Eddie Ryder
Biography
Eddie Ryder was an American actor, writer and television director, born in New York City in 1923. His screen work began in 1953 with episodes of Space Patrol and Adventures of Superman, where he played a high school boy. He went on to guest roles on Make Room for Daddy, The Thin Man, Steve Canyon, The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Munsters and Bonanza, and co-starred as Eliot on The Dennis O'Keefe Show. His films included Kings Go Forth (1958) and The Big Mouth (1967), as well as Hot Rod Girl, Operation Mad Ball and Son of Flubber. Ryder directed episodes of Get Smart and The Bob Newhart Show and the 1979 comedy Up Yours, A Rockin' Comedy. He later appeared on The Dukes of Hazzard, Hill Street Blues and General Hospital, and in the 1986 comedy A Masterpiece of Murder with Bob Hope and Don Ameche. He died in 1997.
74years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died El Paso
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 25 years1954 to 1979
Every film, newest first
- 1979The Man in the Santa Claus SuitIMDb rating 6.5
- 1976Silent MovieIMDb rating 6.7
- 1967The Big MouthIMDb rating 5.5
- 1958Kings Go ForthIMDb rating 6.5
- 1954The Country GirlIMDb rating 7.2
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First role
Ryder's television career started when he was 29. He played a high school boy on the Adventures of Superman episode My Friend Superman, which aired December 26, 1953, with George Reeves, Jack Larson, and Noel Neill.
Getting ready for a role
Ryder appeared in a 1954 episode of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, playing an aspiring entertainer who did celebrity impressions, among them James Stewart and James Cagney.
Behind the camera
Ryder took the director's chair for a Get Smart episode in 1969. The episode he directed was titled "Greer Window".
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Worked with
Eddie Ryder shares two films with Harold Gould, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Harold Gould's page
Charlie Callas's page
Tony Curtis's page
Jerry Lewis's page
William Holden's page
Frank Sinatra's page
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George SeatonDirector, 1 film, 1954
All films by George Seaton
Delmer DavesDirector, 1 film, 1958
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Online
Official profiles and reference pages.