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Mitchell Ryan

Acting

Born January 11, 1934 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died March 4, 2022

Also known as Mitch 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.

Filmography50+ titles

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987as Kyle Riker

The West Wing

1999as Roland Pierce

Justice League

2001as Highfather (voice)

The Practice

1997as Judge George Nelson

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

The Golden Girls

1985as Rex

The Rockford Files

1974as Colonel Hopkins

North and South

1985as Tillet Main

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Captain Ernest Lenko

The A-Team

1983as Ike Hagen

Who's the Boss?

1984

Lethal Weapon

1987as General Peter McAllister

High Plains Drifter

1973as Dave Drake

Dark Shadows

1966as Burke Devlin

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

1973as Waters

NYPD Blue

1993as Officer Jack Hanlon

L.A. Law

1986as Duncan Young

Matlock

1986as Ellis Blake

Hunter

1984as Tom Reed

Magnum Force

1973as Officer Charlie McCoy

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997as Mr. Bart Newberry

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as Judge Riley

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

1983as Charlie McCourt

Barnaby Jones

1973as Dennis Kelly

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Abel Hoffman

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

as Frank Agostini

Hart to Hart

1979as Ramsey T. MacLaish

Electra Glide in Blue

1973as Harve Poole

Wings

1990as Jonathan Clayton

Dallas

1978as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty

The High Chaparral

1967as Jelks

Liar Liar

1997as Mr. Allan

Renegade

1992as Ted Bronson

Midway

1976as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)

The Drew Carey Show

1995as Woody

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993as Gray Edwards

The Ryan White Story

1989as Tom

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983as Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter

Two-Minute Warning

1976as The Priest

The Devil's Own

1997as Chief Jim Kelly

Blue Sky

1994as Ray Stevens

Silk Stalkings

1991

The Hunting Party

1971as Doc Harrison

Thunder Road

1958as Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)

Angel City

1980as Silas Creedy

The Honkers

1972as Lowell

Judge Dredd

1995as Vartis Hammond

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them

1992as Kenneth Davenport

St. Elsewhere

1982as George Deaton

Naked City

1958as Quale