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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 11, 1934
Died
March 4, 2022
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Mitch Ryan
Mitchell Ryan
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.6
The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
8.2
Highfather (voice)
Justice League
2001
7.0
Frank Agostini
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999
8.2
Roland Pierce
The West Wing
1999
🎬
0.0
Averell Harriman
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998
6.4
Edward Montgomery
Dharma & Greg
1997
6.9
Mr. Bart Newberry
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
6.7
Mr. Allan
Liar Liar
1997
6.2
Chief Jim Kelly
The Devil's Own
1997
7.6
Judge George Nelson
The Practice
1997
Credits
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Justice League
as Highfather (voice)
2001
8.2
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Frank Agostini
1999
7.0
The West Wing
as Roland Pierce
1999
8.2
🎬
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
as Averell Harriman
1998
0.0
Dharma & Greg
as Edward Montgomery
1997
6.4
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Mr. Bart Newberry
1997
6.9
Liar Liar
as Mr. Allan
1997
6.7
The Devil's Own
as Chief Jim Kelly
1997
6.2
The Practice
as Judge George Nelson
1997
7.6
Dark Skies
1996
7.2
Raven Hawk
as White
1996
3.4
Ed
as Abe Woods
1996
4.1
A Face to Die For
as Joe Thomas
1996
6.3
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
as Dr. Terence Wynn
1995
5.2
The Single Guy
as Mr. Bremley
1995
5.0
The Drew Carey Show
as Woody
1995
6.5
Judge Dredd
as Vartis Hammond
1995
5.8
Gramps
as Oliver
1995
7.0
Speechless
as Lloyd Wannamaker
1994
5.9
Blue Sky
as Ray Stevens
1994
6.1
One West Waikiki
1994
7.4
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Chief Carson
1994
6.5
NYPD Blue
as Officer Jack Hanlon
1993
7.0
Star
as Harrison Barclay
1993
6.1
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Gray Edwards
1993
6.5
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Judge Riley
1993
6.9
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
as Kenneth Davenport
1992
5.1
Majority Rule
as John 'Blackjack' Wade
1992
3.0
Renegade
as Dallas Shields
1992
6.7
Renegade
as Ted Bronson
1992
6.7
2000 Malibu Road
1992
6.5
Dirty Work
as Frank Esposito
1992
0.0
Iron Eagle III
as Simms
1992
4.1
In a Child's Name
as Peter Chappell
1991
7.7
Silk Stalkings
1991
6.0
Deadly Game
as Admiral Mark Nately
1991
5.6
Judgment
as Dave Davis
1990
5.3
Wings
as Jonathan Clayton
1990
6.9
Margaret Bourke-White
as Patton
1989
0.0
Winter People
as Drury Campbell
1989
5.6
The Ryan White Story
as Tom
1989
6.3
Favorite Son
as Vice President Dan Eastman
1988
4.0
Mission: Impossible
as Admiral Edgar Sheppard
1988
7.5
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Kyle Riker
1987
8.4
Jake and the Fatman
as Lt. Dan Gorecki
1987
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
as Ethan Mitchell
1987
6.2
Lethal Weapon
as General Peter McAllister
1987
7.3
The Penalty Phase
as Donald Faulkner
1986
4.9
L.A. Law
as Duncan Young
1986
7.0
Northstar
as Col. Even Marshall
1986
10.0
Matlock
as Ellis Blake
1986
7.1
Hostage Flight
as Captain Malone
1985
5.9
North and South
as Tillet Main
1985
7.4
The Golden Girls
as Rex
1985
7.6
Hell Town
1985
5.0
Robert Kennedy & His Times
as Robert McNamara
1985
7.0
Fatal Vision
as Paul Strombaugh
1984
6.3
Murder, She Wrote
as Captain Ernest Lenko
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Rep. Arthur Prouty
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Senator Brent Renwyck
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Ray Dixon
1984
7.5
Hot Pursuit
1984
5.0
Who's the Boss?
1984
7.4
Hunter
as Tom Reed
1984
7.1
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
as Charlie McCourt
1983
5.0
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
as Charlie McCourt
1983
6.8
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
1983
6.4
🎬
High Performance
1983
5.0
The A-Team
as Ike Hagen
1983
7.5
Uncommon Valor
as Chief Tom Riordan
1983
0.0
🎬
Medea
as Jason
1983
1.0
St. Elsewhere
as George Deaton
1982
5.6
Hotel
as Steve Cutler
1982
6.8
Of Mice and Men
as Slim
1981
7.1
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
as Hugh Hefner
1981
4.7
The Five of Me
as Dr. Ralph B. Allison
1981
9.0
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
as Keyes
1981
6.5
The Choice
as Jerry Clements
1981
0.0
Angel City
as Silas Creedy
1980
5.8
Flesh & Blood
as Jack Fallon
1979
5.5
Hart to Hart
as Ramsey T. MacLaish
1979
6.9
The Chisholms
as Cooper Hawkins
1979
6.2
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Lt. Col. Applegate
1978
3.5
Dallas
as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
1978
6.8
🎬
Julie Farr, M.D.
1978
0.0
Having Babies III
as Dr. Blake Simmons
1978
4.0
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
as Mathew Sullivan
1977
5.4
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Jethro Lundy
1977
7.0
Escape from Bogen County
as Ambler Bowman
1977
0.0
Two-Minute Warning
as The Priest
1976
6.2
Midway
as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
1976
6.6
The Hemingway Play
as Ernest
1976
0.0
The Entertainer
as Mr. Pasko
1976
5.5
Baretta
1975
6.4
The Rockford Files
as Colonel Hopkins
1974
7.6
Kodiak
as Prisoner
1974
5.0
The Manhunter
1974
5.0
Magnum Force
as Officer Charlie McCoy
1973
7.1
🎬
Chase
as Chase Reddick
1973
5.0
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
as Waters
1973
7.2
Electra Glide in Blue
as Harve Poole
1973
6.9
High Plains Drifter
as Dave Drake
1973
7.3
Chase
as Capt. Chase Reddick
1973
0.0
Barnaby Jones
as Dennis Kelly
1973
6.9
A Reflection of Fear
as Inspector McKenna
1972
6.0
The Streets of San Francisco
as Abel Hoffman
1972
7.0
The Honkers
as Lowell
1972
5.6
Chandler
as Chuck Kincaid
1971
4.3
Cannon
1971
6.6
The Hunting Party
as Doc Harrison
1971
6.1
My Old Man's Place
as Sgt. Martin Flood
1971
6.8
Monte Walsh
as Shorty Austin
1970
6.2
The High Chaparral
as Jelks
1967
6.6
The Defenders
as Harry Cook
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Jack Bostick
1961
5.9
Naked City
as Marty Minters
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Overton
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Quale
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Paul Tamarind
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Driver (uncredited)
1958
5.5
Thunder Road
as Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)
1958
6.0