John P. Ryan
Acting
Character actor John P. Ryan was born on July 30, 1936 in New York City. The son of Irish immigrant parents, Ryan graduated from Rice High School and studied English at the City College of New York, where he first developed an interest in acting. He served six years in the US Army and worked as a welfare investigator prior to pursuing an acting career. John made his film debut in the 1967 comedy "The Tiger Makes Out." He appeared in five pictures for Jack Nicholson; he's especially memorable as male nurse Spicer in "Five Easy Pieces." Manic, pale-eyed and craggy-faced, with an often intense…
Filmography
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The Pixar Story
2007
Bound
1996
Bad Blood
1994
The Patriots
1994
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
Young Goodman Brown
1993
Hoffa
1992
White Sands
1992
Star Time
1992
Blood River
1991
Eternity
1990
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
1990
Class of 1999
1990
Best of the Best
1989
Paramedics
1988
City of Shadows
1987
Rent-a-Cop
1987
Fatal Beauty
1987
Three O'Clock High
1987
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987
Houston: The Legend of Texas
1986
Avenging Force
1986
Runaway Train
1985
Hollywood Beat
1985
The Cotton Club
1984
Miami Vice
1984
The Right Stuff
1983
Shooting Stars
1983
Breathless
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Escape Artist
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
American Playhouse
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
1980
Paris
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Kaz
1978
It Lives Again
1978
Kill Me If You Can
1977
A Killing Affair
1977
Futureworld
1976
The Missouri Breaks
1976
Death Scream
1975
Matt Helm
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Archer
1975
Target Risk
1975
Police Woman
1974
The Rockford Files
1974
It's Alive
1974
Kojak
1973
Cops and Robbers
1973
Dillinger
1973
Shamus
1973
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
M*A*S*H
1972
The Legend of Nigger Charley
1972
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971
Five Easy Pieces
1970
Hawaii Five-O
1968
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
A Hatful of Rain
1968
The F.B.I.
1965