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Tommy Ryan(1923-2003)

  • Actor
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Tommy Ryan in Orphans of the Street (1938)
Tommy Ryan was born on 18 March 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Ball of Fire (1941), Orphans of the Street (1938) and Should Husbands Work? (1939). He died on 25 March 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornMarch 18, 1923
DiedMarch 25, 2003(80)
BornMarch 18, 1923
DiedMarch 25, 2003(80)
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Known for

Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire (1941)
Ball of Fire
7.7
  • Newsboy
  • 1941
Harry Davenport, James Burke, Robert Livingston, Tommy Ryan, June Storey, and Ace the Wonder Dog in Orphans of the Street (1938)
Orphans of the Street
6.4
  • Tommy Ryan
  • 1938
Harry Davenport, James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Tommy Ryan, and Lynne Roberts in Should Husbands Work? (1939)
Should Husbands Work?
7.6
  • Tommy Higgins
  • 1939
James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, and Russell Gleason in Earl of Puddlestone (1940)
Earl of Puddlestone
7.3
  • Tommy Higgins
  • 1940

Credits

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  • Top Banana (1954)
    Top Banana
    5.5
    • Singer (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Eddie Albert, Joan Edwards, Bill Goodwin, Gil Lamb, and Constance Moore in Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
    Hit Parade of 1947
    6.6
    • Pageboy (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Jane Frazee in Calendar Girl (1947)
    Calendar Girl
    5.8
    • Kid (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Roy Barcroft, Ed Cassidy, Peggy Stewart, and George Turner in Son of Zorro (1947)
    Son of Zorro
    6.2
    • Messenger (Ch. 12) (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • James Dunn and Mona Freeman in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    That Brennan Girl
    6.4
    • Olivette's Boyfriend (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Warren Douglas and Lynne Roberts in The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
    The Magnificent Rogue
    5.7
    • Delivery Boy (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lizabeth Scott in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
    7.4
    • (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Glenn Ford, Pat O'Brien, and Evelyn Keyes in Flight Lieutenant (1942)
    Flight Lieutenant
    5.8
    • Horace (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire (1941)
    Ball of Fire
    7.7
    • Newsboy
    • 1941
  • James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, and Russell Gleason in Earl of Puddlestone (1940)
    Earl of Puddlestone
    7.3
    • Tommy Higgins
    • 1940
  • James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, and Russell Gleason in Grandpa Goes to Town (1940)
    Grandpa Goes to Town
    7.2
    • Tommy Higgins
    • 1940
  • Harry Davenport, James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, and Russell Gleason in Money to Burn (1939)
    Money to Burn
    • Tommy Higgins
    • 1939
  • Harry Davenport, Hobart Cavanaugh, Spencer Charters, James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Mary Beth Hughes, Tommy Ryan, and Maurice Murphy in The Covered Trailer (1939)
    The Covered Trailer
    5.7
    • Tommy Higgins
    • 1939
  • Harry Davenport, James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Tommy Ryan, and Lynne Roberts in Should Husbands Work? (1939)
    Should Husbands Work?
    7.6
    • Tommy Higgins
    • 1939
  • Ralph Byrd, Bruce Cabot, Tommy Ryan, and June Storey in Mickey the Kid (1939)
    Mickey the Kid
    6.2
    • Mickey Larch
    • Mickey Adams
    • 1939

Soundtrack



  • Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Tom London, Bud Osborne, and Champion in Prairie Moon (1938)
    Prairie Moon
    6.5
    • performer: "There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)" (1823) (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Dix Davis, Tim Davis, Paul Hilton, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Raymond Rayhill Powell, Norman Salling, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Rhoda Williams, and Dorothy Heinrichs in Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937)
    Our Gang Follies of 1938
    7.1
    Short
    • performer: "There's No Two Ways About It (You're the One for Me)"
    • 1937

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Philip MacMahon
  • Born
    • March 18, 1923
    • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • March 25, 2003
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from diabetes)

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