Proof of Life The film stars Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. During production, the two lead actors had a romantic affair. At the time, Ryan was married to Dennis Quaid, but the two divorced in 2001. The film garnered much reportage in the tabloid press in association with the lead actors' affair. The film is dedicated to Will Gaffney, an actor who was David Morse's stand-in. He was killed in an on-set accident during a scene in which Morse was not available, due to a family illness. Alice Bowman (Meg Ryan) moves to the (fictional) South American country of Tecala because her engineer
Patricia Ryan (actress) Patricia Ryan (actress) Patricia Ryan (February 25, 1921 - February 15, 1949) was a child performer and an actress in old-time radio. She was taken ill during an evening broadcast and died the next day. Ryan's father was a doughboy in World War I. During his time in England he met an English girl, and they married. Their daughter, Patricia, was born about six weeks before they boarded a ship to sail to the United States. She worked in vaudeville when she was 7 years old. She also sang in the choir and played on the basketball team of St.