Mitchell Ryan
Born: 1934-01-11 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: 2022-03-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Mitchell Ryan (January 11, 1934 – March 4, 2022) was an American actor most recently known for playing Edward Montgomery on Dharma & Greg. Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War. After the Korean War, he went to the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. There he went on to make his acting debut in Thunder Road along with the Theatre's founder Robert Porterfield. Ryan was an original cast member on Dark Shadows, His other acting credits include Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Liar, Liar, Magnum Force, Lethal Weapon, Grosse Pointe Blank, Electra Glide in Blue, and Hot Shots! Part Deux. In 1973, he played the lead on Chase. His Broadway theatre credits include Wait Until Dark, Medea, and The Price. Ryan was married and divorced twice and is the father of three children.
Filmography
2001
- Justice League as Highfather (voice)
1999
- The West Wing as Roland Pierce
- Aftershock: Earthquake in New York as Frank Agostini
- Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade as Self - Host
1998
- Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story as Averell Harriman
1997
- The Practice as Judge George Nelson
- Dharma & Greg as Edward Montgomery
- The Devil's Own as Chief Jim Kelly
- Liar Liar as Mr. Allan
- Grosse Pointe Blank as Mr. Bart Newberry
1996
- Dark Skies
- Ed as Abe Woods
- Raven Hawk as White
- A Face to Die For as Joe Thomas
1995
- The Drew Carey Show as Woody
- Judge Dredd as Vartis Hammond
- The Single Guy as Mr. Bremley
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Dr. Wynn
- Gramps as Oliver
1994
- One West Waikiki
- Speechless as Lloyd Wannamaker
- Blue Sky as Ray Stevens
- Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is as Chief Carson
1993
- NYPD Blue as Officer Jack Hanlon
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Judge Riley
- Hot Shots! Part Deux as Gray Edwards
- Star as Harrison Barclay
1992
- Renegade as Dallas Shields
- 2000 Malibu Road
- Iron Eagle III as Simms
- Majority Rule as John 'Blackjack' Wade
- The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them as Kenneth Davenport
- Dirty Work as Frank Esposito
1991
- Silk Stalkings
- In a Child's Name as Peter Chappell
- Deadly Game as Admiral Mark Nately
1989
- Winter People as Drury Campbell
- The Ryan White Story as Tom
- Margaret Bourke-White as Patton
1988
- Mission: Impossible as Admiral Edgar Sheppard
- Favorite Son as Vice President Dan Eastman
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Kyle Riker
- Jake and the Fatman as Lt. Dan Gorecki
- Lethal Weapon as General Peter McAllister
1986
- Matlock as Ellis Blake
- L.A. Law as Duncan Young
- The Penalty Phase as Donald Faulkner
- Northstar as Col. Even Marshall
1985
- The Golden Girls as Rex
- North and South as Tillet Main
- Hell Town
- Robert Kennedy & His Times as Robert McNamara
- Hostage Flight as Captain Malone
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Captain Ernest Lenko
- Who's the Boss?
- Hunter as Tom Reed
- Hot Pursuit
- Fatal Vision as Paul Strombaugh
1983
- The A-Team as Ike Hagen
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
- The Gambler: The Adventure Continues as Charlie McCourt
- Uncommon Valor as Chief Tom Riordan
- Medea as Jason
- High Performance
- The Gambler: The Adventure Continues as Charlie McCourt
1982
- St. Elsewhere as George Deaton
- Hotel as Steve Cutler
1981
- Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story as Hugh Hefner
- The Five of Me as Dr. Ralph B. Allison
- Of Mice and Men as Slim
- The Choice as Jerry Clements
- Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission as Keyes
1980
- Angel City as Silas Creedy
1979
- Hart to Hart as Ramsey T. MacLaish
- Flesh & Blood as Jack Fallon
- The Chisholms as Cooper Hawkins
- Flesh & Blood as Jack Fallon
1978
- Dallas as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
- Julie Farr, M.D.
- Having Babies III as Dr. Blake Simmons
- Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Lt. Col. Applegate
1977
- Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Mathew Sullivan
- Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Jethro Lundy
- Escape from Bogen County as Ambler Bowman
1976
- Midway as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
- The Entertainer as Mr. Pasko
- Two-Minute Warning as The Priest
- The Hemingway Play as Ernest
1975
1974
- The Rockford Files as Colonel Hopkins
- The Manhunter
- Kodiak as Prisoner
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Dennis Kelly
- High Plains Drifter as Dave Drake
- Magnum Force as Officer Charlie McCoy
- Chase as Chase Reddick
- Chase as Capt. Chase Reddick
- Electra Glide in Blue as Harve Poole
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle as Waters
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Abel Hoffman
- The Honkers as Lowell
- A Reflection of Fear as Inspector McKenna
1971
- Cannon
- Chandler as Chuck Kincaid
- The Hunting Party as Doc Harrison
- My Old Man's Place as Sgt. Martin Flood
1970
- Monte Walsh as Shorty Austin
1967
- The High Chaparral as Jelks
1966
- Dark Shadows as Burke Devlin
1961
- The Defenders as Harry Cook
1958
- Naked City as Marty Minters
- Thunder Road as Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)