Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan (1909 - 1973)
==Film Deaths==
*Tender Comrade (1943) [Chris Jones]: Killed in combat (off-screen); we learn of his death when Ginger Rogers receives a telegram informing her.
*Crossfire (1947) [Montgomery]: Shot to death by Robert Young while trying to escape.
*Return Of The Badmen (1948) [The Sundance Kid]: Killed by Randolph Scott as they tussle for a gun in a static camera shot and go below its view. A shot is heard and Scott stands up with the gun (Thanks to Brian)
*The Woman on Pier 13 (I Married a Communist) (1949) [Brad Collins a.k.a. Frank Johnson]: Shot in the stomach in a shoot-out with Thomas Gomez in a warehouse; he dies in Laraine Day's arms shortly afterwards.
*The Racket (1951) [Nick Scanlon]: Shot to death by William Conrad when Robert tries to escape.
*Horizons West (1952) [Dan Hammond]: Shot dead in the climactic shootout by Walter Reed. (Thanks to Brian)
*The Naked Spur (1953) [Ben Vandergroat]: Shot to death by Ralph Meeker just as Robert is about to kill James Stewart (just after James throws his spear into Robert's face); his body then falls over the cliff and into the river. Ralph later retrieves Robert's body and James brings it back into town. (Thanks to Stephen)
*About Mrs. Leslie (1954) [George Leslie Hendersoll]: Killed in combat (off-screen); we learn of his death when Shirley Booth reads the news.
*Alaska Seas (1954) [Matt Kelly]: Shot in the side and then stabbed by Gene Barry. (If he wasn't yet dead, he would definitely be finished off when the boat collided with an avalanche).
*Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) [Reno Smith]: Burned to death when Spencer Tracy throws a Molotov cocktail at him.
*House of Bamboo (1955) [Sandy Dawson]: Shot in the chest in a shoot-out with Robert Stack.
*Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) [Earle Slater]: Killed in an explosion, along with Harry Belafonte, in a shoot-out at an oil refinery. Their bodies are shown afterwards (covered by sheets) lying on the ground as the police clear up the scene.
*King of Kings (1961) [John the Baptist]: Decapitated (off-screen) by Frank Thring's soldiers, acting on Brigid Bazlen's request.
*Billy Budd (1962) [John Claggart, Master-at-Arms]: Killed with a single blow to the face by Terence Stamp.
*Hour of the Gun (1967) [Ike Clanton]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with James Garner. (Historically inaccurate because the real Ike Clanton was gunned down by detective Jonas V. Brighton in 1887 and not Wyatt Earp) (Thanks to Stephen)
*Custer of the West (1967) [Sgt. Mulligan]: Executed by firing squad for desertion.
*And Hope to Die (La course du lievre a travers les champs) (1971) [Charley Ellis] Already mortally wounded due to being shot in the stomach, he is shot to death off-screen after having a stand-off with the police.  The film ends before his fate is shown, but the building he is in, is being constantly barraged with bullets. 
*The Outfit (1973) [Mailer]: Shot to death by Joe Don Baker and Robert Duvall. (Thanks to Tony)
== TV Deaths ==
* Zane Grey Theatre: Interrogation (1959) [Captain William Kraig]: Locked up in a wooden cage, he is stabbed in the back by fellow prisoner Harry Townes with a sharp sliver of wood Robert had managed to peel off the wall. (Thanks to Brian)
==Notable Connections==
*Mrs. Jessica Cadwalader (widowed)
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