Mitchell Ryan
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
Los Angeles Plays Itself
The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Averell Harriman
Grosse Pointe Blank
Mr. Bart Newberry
Liar Liar
Mr. Allan
The Devil's Own
Chief Jim Kelly
Raven Hawk
White
Ed
Abe Woods
A Face to Die For
Joe Thomas
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Dr. Terence Wynn
Judge Dredd
Vartis Hammond
Gramps
Oliver
Speechless
Lloyd Wannamaker
Blue Sky
Ray Stevens
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Chief Carson
Star
Harrison Barclay
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Gray Edwards
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Kenneth Davenport
Majority Rule
John 'Blackjack' Wade
Dirty Work
Frank Esposito
Iron Eagle III
Simms
Deadly Game
Admiral Mark Nately
Judgment
Dave Davis
Margaret Bourke-White
Patton
Winter People
Drury Campbell
The Ryan White Story
Tom
Lethal Weapon
General Peter McAllister
The Penalty Phase
Donald Faulkner
Northstar
Col. Even Marshall
Hostage Flight
Captain Malone
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Charlie McCourt
Uncommon Valor
Chief Tom Riordan
Medea
Jason
Of Mice and Men
Slim
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Hugh Hefner
The Five of Me
Dr. Ralph B. Allison
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
Keyes
The Choice
Jerry Clements
Angel City
Silas Creedy
Flesh & Blood
Jack Fallon
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Lt. Col. Applegate
Having Babies III
Dr. Blake Simmons
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Mathew Sullivan
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Jethro Lundy
Escape from Bogen County
Ambler Bowman
Two-Minute Warning
The Priest
Midway
RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
The Hemingway Play
Ernest
The Entertainer
Mr. Pasko
Magnum Force
Officer Charlie McCoy
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Waters
Electra Glide in Blue
Harve Poole
High Plains Drifter
Dave Drake
Chase
Capt. Chase Reddick
A Reflection of Fear
Inspector McKenna
The Honkers
Lowell
Chandler
Chuck Kincaid
The Hunting Party
Doc Harrison
My Old Man's Place
Sgt. Martin Flood
Monte Walsh
Shorty Austin
Thunder Road
Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)
TV Series
Justice League
Highfather (voice)
2 Episodes
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Frank Agostini
2 Episodes
The West Wing
Roland Pierce
1 Episode
Dharma & Greg
Edward Montgomery
119 Episodes
The Practice
Judge George Nelson
1 Episode
Dark Skies
1 Episode
The Single Guy
Mr. Bremley
2 Episodes
The Drew Carey Show
Woody
1 Episode
One West Waikiki
1 Episode
NYPD Blue
Officer Jack Hanlon
1 Episode
Walker, Texas Ranger
Judge Riley
1 Episode
Renegade
Dallas Shields
2 Episodes
2000 Malibu Road
1 Episode
In a Child's Name
Peter Chappell
2 Episodes
Silk Stalkings
1 Episode
Wings
Jonathan Clayton
3 Episodes
Favorite Son
Vice President Dan Eastman
3 Episodes
Mission: Impossible
Admiral Edgar Sheppard
1 Episode
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kyle Riker
1 Episode
Jake and the Fatman
Lt. Dan Gorecki
1 Episode
L.A. Law
Duncan Young
1 Episode
Matlock
Ellis Blake
1 Episode
North and South
Tillet Main
2 Episodes
The Golden Girls
Rex
1 Episode
Hell Town
1 Episode
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Robert McNamara
3 Episodes
Fatal Vision
Paul Strombaugh
2 Episodes
Murder, She Wrote
Captain Ernest Lenko
1 Episode
Hot Pursuit
1 Episode
Who's the Boss?
1 Episode
Hunter
Tom Reed
1 Episode
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Charlie McCourt
2 Episodes
Hardcastle and McCormick
Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
2 Episodes
High Performance
4 Episodes
The A-Team
Ike Hagen
1 Episode
St. Elsewhere
George Deaton
1 Episode
Hotel
Steve Cutler
1 Episode
Hart to Hart
Ramsey T. MacLaish
1 Episode
The Chisholms
Cooper Hawkins
9 Episodes
Dallas
Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
2 Episodes
Julie Farr, M.D.
9 Episodes
Baretta
1 Episode
Kodiak
Prisoner
1 Episode
The Rockford Files
Colonel Hopkins
1 Episode
The Manhunter
1 Episode
Chase
Chase Reddick
22 Episodes
Barnaby Jones
Dennis Kelly
1 Episode
The Streets of San Francisco
Abel Hoffman
1 Episode
Cannon
3 Episodes
The High Chaparral
Jelks
1 Episode
The Defenders
Harry Cook
1 Episode
Naked City
Marty Minters
1 Episode