Portrait of Mitchell Ryan

Mitchell Ryan

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.

Born: January 11, 1934

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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

1997
Dharma & Greg

as Edward Montgomery

1997
Grosse Pointe Blank

as Mr. Bart Newberry

1997
Liar Liar

as Mr. Allan

1997
The Devil's Own

as Chief Jim Kelly

1997
The Practice

as Judge George Nelson

1996
Raven Hawk

as White

1996
Ed

as Abe Woods

1996
A Face to Die For

as Joe Thomas

1995
The Single Guy

as Mr. Bremley

1995
Judge Dredd

as Vartis Hammond

1995
Gramps

as Oliver

1994
Speechless

as Lloyd Wannamaker

1994
Blue Sky

as Ray Stevens

1993
NYPD Blue

as Officer Jack Hanlon

1993
Star

as Harrison Barclay

1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux

as Gray Edwards

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Judge Riley

1992
Majority Rule

as John 'Blackjack' Wade

1992
Renegade

as Dallas Shields

1992
Renegade

as Ted Bronson

1992
Dirty Work

as Frank Esposito

1992
1991
In a Child's Name

as Peter Chappell

1991
Deadly Game

as Admiral Mark Nately

1990
Judgment

as Dave Davis

1990
Wings

as Jonathan Clayton

1989
Winter People

as Drury Campbell

1988
Favorite Son

as Vice President Dan Eastman

1988
Mission: Impossible

as Admiral Edgar Sheppard

1987
Jake and the Fatman

as Lt. Dan Gorecki

1987
Jake and the Fatman

as Ethan Mitchell

1987
Lethal Weapon

as General Peter McAllister

1986
The Penalty Phase

as Donald Faulkner

1986
L.A. Law

as Duncan Young

1986
Northstar

as Col. Even Marshall

1986
Matlock

as Ellis Blake

1985
Hostage Flight

as Captain Malone

1985
North and South

as Tillet Main

1985
Robert Kennedy & His Times

as Robert McNamara

1984
Fatal Vision

as Paul Strombaugh

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Captain Ernest Lenko

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Rep. Arthur Prouty

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Senator Brent Renwyck

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Ray Dixon

1984
Hunter

as Tom Reed

1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter

1983
The A-Team

as Ike Hagen

1983
Uncommon Valor

as Chief Tom Riordan

1982
St. Elsewhere

as George Deaton

1982
Hotel

as Steve Cutler

1981
1981
The Five of Me

as Dr. Ralph B. Allison

1981
The Choice

as Jerry Clements

1980
Angel City

as Silas Creedy

1979
Flesh & Blood

as Jack Fallon

1979
Hart to Hart

as Ramsey T. MacLaish

1979
The Chisholms

as Cooper Hawkins

1978
Dallas

as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty

1978
Having Babies III

as Dr. Blake Simmons

1977
Escape from Bogen County

as Ambler Bowman

1976
Two-Minute Warning

as The Priest

1976
Midway

as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)

1976
1976
The Entertainer

as Mr. Pasko

1974
The Rockford Files

as Colonel Hopkins

1974
Kodiak

as Prisoner

1973
Magnum Force

as Officer Charlie McCoy

1973
Electra Glide in Blue

as Harve Poole

1973
High Plains Drifter

as Dave Drake

1973
Chase

as Capt. Chase Reddick

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Dennis Kelly

1972
A Reflection of Fear

as Inspector McKenna

1972
1972
The Honkers

as Lowell

1971
Chandler

as Chuck Kincaid

1971
1971
The Hunting Party

as Doc Harrison

1971
My Old Man's Place

as Sgt. Martin Flood

1970
Monte Walsh

as Shorty Austin

1967
1961
The Defenders

as Harry Cook

1961
The Defenders

as Jack Bostick

1958
Naked City

as Marty Minters

1958
Naked City

as Overton

1958
Naked City

as Quale

1958
Naked City

as Paul Tamarind

1958
Naked City

as Driver (uncredited)

1958
Thunder Road

as Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)