John P. Ryan
John Patrick Ryan was an American actor, best known for his role as Warden Ranken in the 1985 film Runaway Train.Biography
The son of Irish immigrant parents, Ryan graduated from Rice High School and studied English at the City College of New York. He was a lifetime member of The Actors Studio.
Ryan died from a stroke in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 70. He was survived by two daughters.Filmography
Features
- The Tiger Makes Out as Toni's Escort
- A Lovely Way to Die as Harry Samson
- What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Roger
- Five Easy Pieces as Spicer
- Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me as Oeuf
- The King of Marvin Gardens as Surtees
- The Legend of N*gger Charley as Houston
- Shamus as Hardcore
- Dillinger as Charles Mackley
- Cops and Robbers as Patsy O'Neill
- It's Alive as Frank Davis
- The Missouri Breaks as Si
- Futureworld as Dr. Schneider
- It Lives Again as Frank Davis
- On the Nickel
- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark as Coslough
- The Postman Always Rings Twice as Kennedy
- The Escape Artist as Vernon
- Breathless as Lt. Parmental
- The Right Stuff as Head of Program
- The Cotton Club as Joe Flynn
- Runaway Train as Warden Ranken
- Avenging Force as Prof. Elliott Glastenbury
- Three O'Clock High as Mr. O'Rourke
- Fatal Beauty as Lt. Kellerman
- ' as Nathan White
- Rent-a-Cop as Wieser
- City of Shadows as Sergeant Fireman
- Best of the Best as Jennings
- ' as General Taylor
- Class of 1999 as Mr. Hardin
- Eternity as Thomas Vandervere / Prosecutor
- Final Stage
- White Sands as Arms Dealer
- Hoffa as Red Bennett
- Star Time as Sam Bones
- as Buzz Bronski
- Young Goodman Brown as The Devil
- Les patriotes as Arthur
- Bad Blood as John Blackstone
- Tall Tale as Grub
- Bound as Micky Malnato
Television
- Kojak as Peter Ibbotson
- Death Scream as Detective Dave Lambert
- The Rockford Files as Dearborn
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Kurt Belzack
- M*A*S*H as Major Van Zandt
- Miss Lonelyhearts as Peter Doyle
- Simon & Simon as Stewart Crawford
- Cagney & Lacey as Philip Corrigan
- Miami Vice as Jake Manning
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Sheriff Bob Cavendish
