Rusty Ryan was the stage name of Robert Brian Timbrell (December 28, 1947 – July 28, 2003), a Canadian actor and drag queen.
[1] He was a founding member of The Great Impostors, a long-running drag troupe in Toronto, Ontario, whose members included Ryan, Tammy Autumn, Michelle DuBarry, Danny Love, Jackie Loren, Terri Stevens, Christian Jefferies and Dale Barnett at different times.
[1] With the Great Impostors, Ryan toured extensively across Canada, giving many smaller communities their first exposure to drag and LGBT culture;[1] in the 1980s, he accompanied Frankie Goes to Hollywood on their North American tour.
[1] In 1992, he wrote and performed a one-man play, Driving to Tatamagouche, at the Toronto Fringe Festival.
[5] Following his death, writer Jeffrey Round prepared and released a documentary film, Driving with Rusty.