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

American Experience
2007
The UnXplained
2020
Explained
2019
History's Mysteries
1998
The Seventies
2015
America's Book of Secrets
2013
Very Scary People
2019
How to Become a Cult Leader
2023
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
2018
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
2018
The Killing of America
1981
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
2018

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
15
2023
How to Become a Cult Leader
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The UnXplained
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Very Scary People
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Explained
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Seventies
as Self (archive footage)
2013
America's Book of Secrets
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Witness to Jonestown
as Self (archive footage)
2007
American Experience
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
as Self (archive footage)
1998
History's Mysteries
as Self (archive footage)
1981
The Killing of America
as Self (archive footage)