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John P. Ryan

During his 40-year Hollywood career character actor John Patrick Ryan was best remembered for his role as Warden Ranken in the 1985 film Runaway Train. On the set of Delta Force 2 in 1989, Ryan was seriously hurt in a helicopter crash that killed five and injured two others.

Aliases
  • John Ryan
  • John T. Ryan
English
Filmography
  • Born In New York City, New York, USA
  • Born July 30, 1936
  • Died March 20, 2007
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  • Created April 5, 2019 by
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  • Modified May 1, 2023 by
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

1993
as Buzz Bronski (voice)

Bound

1996
as Mickey Malnato

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972
as Surtees

Star Time

1992
as Sam Bones

Avenging Force

1986
as Prof. Elliott Glastenbury

Best of the Best

1989
as Jennings

Rent-a-Cop

1987
as Wieser

The Missouri Breaks

1976
as Si

Class of 1999

1990
as Mr. Hardin

It's Alive

1974
as Frank Davis

Death Scream

1975
as Detective Dave Lambert

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

1987
as Nathan White

Five Easy Pieces

1970
as Spicer

The Right Stuff

1984
as Head of Program

Young Goodman Brown

1993
as The Devil

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981
as Kennedy

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

1990
as Gen. Taylor

The Cotton Club

1984
as Joe Flynn

The Escape Artist

1982
as Vernon

It Lives Again

1978
as Frank Davis

Houston: The Legend of Texas

1986
as David Burnett

Cops and Robbers

1973
as Patsy O'Neill

Archer

1975
as Lieutenant Barney Brighton

Dillinger

1973
as Charles Mackley

Shamus

1973
as Col. Craig C. Hardcore

Blood River

1991
as Henry Logan

Hoffa

1992
as Red Bennett

Kill Me If You Can

1977
as Johnson

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

1980
as Coslough

Fatal Beauty

1987
as Lt. Kellerman

Runaway Train

1985
as Ranken

Futureworld

1976
as Dr. Schneider

Paramedics

1988
as Captain Prescott

Bad Blood

1994
as John Blackstone

Three O'Clock High

1987
as Mr. O'Rourke

Breathless

1983
as Parmental

Guest Star

Episode Starsky & Hutch
Birds of a Feather 		1979
Episode Hollywood Beat
Fast Hustle 		1985
Episode Miami Vice
The Cell Within 		1989
Episode Cagney & Lacey
Organized Crime 		1985
Episode The Rockford Files
Dirty Money, Black Light 		1977
Episode The Rockford Files
Dirty Money, Black Light 		1977
Episode The F.B.I.
Breakthrough 		1968
Episode M*A*S*H
That Darn Kid 		1982
Episode The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Showdown 		1993
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Good Help Is Hard To Find 		1979
Episode Starsky & Hutch
I Love You, Rosey Malone 		1977
Episode Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Twiki is Missing 		1980
Episode Matt Houston
The Nightmare Man 		1985
Episode Police Woman
Sidewinder 		1975