Timothy Thomas Ryan (July 5, 1899 – October 22, 1956) was an American performer and film actor.
[citation needed] He teamed with wife Irene Ryan, who later played Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies, as "Tim and Irene,"[1] an act who performed on Broadway, in films and on radio.
[2] They appeared in short films for Educational Pictures in the mid-1930s based on their vaudeville act.
In the 1940s, Ryan acted in films and wrote screenplays at Monogram Pictures.
He appeared in film roles as policemen, newspaper editors and detectives.