June 5, 1954 (Los Angeles, CA) - May 10, 1996 (San Francisco, CA)

Eric Ryan (born Craig Holt Ambler), with his big dick, muscular build, and versatile performance, was a popular star of gay porn from the late '70s to the early '90s. He worked a under the additional pseudonyms Cody Houston, Craig Ambler, and Craig Holt, and also performed in several bi and straight videos. Ryan had very memorable starring roles in Steve Scott's Screenplay and Non-Stop, Arthur Bressan Jr.'s Juice, and Hand in Hand's Centurians of Rome and Just Blonds. He appeared in a couple of Bullet/Target Studios releases, the William Higgins film The Boys of Venice, an Old Reliable solo, and worked with many additional major directors and studios during his 15 year long career. Studflix Vol. 1 No. 4 wrote him up and wondered why he wasn't a superstar.

Selected Filmography:

Just Blonds (1979)
Gettin' Down (Hand in Hand) (1979)
Centurians of Rome (1981)
Bullet Videopac 4 (1982)
Bullet Videopac 6 (1983)
Screenplay (1984)
Non-Stop (1984)
Juice (1984)
Century Mining (1985)
Sex Toilets 1 (1987)
The Best of Surge 2 (1990)
Magnum Griffin 9 (1991)
Love a Man With a Beard 2