Rusty Ryan was the stage name of Robert Brian Timbrell (December 28,
1947 - July 28, 2003), a Canadian actor and drag queen. He was a
founding member of The Great Impostors, a long-running drag troupe in
Toronto, Ontario whose members included Ryan, Tammy Autumn, Michelle
DuBarry, Danny Love, Jackie Loren, Terri Stevens, Christian Jefferies
and Dale Barnett at different times.
Timbrell was born in Kingston, Ontario on December 28, 1947, the
younger brother of politician Dennis Timbrell. He was working as a
stockbroker when he first began performing in the 1970s, and was given
his drag name by friend and fellow performer Craig Russell.
With the
Great Impostors, Ryan toured extensively across Canada, giving many
smaller communities their first exposure to drag and LGBT culture. In
the 1980s, he accompanied Frankie Goes to Hollywood on their North
American tour. In 1992, he wrote and performed a one-man play,
Driving to Tatamagouche, at the Toronto Fringe Festival.
He also had numerous minor roles in television and film. Best known to
film audiences for his supporting role as Jimmy the bartender in
Outrageous! and its sequel Too Outrageous, he also appeared in the
television films The Sins of Dorian Gray and The Wharf Rat, the
theatrical film 54, an episode of Queer as Folk and a music video by
Platinum Blonde.[4]
He died of a heart attack on July 28, 2003 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia,
following a performance that was part of his first tour performing
comedy out of drag.[5] Following his death, writer Jeffrey Round
prepared and released a documentary film, Driving with Rusty.[3]
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