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
2004
- Los Angeles Plays Itself as The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
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
- Liar Liar as Mr. Allan
- The Devil's Own as Chief Jim Kelly
- 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
- The Single Guy as Mr. Bremley
- Judge Dredd as Vartis Hammond
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Dr. Terence Wynn
- Gramps as Oliver
1994
- One West Waikiki
- Blue Sky as Ray Stevens
- Speechless as Lloyd Wannamaker
- 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
- The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them as Kenneth Davenport
- Majority Rule as John 'Blackjack' Wade
- 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
- Margaret Bourke-White as Patton
- The Ryan White Story as Tom
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
- L.A. Law as Duncan Young
- Matlock as Ellis Blake
- 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
- Hunter as Tom Reed
- Who's the Boss?
- 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
- The Gambler: The Adventure Continues as Charlie McCourt
- Uncommon Valor as Chief Tom Riordan
- Medea as Jason
- High Performance
1982
- St. Elsewhere as George Deaton
- Hotel as Steve Cutler
1981
- Of Mice and Men as Slim
- Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story as Hugh Hefner
- Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission as Keyes
- The Choice as Jerry Clements
- The Five of Me as Dr. Ralph B. Allison
1980
- Angel City as Silas Creedy
1979
- Hart to Hart as Ramsey T. MacLaish
- The Chisholms as Cooper Hawkins
- Flesh & Blood as Jack Fallon
- Flesh & Blood as Jack Fallon
1978
- Dallas as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
- Having Babies III as Dr. Blake Simmons
- Julie Farr, M.D.
- Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Lt. Col. Applegate
1977
- Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Mathew Sullivan
- Escape from Bogen County as Ambler Bowman
- Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Jethro Lundy
1976
- Midway as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
- Two-Minute Warning as The Priest
- The Entertainer as Mr. Pasko
- The Hemingway Play as Ernest
1975
1974
- The Rockford Files as Colonel Hopkins
- The Manhunter
- Kodiak as Prisoner
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Dennis Kelly
- Magnum Force as Officer Charlie McCoy
- High Plains Drifter as Dave Drake
- Chase as Chase Reddick
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle as Waters
- Electra Glide in Blue as Harve Poole
- Chase as Capt. Chase Reddick
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Abel Hoffman
- A Reflection of Fear as Inspector McKenna
- The Honkers as Lowell
1971
- Cannon
- The Hunting Party as Doc Harrison
- Chandler as Chuck Kincaid
- 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)