary 6
- Film Noir 5
- Classic Western 5
- Historical Setting 5
- Psychological Tension 4
- Western 4
- Classic Film 4
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Post-Civil War 3
- Moral Dilemma 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- RRoland GrossEditorThe Woman on the Beach, The Set-Up, The Sky's the Limit, On Dangerous Ground, The Woman on Pier 13, +1 more
Roy WebbComposerClash by Night, Crossfire, Bombardier, The Secret Fury, Alaska Seas, +1 more
Nicholas MusuracaCinematographerBorn to Be Bad, Clash by Night, The Woman on Pier 13, Bombardier, Marine Raiders, +1 more
Edward DmytrykDirectorAnzio, Crossfire, Behind the Rising Sun, Tender Comrade, Golden Gloves
Lucien BallardCinematographerThe Wild Bunch, Hour of the Gun, The Proud Ones, Berlin Express, Inferno
Richard MartinActorBombardier, Tender Comrade, The Iron Major, Marine Raiders
Robert MitchumActorThe Longest Day, Anzio, Crossfire, The Racket
Pat O'BrienActorThe Boy with Green Hair, Bombardier, The Iron Major, Marine Raiders- PPaul SawtellComposerBest of the Badmen, The Racket, Return of the Bad Men, Inferno
Philip YordanWriterBattle of the Bulge, Day of the Outlaw, God's Little Acre, Men in War
Friedrich HollaenderComposerBorn to Be Bad, Caught, Berlin Express, Golden Gloves
William C. MellorCinematographerBad Day at Black Rock, The Naked Spur, Back from Eternity, Alaska Seas
Movies and TV shows
331950s
33 titles · average score 64
70
as Blaise Starrett
71
as Earle Slater
63
as William Shrike
62
as Ty Ty Walden
as Jay Gatsby
68
as Lt. Benson
TV show · as Mike Ripetti / Trilbridge
TV show · as Frank Berry
66
as Marshal Cass Silver
66
as Bill Lonagan
65
TV show · as Captain William Kraig / Sheriff Amos Parney
74
as Reno Smith
66
as Nathan Stark
82
as Sandy Dawson
56
as Jim Brecan
as Abraham Lincoln
57
as Joe Hargrave
61
as Matt Kelly
as George Leslie
71
as Ben Vandergroat
52
as Brad Carlton
66
as Donald Whitley Carson III
68
as Earl Pfeiffer
62
as Dan Hammond
63
as Howard Wilton
69
as Jim Wilson
65
as Nick Scanlon
60
as Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin
62
as Jeff Clanton
60
as Seabright Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
62
as Nick
57
as Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson
60
as David McLean