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Robert Ryan Acting Filmography (88)

A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
2017·Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004·Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002·Sandy Dawson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997·Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991·Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986·Self (archive footage)
The Outfit
1973·Mailer
The Iceman Cometh
1973·Larry Slade
Executive Action
1973·Foster
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973·Pap Gutshall
The Man Without a Country
1973·Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan
The Moviemakers
1973·Self
And Hope to Die
1972·Charley
Lawman
1971·Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan
The Love Machine
1971·Gregory 'Greg' Austin
The Reason Why
1970·Roger
The Wild Bunch
1969·Deke Thornton
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
1969·Captain Nemo
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
1969·Self - Host
Anzio
1968·Gen. Carson
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968·New Mexico Gov. Lem Carter
The Dirty Dozen
1967·Col. Everett Dasher Breed
Hour of the Gun
1967·Ike Clanton
The Busy Body
1967·Charley Barker
Custer of the West
1967·Mulligan
The Professionals
1966·Ehrengard
Battle of the Bulge
1965·General Grey
The Crooked Road
1965·Richard Ashley
The Dirty Game
1965·General Bruce
The Inheritance
1964·Narrator (voice)
A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer
1964·Narrator (voice)
Billy Budd
1962·John Claggart, Master of Arms
The Longest Day
1962·Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
King of Kings
1961·John the Baptist
The Canadians
1961·Inspector William Gannon
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960·Harry Walters
Ice Palace
1960·Thor Storm
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959·Earle Slater
Day of the Outlaw
1959·Blaise Starrett
Lonelyhearts
1959·William Shrike
The Great Gatsby
1958·Jay Gatsby
God's Little Acre
1958·Ty Ty Walden
Men in War
1957·Lt. Benson
Back from Eternity
1956·Bill Lonagan
The Proud Ones
1956·Marshal Cass Silver
The House Without a Name
1956
House of Bamboo
1955·Sandy Dawson
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955·Reno Smith
The Tall Men
1955·Nathan Stark
Escape to Burma
1955·Jim Brecan
About Mrs. Leslie
1954·George Leslie
Alaska Seas
1954·Matt Kelly
Her Twelve Men
1954·Joe Hargrave
The Naked Spur
1953·Ben Vandergroat
Inferno
1953·Donald Whitley Carson III
City Beneath the Sea
1953·Brad Carlton
Clash by Night
1952·Earl Pfeiffer
Horizons West
1952·Dan Hammond
Beware, My Lovely
1952·Howard Wilton
On Dangerous Ground
1951·Jim Wilson
The Racket
1951·Nick Scanlon
Flying Leathernecks
1951·Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin
Best of the Badmen
1951·Jeff Clanton
Hard, Fast and Beautiful!
1951·Seabright Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
The Woman on Pier 13
1950·Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson
Born to Be Bad
1950·Nick
The Secret Fury
1950·David McLean
Act of Violence
1949·Joe Parkson
Caught
1949·Smith Ohlrig
The Set-Up
1949·Stoker
Berlin Express
1948·Robert Lindley
The Boy with Green Hair
1948·Dr. Evans
Return of the Bad Men
1948·Sundance Kid
Crossfire
1947·Montgomery
The Woman on the Beach
1947·Scott Burnett
Trail Street
1947·Allen Harper
Tender Comrade
1944·Chris Jones
Marine Raiders
1944·Capt. Dan Craig
The Iron Major
1943·Father Timothy 'Tim' Donovan
The Sky's the Limit
1943·Reginald Fenton
Bombardier
1943·Joe Connors
Gangway for Tomorrow
1943·Joe Dunham
Behind the Rising Sun
1943·Lefty O'Doyle
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940·Eddie (uncredited)
Golden Gloves
1940·Pete Wells
The Ghost Breakers
1940·Intern (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
1940·Constable Dumont
Queen of the Mob
1940·Jim