Edmon Ryan Mossbarger (June 5, 1905 — August 4, 1984), known professionally as Edmon Ryan, was an American theater, film, and television actor.
A native of
Cecilia
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Kentucky
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, he was the son of Isham Edward Mossbarger (1864–1936) and Pearl Shelton Mossbarger (1882–1976), He died in
Louisville
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Selected filmography
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Crime Over London
''Crime Over London'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Margot Grahame, Paul Cavanagh and David Burns. It was made at Isleworth Studios,Wood p.89 based on the novel ''House of a Thousand Windows'' by Ludwig v ...
'' (1936) – Spider
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Strangers on Honeymoon
''Strangers on Honeymoon'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Constance Cummings, Hugh Sinclair and Noah Beery, based on the 1926 novel '' The Northing Tramp'' by Edgar Wallace. Much of the film takes place ...
'' (1936)
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Gangway
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Passageways
* Gangway (nautical), a passage between the quarterdeck and the forecastle of a ship, and by extension, a passage th ...
'' (1937) – Red Mike
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Non-Stop New York
''Non-Stop New York'' (also known as ''Lisbon Clipper Mystery'') is a 1937 British science fiction crime film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring John Loder, Anna Lee and Francis L. Sullivan. It is based on the 1936 novel ''Sky Stewar ...
'' (1937) – American Prosecutor (uncredited)
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Smash and Grab
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'' (1937) – Barman (uncredited)
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Oh Boy!'' (1938) – Butch
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Hey! Hey! USA'' (1938) – Ace Marco
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Murder in Soho
''Murder in Soho'' is a 1939 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Jack La Rue, Sandra Storme, Googie Withers and Bernard Lee. It concerns a murder in the Central London district of Soho. It was released in the U.S. as ''Murder ...
'' (1939) – Spike
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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
''The Nursemaid Who Disappeared'' is a 1939 British, black-and-white, crime film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ronald Shiner as Detective Smith (uncredited), Ian Fleming, Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke and Edward Chapman. Based on ...
'' (1939) – Paul Renseler (uncredited)
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The Dark Eyes of London'' (1939) – Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly
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Battleground'' (1949) – Major (uncredited)
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'' (1949) – Victor Backett
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Mystery Street
''Mystery Street'' is a 1950 black-and-white film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, and Marshall Thompson. Produced by MGM, it was directed by John Sturges with cinematography by John Alton.
The f ...
'' (1950) – James Joshua Harkley
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The Breaking Point'' (1950) – Rogers
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Three Secrets
''Three Secrets'' is a 1950 American drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal and Ruth Roman. It was released by Warner Bros.
Plot
A private plane crashes in the California mountains and a 5-year-old boy survi ...
'' (1950) – Hardin
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Undercover Girl
''Undercover Girl'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alexis Smith and Scott Brady. This was the second movie for Joseph Pevney as a director.
Plot
A young woman joins the police, and tries to track ...
'' (1950) – Doc Holmes
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Highway 301'' (1950) – Detective Sgt. Truscott / Narrator
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The Du Pont Story
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Plot
Cast
* Eduard Franz as Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
* Marcel Journet ...
'' (1950) – Lammot du Pont – the elder
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Storm Warning
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'' (1951) – Trailer's Hooded Narrator (uncredited)
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Sugarfoot
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'' (1951) – Opening Off Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited)
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The Guy Who Came Back
''The Guy Who Came Back'' is a 1951 film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Joseph M. Newman, and starring Paul Douglas, Joan Bennett, and Linda Darnell. The screenplay was written by Allan Scott, based on story by William Fay.
Plot
Injur ...
'' (1951) – Joe Demarcus
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Go Man Go
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'' (1954) – Zack Leader
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Knights of the Queen
''Knights of the Queen'' (Italian:''I cavalieri della regina'') is a 1954 Italian-American swashbuckler based on ''The Three Musketeers'' starring Sebastian Cabot. It was shot in Europe.
It later led to a TV series, ''The Queen's Musketeers'' or ...
'' (1954)
* ''Le avventure dei tre moschettieri'' (1957)
* ''La spada imbattibile'' (1957)
* ''Le imprese di una spada leggendaria'' (1958)
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Good Day for a Hanging
''Good Day for a Hanging'' is a 1959 American B Western film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Fred MacMurray and Margaret Hayes.
Plot
Eddie Campbell (Robert Vaughn) and two other members of an outlaw band watch a stagecoach as it t ...
'' (1959) – William P. Selby, Attorney
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Two for the Seesaw
''Two for the Seesaw'' is a 1962 American romantic-drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine. It was adapted from the 1958 Broadway play written by William Gibson with Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft (who ...
'' (1962) – Frank Taubman
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A Global Affair'' (1964) – Gavin
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A House Is Not a Home'' (1964) – Sam
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The Americanization of Emily
''The Americanization of Emily'' is a 1964 British-American black-and-white romantic black comedy war film written by Paddy Chayefsky, produced by Martin Ransohoff, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Dougl ...
'' (1964) – Adm. Hoyle
* ''The Playground'' (1965) – Jason Porter
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Banning'' (1967) – Stuart Warren
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Topaz
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'' (1969) – Mckittreck
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' ( ja, トラ・トラ・トラ！) is a 1970 epic film, epic war film that dramatizes the Empire of Japan, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was produced by Elmo Williams and directed by Richard Fleischer, T ...
'' (1970) – Rear Admiral Patrick NL Bellinger (final film role)
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1905 births
1984 deaths
American male stage actors
American male film actors
20th-century American male actors
People from Hardin County, Kentucky
Male actors from Kentucky
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