Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokushumira muHondo Yenyika I, Ryder akadzidza physics nemasvomhu paUniversity of California, Berkeley, achipedza muna 1924. Akaenda kunoshanda kuPacific Telephone &amp; Telegraph kwaakavandudza unyanzvi hwokutumira mifananidzo pamitsetse yerunhare, achishandisa mavharuvhu okuvhenekesa. Muna 1928, Ryder akabatana neParamount Pictures kwaakashanda mumunda unobuda wemifananidzo inotaura. Kubva muna 1936 kusvika muna 1957 akashanda sainjiniya mukuru we studio uye mutungamiriri wezwi. Zvimwe zvaakabudirira zvaisanganisira kugadzirwa kweVistaVision wide-screen format uye kugadzirwa kwefirimu rekutanga rakazara richishandisa magnetic audio recording. Ryder aive chikamu chechikwata chekugadzira chakagamuchira mubairo weAcademy Honorary pa11th Academy Awards
nokuda kwezvavakaita mufirimu reParamount rinonzi "Spawn of the North". MuHondo Yenyika II, General George S. Patton akashandisa unyanzvi hwaRyder hwokuteerera kuti abatsire kuvanza ruzha rwematangi eAmerica paHondo yeBulge.