Steve Ryan (actor)

Steve Ryan (June 19, 1947 – September 3, 2007) was an American actor.

Career

He was best known for his recurring role on the Fox sitcom Arrested Development as J. Walter Weatherman. Some of his other roles included "Detective Nate Grossman" on the NBC Police series Crime Story and his role as "Bobick" on Daddio.

Notable recurring roles included:

Ryan's notable stage appearances included the original Broadway production of "I'm Not Rappaport" and revivals of "On The Waterfront" and "Guys and Dolls". He also performed at most of America's major regional theatres, including Yale Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.

He died in Duarte, California, following a long illness.

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Steve or Steven Ryan may refer to:

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Steve Ryan (author)

Steve Ryan (born February 15, 1949 in San Diego, California) is an American author who specializes in the creation of games and puzzles. Ryan is also a television game show historian and creator. Ryan was a long-standing staff member of Goodson-Todman Productions and Mark Goodson Productions, where he created the concept for the game show Blockbusters. Ryan also created the rebus puzzles for the game show Classic Concentration. He was also a writer and creator of puzzles for the game shows Body Language, Catch Phrase, Password Plus and Trivia Trap.

As senior games executive at Goodson’s lottery division, Steve created games with million-dollar payoffs for many state and international lottery game shows including: The Big Spin for California, Bingo-Lotto for Lithuania Lottery, Bonus Bonanza for Massachusetts Lottery, A Chance de Ouro for Brazil Lottery, Flamingo Fortune for Florida Lottery, Illinois Luckiest for Illinois Lottery, Instant Riches for Illinois Lottery, New York Wired for New York Lottery, Powerball: The Game Show for Multi-State Lottery, Second Chance Sweepstakes for Ohio Lottery, Telelotto for Estonia Lottery, Win'n Spin for South Africa Lottery, Zama Zama for South Africa Lottery, and 25th Anniversary Game Show for Pennsylvania Lottery. Some of his many game creations for these lottery shows include “Beach Ball,” “Camelot’s Riches,” “Capsize,” “Coney Island Coaster,” “Force Field,” “Gold Rush,” “High Roller,” “Knockout,” "Mismatch," “Niagara,” “PowerBall Express,” “Skyscraper,” “Splashdown,” “Steeple Chase,” “Thunderball,” “Treasure Quest,” “Vortex,” “Wrecking Ball,” and “Zero Gravity.”

Steve Ryan (soccer)

Steve Ryan is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and American Soccer League.

Youth

Ryan graduated from Archbishop Riordan High School. He then entered San Francisco State University where he played soccer during the 1975 season. Ryan then transferred to San Jose State University, finishing his soccer career with them. In 2010, SJSU awarded Ryan its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1979, he was captain of the U.S. soccer team at the 1979 World University Games.

Professional

In 1979, the San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League drafted Ryan. He played two outdoor seasons with the Earthquakes and one indoor season (1979–1980) on loan to the Detroit Lightning of the Major Indoor Soccer League. On May 22, 1981, the Earthquakes traded Ryan to the California Surf in exchange for Mark Lindsay.

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