Mitchell 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.

Known For

The West Wing

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

The A-Team

Dallas

All Movies (60)

• Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade1999 · as Self - Host
• Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story1998 · as Averell Harriman
• Grosse Pointe Blank1997 · as Mr. Bart Newberry
• Liar Liar1997 · as Mr. Allan
• The Devil's Own1997 · as Chief Jim Kelly
• Raven Hawk1996 · as White
• Ed1996 · as Abe Woods
• A Face to Die For1996 · as Joe Thomas
• Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers1995 · as Dr. Wynn
• Judge Dredd1995 · as Vartis Hammond
• Gramps1995 · as Oliver
• Speechless1994 · as Lloyd Wannamaker
• Blue Sky1994 · as Ray Stevens
• Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is1994 · as Chief Carson
• Star1993 · as Harrison Barclay
• Hot Shots! Part Deux1993 · as Gray Edwards
• The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them1992 · as Kenneth Davenport
• Majority Rule1992 · as John 'Blackjack' Wade
• Dirty Work1992 · as Frank Esposito
• Iron Eagle III1992 · as Simms
• Deadly Game1991 · as Admiral Mark Nately
• Judgment1990 · as Dave Davis
• Margaret Bourke-White1989 · as Patton
• Winter People1989 · as Drury Campbell
• The Ryan White Story1989 · as Tom
• Lethal Weapon1987 · as General Peter McAllister
• The Penalty Phase1986 · as Donald Faulkner
• Northstar1986 · as Col. Even Marshall
• Hostage Flight1985 · as Captain Malone
• The Gambler: The Adventure Continues1983 · as Charlie McCourt
• Uncommon Valor1983 · as Chief Tom Riordan
• Medea1983 · as Jason
• Of Mice and Men1981 · as Slim
• Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story1981 · as Hugh Hefner
• The Five of Me1981 · as Dr. Ralph B. Allison
• Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission1981 · as Keyes
• The Choice1981 · as Jerry Clements
• Angel City1980 · as Silas Creedy
• Flesh & Blood1979 · as Jack Fallon
• Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force1978 · as Lt. Col. Applegate
• Having Babies III1978 · as Dr. Blake Simmons
• Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.1977 · as Mathew Sullivan
• Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion1977 · as Jethro Lundy
• Escape from Bogen County1977 · as Ambler Bowman
• Two-Minute Warning1976 · as The Priest
• Midway1976 · as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
• The Hemingway Play1976 · as Ernest
• The Entertainer1976 · as Mr. Pasko
• Magnum Force1973 · as Officer Charlie McCoy
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle1973 · as Waters
• Electra Glide in Blue1973 · as Harve Poole
• High Plains Drifter1973 · as Dave Drake
• Chase1973 · as Capt. Chase Reddick
• A Reflection of Fear1972 · as Inspector McKenna
• The Honkers1972 · as Lowell
• Chandler1971 · as Chuck Kincaid
• The Hunting Party1971 · as Doc Harrison
• My Old Man's Place1971 · as Sgt. Martin Flood
• Monte Walsh1970 · as Shorty Austin
• Thunder Road1958 · as Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)

All TV Shows (64)

• Justice League2001 · as Highfather (voice)
• Aftershock: Earthquake in New York1999 · as Frank Agostini
• The West Wing1999 · as Roland Pierce
• Dharma & Greg1997 · as Edward Montgomery
• The Practice1997 · as Judge George Nelson
• Dark Skies1996
• The Single Guy1995 · as Mr. Bremley
• The Drew Carey Show1995 · as Woody
• One West Waikiki1994
• NYPD Blue1993 · as Officer Jack Hanlon
• Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Judge Riley
• Renegade1992 · as Dallas Shields
• Renegade1992 · as Ted Bronson
• 2000 Malibu Road1992
• In a Child's Name1991 · as Peter Chappell
• Silk Stalkings1991
• Wings1990 · as Jonathan Clayton
• Favorite Son1988 · as Vice President Dan Eastman
• Mission: Impossible1988 · as Admiral Edgar Sheppard
• Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Kyle Riker
• Jake and the Fatman1987 · as Lt. Dan Gorecki
• Jake and the Fatman1987 · as Ethan Mitchell
• L.A. Law1986 · as Duncan Young
• Matlock1986 · as Ellis Blake
• North and South1985 · as Tillet Main
• The Golden Girls1985 · as Rex
• Hell Town1985
• Robert Kennedy & His Times1985 · as Robert McNamara
• Fatal Vision1984 · as Paul Strombaugh
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Captain Ernest Lenko
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Rep. Arthur Prouty
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Senator Brent Renwyck
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Ray Dixon
• Hot Pursuit1984
• Who's the Boss?1984
• Hunter1984 · as Tom Reed
• The Gambler: The Adventure Continues1983 · as Charlie McCourt
• Hardcastle and McCormick1983 · as Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
• High Performance1983
• The A-Team1983 · as Ike Hagen
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as George Deaton
• Hotel1982 · as Steve Cutler
• Flesh & Blood1979 · as Jack Fallon
• Hart to Hart1979 · as Ramsey T. MacLaish
• The Chisholms1979 · as Cooper Hawkins
• Dallas1978 · as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
• Julie Farr, M.D.1978
• Baretta1975
• Kodiak1974 · as Prisoner
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Colonel Hopkins
• The Manhunter1974
• Chase1973 · as Chase Reddick
• Barnaby Jones1973 · as Dennis Kelly
• The Streets of San Francisco1972 · as Abel Hoffman
• Cannon1971
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Jelks
• Dark Shadows1966 · as Burke Devlin
• The Defenders1961 · as Harry Cook
• The Defenders1961 · as Jack Bostick
• Naked City1958 · as Marty Minters
• Naked City1958 · as Overton
• Naked City1958 · as Quale
• Naked City1958 · as Paul Tamarind
• Naked City1958 · as Driver (uncredited)