Eddie Ryder
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.

Career
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 episode Runaway Planetoid.

1950s
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.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/Matinee+Theatre/Alumni+Reunion/episode/301128/summary.html TV.com Matinee Theater: Alumni Reunion]</ref> He continued on in minor TV roles on The Ford Television Theatre and Goodyear Theatre, Casey Jones, M Squad, the popular Make Room For Daddy, The Thin Man, and Steve Canyon. He also co-starred as Eliot on The Dennis O'Keefe Show. 
Film: Costarring as "Two Tanks" in Hot Rod Girl (1956), The Comedian (1957) with Mickey Rooney, Operation Mad Ball (1957) with Jack Lemmon. Kings Go Forth (1958) starring Frank Sinatra.

1960s
The 1960s brought several credited appearances in major TV and film. 
 Television: Four episodes in 1964 of Death Valley Days, as Mason on Combat! (episode: The Glory Among Men) (1964),  The Andy Griffith Show (1964), Bewitched (1965), as Dr. Simon Agurski on Dr. Kildare (1961, 1965), The Munsters (1965), The Twilight Zone (episode "Mr. Dingle, the Strong"), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965) and three episodes of Bonanza (1961-1969). He also played Winston "Bones" Snodgrass in Our Miss Brooks. 
 Film: His film career during this time yielded a secondary role in the film Son of Flubber (1963) with 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 (1967) starring Jerry Lewis.
 Directing: In 1969, Ryder directed the Get Smart episode "Greer Window".

1970s
For Ryder, the 1970s kept him in television as a secondary actor and mostly making single appearances.
 Television: Here Come the Brides (1970), Get Smart (1970), Mission Impossible (1972), Bonanza (1972, "One Ace Too Many") and several appearances in Mannix among many others.
 Film: Ryder was cast in the campy Stacy and her Gangbusters (1973) and Mel Brooks's High Anxiety (1977), his last film.
 Directing: In 1976, Ryder directed The Bob Newhart Show episode 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, and General Hospital. In 1986, Ryder appeared in the comedy A Masterpiece of Murder with Bob Hope and Don Ameche.

FilmographyThe Human Jungle (1954) - Youngster (uncredited)The Bamboo Prison (1954) - Jones (uncredited)The Country Girl (1954) - EdThe Girl Rush (1955) - Bellboy (uncredited)Hot Rod Girl (1956) - Two TanksSomebody Up There Likes Me (1956) - Prisoner (uncredited)The Young Stranger (1957) - Man in Movie Theatre (uncredited)Operation Mad Ball (1957) - Allison (uncredited)Kings Go Forth (1958) - Cpl. LindsayTarawa Beachhead (1958) - Lt. Lou GideonFBI Code 98 (1962) - Lloyd KinselSon of Flubber (1963) - Mr. OsborneIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - Rancho Conejo air traffic controller (uncredited)One Man's Way (1964) - Gas Station AttendantThe New Interns (1964) - Dr. WaltersThe Patsy (1964) - Man at Party (uncredited)Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home (1965) - Bert SteeleThree on a Couch (1966) - Meek Man (uncredited)The Oscar (1966) - Mexican Marriage BrokerNot with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) - Sgt. GilroyThe Big Mouth (1967) - SpecsStacey (1973) Teenage Seductress (1975) - GrocerSilent Movie (1976) - British OfficerHigh Anxiety (1977) - Doctor at ConventionUp Yours'' (1979) - Man on the Street / Obscene Caller / Chief Looney