John P. Ryan in Avenging Force
John P. Ryan (1936 - 2007)
Film Deaths[]
- The Legend of Black Charley (1972) [Houston]: Head bashed in against the wood of the cabin during a fight with Fred Williamson.
- Dillinger (1973) [Charles Makley]: Blasted in the stomach by a shotgun shot from a Bank Guard. He dies later off-camera from his wounds. (for accuracy, Makley was killed while trying to escape prison and it was after Dillinger's death).
- Shamus (1973) [Colonel Hardcore] Shot in the back of the head while talking to Burt Reynolds.
- The Missouri Breaks (1976) [Si]: Shot in the side with a rifle by Marlon Brando.
- The Cotton Club (1984) [Joe Flynn] Stabbed to death by James Remar after John makes fun of James at a party.
- Runaway Train (1985) [Warden Ranken]: Killed (off-screen) along with Jon Voight in a train crash after Jon disconnects the engine from the rest of the train in order to save Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay. The movie ends before the actual crash; we only see him trap inside the engine as it heads towards its destruction, but the implication of his fate is obvious.
- Avenging Force (1986) [Professor Elliott Glastenbury]: Impaled on a sculpture during a fight with Michael Dudikoff.
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) [Fake Nathan White]: Killed in an explosion when Charles Bronson shoots him with a grenade launcher, after John had machine-gunned Kay Lenz.
- Class of 1999 (1990) [Mr. Hardin]: Playing an android, he is destroyed when Bradley Gregg shoots him in the mouth.
- Mask of the Phantasm (1993) [Mr. Bronski]: Crushed by Dana Delany when she pushes a statue on top of him after he falls into an open grave.
Television Deaths[]
- The F.B.I.: The Swindler (1969) [William Quine]: Accidently falls to his death when he jumped across his motel roof to another building and slipped while hanging onto the edge while being chased by the FBI.
- Miami Vice: The Cell Within (1989) [Jake Manning]: Shot to death by Edward James Olmos, Michael Talbot and Philip Michael Thomas as a suicide-by-cop. He dies while talking to Philip Michael Thomas.
- Blood River (1991 TV movie) [Loglen]: Falls to his death from a bell tower, after being shot by a revengeful Rick Schroder.
Gallery[]
John P. Ryan (below) in Dillinger
John P. Ryan’s death in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
John P. Ryan’s animated character moments before death in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm