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Cyril Ring

 
Actor: Cyril Ring
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  • Born: 1893
  • Died: Jul 17, 1967
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'40s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
  • Career Highlights: The Exciters, Back Home and Broke, Neighbors' Wives
  • First Major Screen Credit: Back Home and Broke (1922)

Biography

Bostonian Cyril Ring certainly had the pedigree for a successful show business career; he was the brother of stage luminary Blanche Ring and the less famous but equally busy actress Frances Ring. And Cyril certainly had the right connections: he was the brother-in-law of stage comedian Charles Winninger (Blanche's husband) and film star Thomas Meighan (Frances' husband). All Cyril Ring lacked was talent. He managed to coast as actor on his family ties and his rakish good looks, but his range never matured beyond a tiny handful of by-rote mannerisms and facial expressions. In the early '20s, Ring was briefly married to musical comedy star Charlotte Greenwood. Reasonably busy as a silent-film western villain, Ring was cast as the caddish Harvey Yates in the Marx Bros.' 1929 film debut The Cocoanuts. The subsequent reviews bent over backward to condemn Ring's performance as the stiffest and most amateurish of the year -- and thus his fate was sealed. For the rest of his movie career, Ring would be confined to microscopic bit parts and extra roles, with the occasional supporting parts in 2-reel comedies (he's the fugitive crook who demands a shave from W.C. Fields in 1933's The Barber Shop). One of the few features in which he had more than five lines was RKO's 1945 mystery-comedy Having Wonderful Crime; perhaps significantly, his sister Blanche Ring topped the film's supporting cast. Cyril Ring's last recorded credits occured in 1947, after which he dropped from public view until his obituary was published in the trades twenty years later. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Cyril Ring
Born December 5, 1892(1892-12-05)
Massachusetts, U.S.
Died July 17, 1967 (aged 74)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Years active 1921 - 1951
Spouse(s) Charlotte Greenwood
(1915 - 1922; divorced)

Cyril Ring (December 5, 1892 – July 17, 1967) was an American film actor. He began his career in Silent films in 1921. By the time of his final performance in 1951, he had appeared in over 350 films, almost all in small and/or uncredited parts. He is best remembered as a con artist captured and hand-cuffed to fellow con artist Kay Francis at the very end of the Marx Brothers 1929 film The Cocoanuts. Ring died in Hollywood in 1967.

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Biography

Born in Massachusetts, he was the brother of actress Blanche Ring and the first husband of actress/dancer Charlotte Greenwood (from 1915 - 1922; divorced).[1][2]. He died on July 17, 1967 in Hollywood, California, aged 74.

Selected filmography

  • The Flame (1947)
  • Nightmare Alley (1947)
  • The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947)
  • Girl on the Spot (1946)
  • Senorita from the West (1945)
  • Duffy's Tavern (1945)
  • Beware of Redheads (1945)
  • The Cheaters (1945)
  • On Stage Everybody (1945)
  • The Naughty Nineties (1945)
  • Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
  • Hollywood and Vine (1945)
  • Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
  • Identity Unknown (1945)
  • I'll Remember April (1945)
  • The Affairs of Susan (1945)
  • See My Lawyer (1945)
  • Frisco Sal (1945)
  • Roughly Speaking (1945)
  • The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)
  • Here Come the Waves (1944)
  • Laura (1944)
  • The Merry Monahans (1944)
  • Ghost Catchers (1944)
  • Ladies of Washington (1944)
  • Mr. Skeffington (1944)
  • Follow the Boys (1944)
  • Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
  • Phantom Lady (1944)
  • Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)
  • Government Girl (1944)
  • The Texas Kid (1943)
  • The Dancing Masters (1943)
  • The Mad Ghoul (1943)
  • Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
  • Swing Fever (1943)
  • Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
  • Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
  • The Adventures of a Rookie (1943)
  • So This Is Washington (1943)
  • The Seventh Victim (1943)
  • The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
  • Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
  • Let's Face It (1943)
  • Hers to Hold (1943)
  • Bombardier (1943)
  • A Stranger in Town (1943)
  • Good Morning, Judge (1943)
  • She Has What It Takes (1943)
  • Reveille with Beverly (1943)
  • You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
  • Margin for Error (1943)
  • Accent on Love (1941)
  • San Antonio Rose (1941)
  • Blondie in Society (1941)
  • Meet John Doe (1941)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • The Great Lie (1941)
  • The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
  • The Lady Eve (1941)
  • The Wild Man of Borneo
  • Michael Shayne: Private Detective
  • No, No, Nanette (1940)
  • North West Mounted Police (1940)
  • Christmas in July (1940)
  • The Great Dictator (1940)
  • Sailor's Lady
  • Girl in 313 (1940)
  • Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
  • Edison, the Man (1940)
  • My Favorite Wife (1940)
  • Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
  • The Man with Nine Lives
  • Road to Singapore (1940)
  • The Light That Failed (1939)
  • Day-Time Wife (1939)
  • The Roaring Twenties (1939)
  • Babes in Arms (1939)
  • Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
  • Espionage Agent (1939)
  • Winter Carnival (1939)
  • Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
  • Invitation to Happiness (1939)
  • Mandrake the Magician (1939)
  • Rose of Washington Square (1939)
  • Union Pacific (1939)
  • Made for Each Other (1939)
  • They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
  • Trade Winds (1938)
  • Kentucky (1938)
  • Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
  • The Spider's Web (1938)
  • Hold That Co-ed
  • Too Hot to Handle (1938)
  • Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
  • The First Hundred Years (1938)
  • Dangerous to Know (1938)
  • Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
  • Love Is a Headache (1938)
  • City Girl (1938)
  • Wells Fargo (1937)
  • She Married an Artist (1937)
  • Blossoms on Broadway (1937)
  • The Last Gangster (1937)
  • Fight for Your Lady (1937)
  • There Goes the Groom
  • Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
  • Topper (1937)
  • Married Before Breakfast (1937)
  • It May Happen to You (1937)
  • Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
  • Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
  • Palm Springs (1936)
  • Gentle Julia (1936)
  • Colleen (1936)
  • Everybody's Old Man (1936)
  • Song and Dance Man (1936)
  • King of Burlesque (1936)
  • Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
  • Dangerous (1935)
  • Man of Iron (1935)
  • The Payoff (1935)
  • Rendezvous (1935)
  • It's in the Air (1935)
  • Two-Fisted (1935)
  • Page Miss Glory
  • Diamond Jim (1935)
  • Hooray for Love (1935)
  • Goin' to Town (1935)
  • The Gilded Lily (1935)
  • Behold My Wife (1934)
  • Call It Luck (1934)
  • Hollywood Hoodlum (1934)
  • Sisters Under the Skin
  • No More Bridge! (1934)
  • Dark Hazard (1934)
  • Meet the Baron (1933)
  • Tillie and Gus (1933)
  • A Shriek in the Night (1933)
  • Murders in the Zoo (1933)
  • The Half Naked Truth (1932)
  • Two Lips and Juleps (1932)
  • The Dark Horse (1932)
  • It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
  • Business and Pleasure (1932)
  • Union Depot (1932)
  • Monkey Business (1931)
  • Don't Bet on Women (1931)
  • Millie (1931)
  • Top Speed (1930)
  • The Social Lion (1930/I)
  • The Cocoanuts (1929)
  • News Parade (1928)
  • Mismates (1926)
  • Tongues of Flame (1924)
  • In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
  • Hit and Run (1924)
  • The Guilty One (1924)
  • The Breaking Point (1924)
  • Pied Piper Malone (1924)
  • Homeward Bound (1923)
  • The Exciters (1923)
  • The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
  • Back Home and Broke (1922)
  • Divorce Coupons (1922)
  • The Conquest of Canaan (1921)

References

  1. ^ "MISS GREENWOOD WEDS.; Comedienne Quickly Marries Cyril Ring, a Moving Picture Actor". NY Times. 1915-07-25. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F02E2DA1739E233A25756C2A9619C946496D6CF. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 
  2. ^ "Cyril Ring biography". http://wm03.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:60314. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 

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