James Ryan(IV)
- Actor
- Casting Director
- Director
James Ryan originally burst onto the movie scene as a sinewy and lean
martial arts hero via two low budget South African financed martial
arts movies titled Tuer ou être tué (1976), and the sequel Tue et tue encore (1981). Both films were
rather shoddy, mechanical productions...however, the acrobatic Ryan had
a certain appeal and the movies were loaded with plenty of kicks and
punches, plus they featured 8th Dan Shotokan karate expert Stan Schmidt and
fellow South African 8th Dan Judo / karate exponent Norman Robinson .....both
members of the South African Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
