Mitchell Ryan
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(61 total)
Liar Liar
as Mr. Allan
Lethal Weapon
as General Peter McAllister
Judge Dredd
as Vartis Hammond
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Gray Edwards
The Devil's Own
as Chief Jim Kelly
High Plains Drifter
as Dave Drake
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
as Dr. Terence Wynn
Magnum Force
as Officer Charlie McCoy
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Mr. Bart Newberry
Midway
as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
as Waters
Blue Sky
as Ray Stevens
Star
as Harrison Barclay
Ed
as Abe Woods
Speechless
as Lloyd Wannamaker
Electra Glide in Blue
as Harve Poole
Two-Minute Warning
as The Priest
The Hunting Party
as Doc Harrison
Iron Eagle III
as Simms
Monte Walsh
as Shorty Austin
TV Shows
(63 total)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Kyle Riker
The A-Team
as Ike Hagen
Justice League
as Highfather (voice)
The West Wing
as Roland Pierce
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Judge Riley
Murder, She Wrote
as Captain Ernest Lenko
Murder, She Wrote
as Rep. Arthur Prouty
Murder, She Wrote
as Senator Brent Renwyck
Murder, She Wrote
as Ray Dixon
The Golden Girls
as Rex
Dharma & Greg
as Edward Montgomery
Dallas
as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
Mission: Impossible
as Admiral Edgar Sheppard
The Drew Carey Show
as Woody
North and South
as Tillet Main
NYPD Blue
as Officer Jack Hanlon
Renegade
as Dallas Shields
Renegade
as Ted Bronson
Wings
as Jonathan Clayton