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
181960s
7 titles · average score 63
77
The Wild Bunch (1969)
as Deke Thornton
58
Anzio (1968)
as Gen. Carson
58
Custer of the West (1967)
as Mulligan
World War I: The Complete Story (1964)
TV show · as Narrator
65
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
TV show · as Thomas Bollington
60
The Canadians (1961)
as Inspector William Gannon
59
Ice Palace (1960)
as Thor Storm
1950s
6 titles · average score 66
70
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
as Blaise Starrett
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
TV show · as Mike Ripetti / Trilbridge
Goodyear Theatre (1957)
TV show · as Frank Berry
66
The Proud Ones (1956)
as Marshal Cass Silver
65
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV show · as Captain William Kraig / Sheriff Amos Parney
65
The Racket (1951)
as Nick Scanlon
1940s
5 titles · average score 63
64
The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
as Dr. Evans
57
Bombardier (1943)
as Joe Connors
Golden Gloves (1940)
as Pete Wells
67
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
as Intern (uncredited)
63
North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Constable Dumont