His television roles included bit parts in Bewitched, Emergency!, Mission: Impossible, Night Court, Murder, She Wrote and Desperate Housewives.
His film appearances include Coma (1978), The Promise (1979), Star 80 (1983), and Fast Forward (1985).
[1][2] Ryan also worked as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and KTLA Morning News.
[2] The Paul Ryan Show (1977-1992) was an interview program in which Ryan interviewed a variety of guests from media, entertainment, and the arts, including Robin Williams and Gore Vidal.
[3] Ryan died at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California of leukemia in 2015, aged 69.