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