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Acting
Dick Ryan
Born August 25, 1896 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died August 12, 1969 · aged 72
No biography available.
Known For
Strangers on a Train · 1951Strangers on a Train
★ 7.71951
MovieCrimeThriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
Around the World in 80 Days · 1956Around the World in 80 Days
★ 6.71956
MovieAdventureComedy
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
A Star Is Born · 1954A Star Is Born
★ 7.11954
MovieDramaMusic
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
The Glenn Miller Story · 1954The Glenn Miller Story
★ 7.01954
MovieDramaMusic
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
Advise & Consent · 1962Advise & Consent
★ 7.21962
MovieDrama
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
Call Northside 777 · 1948Call Northside 777
★ 6.71948
MovieCrimeDrama
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
The Lonely Man · 1957The Lonely Man
★ 6.11957
MovieWestern
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...
The Last Hurrah · 1958The Last Hurrah
★ 7.21958
MovieDrama
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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A Star Is Born · 1954A Star Is Born
★ 7.11954
MovieDramaMusic
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Nightclub Man (uncredited)
The Glenn Miller Story · 1954The Glenn Miller Story
★ 7.01954
MovieDramaMusic
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
Auto Garage Repairman (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps · 1951The Company She Keeps
★ 6.21951
MovieDrama
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
Waiter (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story · 1957The Buster Keaton Story
★ 5.21957
MovieComedyDrama
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
Susan's Father (uncredited)
Easy Living · 1949Easy Living
★ 5.71949
MovieDrama
A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
Danny, Bartender (uncredited)
The Las Vegas Story · 1952The Las Vegas Story
★ 6.01952
MovieDramaCrime
When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.
Henry, the Bartender (uncredited)
Crack-Up · 1946Crack-Up
★ 5.81946
MovieThrillerMystery
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Reynold's Butler (Uncredited)
Summer and Smoke · 1961Summer and Smoke
★ 6.61961
MovieDramaRomance
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
Dr. Hodges (uncredited)
Black Tuesday · 1954Black Tuesday
★ 6.21954
MovieCrimeThriller
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
Electrician Checking Electric Chair (uncredited)



















