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Frank Ryan(1907-1948)

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  • Director
  • Additional Crew
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Frank Ryan was born on 18 October 1907 in Urbana, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Can't Help Singing (1944), Patrick the Great (1944) and Call Out the Marines (1942). He died on 1 January 1948 in Otterville, Missouri, USA.
BornOctober 18, 1907
DiedJanuary 1, 1948(40)
BornOctober 18, 1907
DiedJanuary 1, 1948(40)
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Known for

Deanna Durbin, Leonid Kinskey, Robert Paige, and Akim Tamiroff in Can't Help Singing (1944)
Can't Help Singing
6.2
  • Writer
  • 1944
Donald Cook, Frances Dee, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Andrew Tombes in Patrick the Great (1944)
Patrick the Great
6.8
  • Director
  • 1944
Binnie Barnes, Edmund Lowe, and Victor McLaglen in Call Out the Marines (1942)
Call Out the Marines
5.0
  • Writer
  • 1942
Don Ameche and Myrna Loy in So Goes My Love (1946)
So Goes My Love
6.6
  • Director
  • 1946

Credits

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Writer

  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
    Lux Video Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • 1955
  • Deanna Durbin, Leonid Kinskey, Robert Paige, and Akim Tamiroff in Can't Help Singing (1944)
    Can't Help Singing
    6.2
    • screenplay by
    • 1944
  • Deanna Durbin and Edmond O'Brien in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
    The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
    6.4
    • screen play
    • 1943
  • Richard Barthelmess, Freddy Martin, Joan Merrill, George Murphy, and Anne Shirley in The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
    The Mayor of 44th Street
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • 1942
  • Ellen Drew and Kay Kyser in My Favorite Spy (1942)
    My Favorite Spy
    5.6
    • contributor to dialogue
    • special sequence (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Joan Carroll, Edmond O'Brien, and Ruth Warrick in Obliging Young Lady (1942)
    Obliging Young Lady
    5.7
    • screen play
    • 1942
  • Binnie Barnes, Edmund Lowe, and Victor McLaglen in Call Out the Marines (1942)
    Call Out the Marines
    5.0
    • original screen play
    • 1942
  • Lucille Ball, George Murphy, and Edmond O'Brien in A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
    A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
    6.5
    • screen play
    • 1941
  • James Stewart and Carole Lombard in Made for Each Other (1939)
    Made for Each Other
    6.2
    • contributor: humorous situations (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon in The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
    The Cowboy and the Lady
    6.5
    • contributing writer (uncredited)
    • 1938

Director

  • John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993)
    John & Leeza from Hollywood
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Don Ameche and Myrna Loy in So Goes My Love (1946)
    So Goes My Love
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Deanna Durbin, Leonid Kinskey, Robert Paige, and Akim Tamiroff in Can't Help Singing (1944)
    Can't Help Singing
    6.2
    • Director (directed by)
    • 1944
  • Donald Cook, Frances Dee, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Andrew Tombes in Patrick the Great (1944)
    Patrick the Great
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Joseph Cotten, Deanna Durbin, Gus Schilling, and Charles Winninger in Hers to Hold (1943)
    Hers to Hold
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Binnie Barnes, Edmund Lowe, and Victor McLaglen in Call Out the Marines (1942)
    Call Out the Marines
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1942

Additional Crew

  • A Night to Remember (1942)
    A Night to Remember
    6.6
    • dialogue director
    • 1942

Personal details

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  • Born
    • October 18, 1907
    • Urbana, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • January 1, 1948
    • Otterville, Missouri, USA(train crash)
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    • 1 Article

Did you know

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    He and his family were returning to Los Angeles on the Missouri Pacific "Missourian" passenger train after spending their 1947 Christmas holiday visiting family in Richmond, IN, when a second train crashed into the rear Pullman car, killing all the passengers in that car.

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