Alfred Ryder


Alfred Ryder was an American film, radio and television actor, who appeared in over one hundred television shows.
Ryder began to act aged eight and later studied with Robert Lewis and Lee Strasberg. He eventually became a life member of The Actors Studio.
During the golden age of American network radio comedy, Ryder had two memorable regular roles, as Molly Goldberg's son Sammy in The Goldbergs; and, as Carl Neff in Easy Aces. During World War II he served in the United States Army Air Forces and appeared in the Air Forces' Broadway play and film Winged Victory. He had a role in the Anthony Mann directed film noir film T-Men.
Ryder played the main alien leader, Mr. Nexus, in the TV series The Invaders. His other appearances include the starring role as a British criminal who could not be killed in ' episode "The Devil's Laughter'" and his appearance in "The Man Trap", the first-aired episode of ', on September 8, 1966, as a scientist who is hiding the fact that a shapeshifting alien is masquerading as his late wife. He also appeared as the ghost of a World War I German U-boat captain in two episodes of Irwin Allen's ABC-TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He later appeared in an episode on another Irwin Allen series on ABC, as a cantankerous orphanage operator, Parteg, in "Night of Thrombeldinbar", an episode of Land of the Giants in February 1969. He also appeared in the episode "A Hand for Sonny Blue" in the series Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected.
In films, Ryder is perhaps best remembered as the defense attorney who cross-examines John Wayne in True Grit.
Born to Jewish parents, he was married to actress Kim Stanley from 1958 until 1964. The couple had a child, Laurie Ryder. He was the brother of actress Olive Deering.
Ryder was a Democrat who supported the campaign of Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election.

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