Mitchell Ryan
Acting • Born 1934-01-11 – Died 2022-03-04
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
124 credits
Lethal Weapon
Movie • 1987
General Peter McAllister
Liar Liar
Movie • 1997
Mr. Allan
Magnum Force
Movie • 1973
Officer Charlie McCoy
The Devil's Own
Movie • 1997
Chief Jim Kelly
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Movie • 1995
Dr. Terence Wynn
Two-Minute Warning
Movie • 1976
The Priest
A Face to Die For
Movie • 1996
Joe Thomas
High Plains Drifter
Movie • 1973
Dave Drake
Grosse Pointe Blank
Movie • 1997
Mr. Bart Newberry
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Movie • 1973
Waters
Electra Glide in Blue
Movie • 1973
Harve Poole
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Movie • 1993
Gray Edwards
Blue Sky
Movie • 1994
Ray Stevens
The Hunting Party
Movie • 1971
Doc Harrison
Deadly Game
Movie • 1991
Admiral Mark Nately
Monte Walsh
Movie • 1970
Shorty Austin
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Chandler
Movie • 1971
Chuck Kincaid
A Reflection of Fear
Movie • 1972
Inspector McKenna
Winter People
Movie • 1989
Drury Campbell
The Ryan White Story
Movie • 1989
Tom
Northstar
Movie • 1986
Col. Even Marshall
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Movie • 1998
Averell Harriman
The Entertainer
Movie • 1976
Mr. Pasko
Star
Movie • 1993
Harrison Barclay
Chase
Movie • 1973
Capt. Chase Reddick
Majority Rule
Movie • 1992
John 'Blackjack' Wade
Of Mice and Men
Movie • 1981
Slim
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Movie • 1981
Hugh Hefner
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Movie • 1977
Mathew Sullivan
Dirty Work
Movie • 1992
Frank Esposito
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Movie • 1978
Lt. Col. Applegate
The Honkers
Movie • 1972
Lowell
Margaret Bourke-White
Movie • 1989
Patton
Medea
Movie • 1983
Jason
Uncommon Valor
Movie • 1983
Chief Tom Riordan
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Movie • 1977
Jethro Lundy
Flesh & Blood
Movie • 1979
Jack Fallon
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
Movie • 1981
Keyes
Judgment
Movie • 1990
Dave Davis
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Movie • 1994
Chief Carson
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Movie • 1992
Kenneth Davenport
Judge Dredd
Movie • 1995
Vartis Hammond
Iron Eagle III
Movie • 1992
Simms
Gramps
Movie • 1995
Oliver
Hostage Flight
Movie • 1985
Captain Malone
Angel City
Movie • 1980
Silas Creedy
Raven Hawk
Movie • 1996
White
My Old Man's Place
Movie • 1971
Sgt. Martin Flood
The Five of Me
Movie • 1981
Dr. Ralph B. Allison
The Penalty Phase
Movie • 1986
Donald Faulkner
Thunder Road
Movie • 1958
Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)
Escape from Bogen County
Movie • 1977
Ambler Bowman
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Movie • 1983
Charlie McCourt
Midway
Movie • 1976
RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
The Choice
Movie • 1981
Jerry Clements
The Hemingway Play
Movie • 1976
Ernest
Speechless
Movie • 1994
Lloyd Wannamaker
Having Babies III
Movie • 1978
Dr. Blake Simmons
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Movie • 1999
Self - Host
Ed
Movie • 1996
Abe Woods
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
George Deaton
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Duncan Young
The Drew Carey Show
TV • 1995
Woody
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Captain Ernest Lenko
Dark Skies
TV • 1996
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Kyle Riker
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Ike Hagen
The Single Guy
TV • 1995
Mr. Bremley
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Rex
Matlock
TV • 1986
Ellis Blake
Baretta
TV • 1975
Wings
TV • 1990
Jonathan Clayton
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Judge Riley
Naked City
TV • 1958
Marty Minters
Dharma & Greg
TV • 1997
Edward Montgomery
The Practice
TV • 1997
Judge George Nelson
Silk Stalkings
TV • 1991
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Ramsey T. MacLaish
Cannon
TV • 1971
Hunter
TV • 1984
Tom Reed
Dallas
TV • 1978
Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
2000 Malibu Road
TV • 1992
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Jelks
Hot Pursuit
TV • 1984
The Manhunter
TV • 1974
Julie Farr, M.D.
TV • 1978
Hell Town
TV • 1985
Chase
TV • 1973
Chase Reddick
High Performance
TV • 1983
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Harry Cook
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Jack Bostick
The Chisholms
TV • 1979
Cooper Hawkins
One West Waikiki
TV • 1994
North and South
TV • 1985
Tillet Main
Justice League
TV • 2001
Highfather (voice)
Naked City
TV • 1958
Overton
Naked City
TV • 1958
Quale
Naked City
TV • 1958
Paul Tamarind
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Roland Pierce
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Rep. Arthur Prouty
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Senator Brent Renwyck
Favorite Son
TV • 1988
Vice President Dan Eastman
Robert Kennedy & His Times
TV • 1985
Robert McNamara
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
TV • 1999
Frank Agostini
Fatal Vision
TV • 1984
Paul Strombaugh
In a Child's Name
TV • 1991
Peter Chappell
Kodiak
TV • 1974
Prisoner
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Colonel Hopkins
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Officer Jack Hanlon
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
TV • 1983
Charlie McCourt
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Ray Dixon
Renegade
TV • 1992
Dallas Shields
Renegade
TV • 1992
Ted Bronson
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Abel Hoffman
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1988
Admiral Edgar Sheppard
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Lt. Dan Gorecki
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Ethan Mitchell
Hotel
TV • 1982
Steve Cutler
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Dennis Kelly
Naked City
TV • 1958
Driver (uncredited)
Dark Shadows
TV • 1966
Burke Devlin