Eddie Ryder (January 23, 1923 – March 29, 1997) was an American television and film actor, as well as a writer and television director. Ryder was born in New York City and died in El Paso, Texas.
He was a veteran of 92 movies and television programs. His television career began at age 29 playing a high school boy on the December 26, 1953 Adventures of Superman episode titled My Friend Superman with George Reeves , Jack Larson , and Noel Neill . Ryder preceded this with playing Ronald on the January 31, 1953 Space Patrol Runaway Planetoid .
Ryder would go on in the 1950s to appear in several TV series, many as an uncredited actor, and top films.
Television: He then performed in John Drew Barrymore 's Matinee Theater episode of The Alumni Reunion which aired September 26, 1956 with Don Keefer and Constance Ford . He continued on in minor TV roles on The Ford Television Theatre and Goodyear Theatre ,Casey Jones ,M Squad ,Make Room For Daddy, The Thin Man ,Steve Canyon .The Dennis O'Keefe Show Film: Costarring as "Two Tanks" in Hot Rod Girl The Comedian (1957) with Mickey Rooney , Operation Mad Ball Jack Lemmon . Kings Go Forth Frank Sinatra .
The 1960s brought several credited appearances in major TV and film.
Television: Four episodes in 1964 of Death Valley Days The Andy Griffith Show Bewitched Dr. Kildare :269 The Munsters The Twilight Zone Mr. Dingle, the Strong "), and The Dick Van Dyke Show Our Miss Brooks .:798 Film: His film career during this time yielded a secondary role in the film Son of Flubber Fred MacMurray . In 1963, the massive $9 million, 12 star-studded production, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World which starred Sid Caesar , Ethel Merman , Spencer Tracy , Mickey Rooney , and Milton Berle among others gave Ryder the role of air traffic control staffer. The Oscar (1966) nominated for two Academy Awards and starring notables Milton Berle , Elke Sommer , Joseph Cotten , Tony Bennett , and Walter Brennan . Ryder won the role of Sgt. Gilroy in Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1967) starring Tony Curtis and played a minor role in The Big Mouth Jerry Lewis . Directing: In 1969, Ryder directed the Get Smart For Ryder, the 1970s kept him in television as a secondary actor and mostly making single appearances.
Television: Here Come the Brides Get Smart Mission Impossible (1972), several appearances in Bonanza Mannix Film: Ryder was cast in the campy Stacy and her Gangbusters (1973) and Mel Brooks 's High Anxiety Directing: In 1976, Ryder directed The Bob Newhart Show No Sale and in 1979, directed the film Up Yours - A Rockin' Comedy which starred Belinda Balaski , Michael Paul Chan , and George 'Buck' Flower. During the 1980s, Ryder appeared in 3 television series and 1 film: The Dukes of Hazzard Hill Street Blues General Hospital .A Masterpiece of Murder with Bob Hope and Don Ameche .
