Sam J. Ryan — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1914) 🇺🇸

Sam J. Ryan is the genuine fun-maker of the Pathé studio, both because of his good-natured disposition and because he has followed that profession all his life.

As a talented comedian he stands in the front row of the Irish humorists of today.

Previous to his connection with the Pathé people Mr. Ryan was a member of the comedy team of Lewis & Ryan, the fact alone that George M. Cohan signed them for a six years’ engagement speaking for their popularity.

Mr. Ryan’s greatest achievement was in the role of John Fagen in that wonderful musical comedy, The Yankee Prince, which played to hundreds of thousands on Broadway and later toured the United States and abroad.

Though his forte is undoubtedly comedy, Mr. Ryan’s versatility in portrayal is seen in his playing the “heavy” as a political boss in the late dramatic release, “The Stain.”

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Collection: Motography Magazine, July 1914