Leo J. Ryan
Department: Acting
Biography
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination during the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Before that, he served in the California State Assembly, representing the state's 27th district.
Known For
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006
Witness to Jonestown
2008
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
2018
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
2018
The Killing of America
1981
American Experience
1988
Very Scary People
2019
The UnXplained
2019
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
2018
America's Book of Secrets
2012
History's Mysteries
1998
Explained
2018
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
2018
The Seventies
2015