{{Short description|American actor (1905–1984)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Edmon Ryan | image = Edmon Ryan 1940s.jpg | image_size = | caption = Ryan in the 1940s | birth_name = Edmon Ryan Mossbarger | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|06|05|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Cecilia, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1984|08|04|1905|06|05}} | death_place = St. Matthews, Kentucky, U.S. | resting_place = Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1936&ndash;1970 | spouse = Eleanore Dakin<br/>{{marriage|Anne Sargent|1949|1967|reason=divorced}} | children = 1 }}

'''Edmon Ryan''' (born '''Edmon Ryan Mossbarger''';<ref name="cj" /> June 5, 1905 &ndash; August 4, 1984) was an American theater, film, and television actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edmon-ryan-58733|title=Edmon Ryan – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ad8654|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628002422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ad8654|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2018|title=Edmon Ryan|publisher=}}</ref>

==Early years== A native of Cecilia, Kentucky, he was the son of Isham Edward Mossbarger and Pearl Shelton Mossbarger,<ref name=":0" /> and he had a brother.<ref name="cj" /> He graduated from Yale University's School of Drama.<ref name=":1" />

== Career == Ryan often portrayed hard-nosed characters.<ref name="cj" /> His Broadway debut came in ''Post Road''. He also performed in ''Command Decision'', ''Dream Girl'', and ''The Male Animal''<ref name="t">{{cite news |last1=Calta |first1=Louis |title='Half a Kingdom' Finds a Producer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/07/24/archives/half-a-kingdom-finds-a-producer-edmon-ryan-will-present-miss-ferros.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=May 28, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=July 24, 1957 |page=28|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and acted on stage in California and Europe.<ref name="cj" />

Ryan acted on radio,<ref name=":1" /> film and television, including one year on ''Search for Tomorrow.''<ref name="cj" />

Ryan produced four plays abroad, and in 1957 he took an option on ''Half a Kingdom'' with plans to produce it.<ref name="t" />

== Personal life and death == Ryan married Eleanore Dakin on August 3, 1929, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dakin-Mossbarger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-edmon-ryan/148286672/ |access-date=May 29, 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=August 18, 1929 |location=Wisconsin, Madison |page=13|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> He married actress Anne Sargent on December 13, 1949, in New York.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=Anne Sargent, Edmon Ryan Marry in New York Ceremony |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-marriage-of-sargent-ryan/148285778/ |access-date=May 29, 2024 |work=The Tribune |date=December 21, 1949 |location=Pennsylvania, Scranton |page=11|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> They had one child,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hilary Ryan Is Fiancee Of Adam Gregory Norton |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/23/archives/hilary-ryan-is-fiancee-of-adam-gregory-norton.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=May 28, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=December 23, 1979 |page=37|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":0">''Drama'', Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1950, pg. A7.</ref> and they were divorced.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swem |first1=Gregg |title=Hilary Ryan marvels at facilities of Louisville arts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-hilary-ryan/148285095/ |access-date=May 29, 2024 |work=Kentucky, Louisville |date=September 26, 1982 |location=Kentucky, Louisville |page=H 1|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> He died on August 4, 1984, in Baptist Hospital East in St. Matthews, Kentucky.<ref name="cj">{{cite news |title=Edmon Ryan Mossbarger, ex-character actor, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-obituary-for-edmon-r/148264723/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |work=The Courier-Journal |date=August 6, 1984 |location=Kentucky, Louisville |page=7|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Will Hay |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/77744 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114123008/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/77744 |archive-date=14 January 2009 |accessdate=29 July 2017 |publisher=}}</ref> He is interred in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Crime Over London'' (1936) – Spider * ''Strangers on Honeymoon'' (1936) * ''Gangway'' (1937) – Red Mike * ''Non-Stop New York'' (1937) – American Prosecutor (uncredited) * ''Smash and Grab'' (1937) – Barman (uncredited) * ''Oh Boy!'' (1938) – Butch * ''Hey! Hey! USA'' (1938) – Ace Marco * ''Murder in Soho'' (1939) – Spike * ''The Nursemaid Who Disappeared'' (1939) – Paul Renseler (uncredited) * ''The Dark Eyes of London'' (1939) – Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly * ''Battleground'' (1949) – Major (uncredited) * ''Side Street'' (1949) – Victor Backett * ''Mystery Street'' (1950) – James Joshua Harkley * ''The Breaking Point'' (1950) – Rogers * ''Three Secrets'' (1950) – Hardin * ''Undercover Girl'' (1950) – Doc Holmes * ''Highway 301'' (1950) – Detective Sergeant Truscott / Narrator * ''The Du Pont Story'' (1950) – Lammot du Pont, the elder * ''Storm Warning'' (1951) – Trailer's Hooded Narrator (uncredited) * ''Sugarfoot'' (1951) – Opening Off Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited) * ''The Guy Who Came Back'' (1951) – Joe Demarcus * ''Go Man Go'' (1954) – Zack Leader * ''Knights of the Queen'' (1954) * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1956) (Season 2 Episode 14: "John Brown's Body") - Dr. Croatman * ''Le avventure dei tre moschettieri'' (1957) * ''La spada imbattibile'' (1957) * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1958) (Season 3 Episode 31: "The Festive Season") - Attorney John * ''Le imprese di una spada leggendaria'' (1958) * ''Good Day for a Hanging'' (1959) – William P. Selby, Attorney * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 31: "I Can Take Care of Myself") - "Detective" Jack Simpson * ''Two for the Seesaw'' (1962) – Frank Taubman * ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' (1964) (Season 2 Episode 31: "Isabel") - Lieutenant John Huntley * ''A Global Affair'' (1964) – Gavin * ''A House Is Not a Home'' (1964) – Sam * ''The Americanization of Emily'' (1964) – Admiral Hoyle * ''The Playground'' (1965) – Jason Porter * ''Banning'' (1967) – Stuart Warren * ''Topaz'' (1969) – McKittreck * ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970) – Rear Admiral Patrick NL Bellinger (final film role)

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0002269}} *{{IBDB name|58733}}

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