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Paul Bryar

Biography

Paul Bryar was an American actor. Born in Manhattan in 1910, he worked in film and television for close to fifty years. His screen career began with a part in the Harold Lloyd comedy Professor Beware, and he went on to appear in roughly 220 films between 1938 and 1983, usually in small roles. B-movies of the 1940s and 1950s such as Jungle Siren and The Bob Mathias Story gave him more substantial supporting parts. He worked three times for Alfred Hitchcock: Notorious (1946), The Wrong Man (1956), and Vertigo (1958), in which he played a police captain. Typecast often as a policeman, he also played bartenders, sheriffs, district attorneys, photographers, and guards. His films included The Night of the Hunter (1955) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). From the 1950s to the early 1980s he appeared in about 150 television shows and had a recurring role on The Long, Hot Summer.

75years old at death

  • Born Manhattan
  • Died Van Nuys
  • Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20

Movie Career

Films
24
Career span
41 years1939 to 1980

Genres

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969 Biography, Crime, Dramaas Card Player #1

    IMDb rating 8.0240K votes

  2. Vertigo1958 Mystery, Romance, Thrilleras Captain Hansen

    IMDb rating 8.2463K votes

  3. The Night of the Hunter1955as Bart

    IMDb rating 7.9110K votes

  4. The Killer is Loose1956as Greg Boyd

    IMDb rating 6.62.8K votes

  5. Notorious1946as Photographer

    IMDb rating 7.9114K votes

  6. Dangerous When Wet1953as Pierre

    IMDb rating 6.31.3K votes

  7. The Quick Gun1964as Mitchell

    IMDb rating 5.91.1K votes

  8. Follow Me Quietly1949as Sgt. Bryce

    IMDb rating 6.52.3K votes

Most often with

Alfred Hitchcock directed two of these films, Douglas Sirk two. Frank Ferguson appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Paul Bryar's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$145 million

6 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 24 films: 6 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 15 figure not found.

  • 6Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 15Figure not found

Highest grossing

The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $102M70.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Notorious1946as Photographer
    $25M16.9% of the total
  3. 3
    Vertigo1958as Captain Hansen
    $7.8M5.4% of the total
  4. 4
    Man's Favorite Sport?1964as Bartender at Rotating Bar
    $6.0M4.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Tea and Sympathy1956as Alex
    $3.4M2.4% of the total
  6. 6
    Death of a Salesman1951as Subway Guard
    $1.2M0.8% of the total