Can We Talk 2

Robert Ryan

         I've seen a lot of Robert Ryan movies lately. I don't know why several different channels have been showing his films. In 1967 he was pretty grizzled as Ike Clanton in Hour of the Gun. He didn't look that young in The Naked Spur in 1953. He played a romantic lead opposite Shirley Booth, where he wasn't very romantic, but looked nicer. He was always sexy, even as his meanest, toughest role.

         Ryan stayed out of the tabloids. He wasn't a big glamour figure like a lot of stars. But he was very popular and starred in a lot of movie roles. He played a lot of heavies. Even as a cop, he could pretty hard and tough.