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
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
- Raven Hawk as White
- Ed as Abe Woods
- Dark Skies
- 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
- Gramps as Oliver
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Dr. Terence Wynn
1994
- Blue Sky as Ray Stevens
- Speechless as Lloyd Wannamaker
- Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is as Chief Carson
- One West Waikiki
1993
- NYPD Blue as Officer Jack Hanlon
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Judge Riley
- Star as Harrison Barclay
- Hot Shots! Part Deux as Gray Edwards
1992
- Renegade as Dallas Shields
- Iron Eagle III as Simms
- Dirty Work as Frank Esposito
- The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them as Kenneth Davenport
- Majority Rule as John 'Blackjack' Wade
- 2000 Malibu Road
1991
- Silk Stalkings
- Deadly Game as Admiral Mark Nately
- In a Child's Name as Peter Chappell
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
- Northstar as Col. Even Marshall
- The Penalty Phase as Donald Faulkner
1985
- The Golden Girls as Rex
- North and South as Tillet Main
- Hostage Flight as Captain Malone
- Hell Town
- Robert Kennedy & His Times as Robert McNamara
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
- Uncommon Valor as Chief Tom Riordan
- The Gambler: The Adventure Continues as Charlie McCourt
- Medea as Jason
- The Gambler: The Adventure Continues as Charlie McCourt
- High Performance
1982
- Hotel as Steve Cutler
- St. Elsewhere as George Deaton
1981
- The Five of Me as Dr. Ralph B. Allison
- Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story as Hugh Hefner
- Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission as Keyes
- Of Mice and Men as Slim
- The Choice as Jerry Clements
1980
- Angel City as Silas Creedy
1979
- Hart to Hart as Ramsey T. MacLaish
- The Chisholms as Cooper Hawkins
- Flesh & Blood as Jack Fallon
1978
- Dallas as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
- Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Lt. Col. Applegate
- Having Babies III as Dr. Blake Simmons
- Julie Farr, M.D.
1977
- Escape from Bogen County as Ambler Bowman
- Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Jethro Lundy
- Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Mathew Sullivan
1976
- Midway as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
- Two-Minute Warning as The Priest
- The Hemingway Play as Ernest
- The Entertainer as Mr. Pasko
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 Capt. Chase Reddick
- Electra Glide in Blue as Harve Poole
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle as Waters
- Chase as Chase Reddick
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Abel Hoffman
- A Reflection of Fear as Inspector McKenna
- The Honkers as Lowell
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
1961
- The Defenders as Harry Cook
1958
- Naked City as Marty Minters
- Thunder Road as Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)