Mitchell Ryan
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.
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Acting History
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself as The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
2001Justice League as Highfather (voice)
1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New York as Frank Agostini
1999The West Wing as Roland Pierce
1998Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story as Averell Harriman
1997Dharma & Greg as Edward Montgomery
1997Grosse Pointe Blank as Mr. Bart Newberry
1997Liar Liar as Mr. Allan
1997The Devil's Own as Chief Jim Kelly
1997The Practice as Judge George Nelson
1996Dark Skies
1996Raven Hawk as White
1996Ed as Abe Woods
1996A Face to Die For as Joe Thomas
1995Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Dr. Terence Wynn
1995The Single Guy as Mr. Bremley
1995The Drew Carey Show as Woody
1995Judge Dredd as Vartis Hammond
1995Gramps as Oliver
1994Speechless as Lloyd Wannamaker
1994Blue Sky as Ray Stevens
1994One West Waikiki
1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is as Chief Carson
1993NYPD Blue as Officer Jack Hanlon
1993Star as Harrison Barclay
1993Hot Shots! Part Deux as Gray Edwards
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Judge Riley
1992The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them as Kenneth Davenport
1992Majority Rule as John 'Blackjack' Wade
1992Renegade as Dallas Shields
1992Renegade as Ted Bronson
19922000 Malibu Road
1992Dirty Work as Frank Esposito
1992Iron Eagle III as Simms
1991In a Child's Name as Peter Chappell
1991Silk Stalkings
1991Deadly Game as Admiral Mark Nately
1990Judgment as Dave Davis
1990Wings as Jonathan Clayton
1989Margaret Bourke-White as Patton
1989Winter People as Drury Campbell
1989The Ryan White Story as Tom
1988Favorite Son as Vice President Dan Eastman
1988Mission: Impossible as Admiral Edgar Sheppard
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation as Kyle Riker
1987Jake and the Fatman as Lt. Dan Gorecki
1987Jake and the Fatman as Ethan Mitchell
1987Lethal Weapon as General Peter McAllister
1986The Penalty Phase as Donald Faulkner
1986L.A. Law as Duncan Young
1986Northstar as Col. Even Marshall
1986Matlock as Ellis Blake
1985Hostage Flight as Captain Malone
1985North and South as Tillet Main
1985The Golden Girls as Rex
1985Hell Town
1985Robert Kennedy & His Times as Robert McNamara
1984Fatal Vision as Paul Strombaugh
1984Murder, She Wrote as Captain Ernest Lenko
1984Murder, She Wrote as Rep. Arthur Prouty
1984Murder, She Wrote as Senator Brent Renwyck
1984Murder, She Wrote as Ray Dixon
1984Hot Pursuit
1984Who's the Boss?
1984Hunter as Tom Reed
1983The Gambler: The Adventure Continues as Charlie McCourt
1983The Gambler: The Adventure Continues as Charlie McCourt
1983Hardcastle and McCormick as Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
1983High Performance
1983The A-Team as Ike Hagen
1983Uncommon Valor as Chief Tom Riordan
1983Medea as Jason
1982St. Elsewhere as George Deaton
1982Hotel as Steve Cutler
1981Of Mice and Men as Slim
1981Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story as Hugh Hefner
1981The Five of Me as Dr. Ralph B. Allison
1981Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission as Keyes
1981The Choice as Jerry Clements
1980Angel City as Silas Creedy
1979Flesh & Blood as Jack Fallon
1979Hart to Hart as Ramsey T. MacLaish
1979The Chisholms as Cooper Hawkins
1978Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Lt. Col. Applegate
1978Dallas as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
1978Julie Farr, M.D.
1978Having Babies III as Dr. Blake Simmons
1977Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Mathew Sullivan
1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Jethro Lundy
1977Escape from Bogen County as Ambler Bowman
1976Two-Minute Warning as The Priest
1976Midway as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
1976The Hemingway Play as Ernest
1976The Entertainer as Mr. Pasko
1975Baretta
1974The Rockford Files as Colonel Hopkins
1974Kodiak as Prisoner
1974The Manhunter
1973Magnum Force as Officer Charlie McCoy
1973Chase as Chase Reddick
1973The Friends of Eddie Coyle as Waters
1973Electra Glide in Blue as Harve Poole
1973High Plains Drifter as Dave Drake
1973Chase as Capt. Chase Reddick
1973Barnaby Jones as Dennis Kelly
1972A Reflection of Fear as Inspector McKenna
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Abel Hoffman
1972The Honkers as Lowell
1971Chandler as Chuck Kincaid
1971Cannon
1971The Hunting Party as Doc Harrison
1971My Old Man's Place as Sgt. Martin Flood
1970Monte Walsh as Shorty Austin
1967The High Chaparral as Jelks
1961The Defenders as Harry Cook
1961The Defenders as Jack Bostick
1958Naked City as Marty Minters
1958Naked City as Overton
1958Naked City as Quale
1958Naked City as Paul Tamarind
1958Naked City as Driver (uncredited)
1958Thunder Road as Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)