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.

Filmography

• 2013Halloween 6: Producer's Cut — Dr. Wynn
• Justice League — Highfather (voice)
• Aftershock: Earthquake in New York — Frank Agostini
• The West Wing — Roland Pierce
• 1998Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story — Averell Harriman
• Dharma & Greg — Edward Montgomery
• 1997Grosse Pointe Blank — Mr. Bart Newberry
• 1997Liar Liar — Mr. Allan
• 1997The Devil's Own — Chief Jim Kelly
• The Practice — Judge George Nelson
• 1996A Face to Die For — Joe Thomas
• Dark Skies
• 1996Ed — Abe Woods
• 1996Raven Hawk — White
• 1995Gramps — Oliver
• 1995Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers — Dr. Wynn
• 1995Judge Dredd — Vartis Hammond
• The Drew Carey Show — Woody
• The Single Guy — Mr. Bremley
• 1994Blue Sky — Ray Stevens
• 1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is — Chief Carson
• One West Waikiki
• 1994Speechless — Lloyd Wannamaker
• 1993Hot Shots! Part Deux — Gray Edwards
• NYPD Blue — Jack Hanlon
• 1993Star — Harrison Barclay
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Judge Riley
• 2000 Malibu Road
• 1992Dirty Work — Frank Esposito
• 1992Iron Eagle III — Simms
• 1992Majority Rule — John 'Blackjack' Wade
• Renegade — Dallas Shields, Ted Bronson
• 1992The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them — Kenneth Davenport
• 1991Deadly Game — Admiral Mark Nately
• In a Child's Name — Peter Chappell
• Silk Stalkings
• 1990Judgment — Dave Davis
• Wings — Jonathan Clayton
• 1989Margaret Bourke-White — Patton
• 1989The Ryan White Story — Tom
• 1989Winter People — Drury Campbell
• Favorite Son — Vice President Dan Eastman
• Mission: Impossible — Admiral Edgar Sheppard
• Jake and the Fatman — Lt. Dan Gorecki, Ethan Mitchell
• 1987Lethal Weapon — General Peter McAllister
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Kyle Riker
• L.A. Law — Duncan Young
• Matlock — Ellis Blake
• 1986Northstar — Col. Even Marshall
• 1986The Penalty Phase — Donald Faulkner
• Hell Town
• 1985Hostage Flight — Captain Malone
• North and South — Tillet Main
• Robert Kennedy & His Times — Robert McNamara
• The Golden Girls — Rex
• Fatal Vision — Paul Strombaugh
• Hot Pursuit
• Hunter — Tom Reed
• Murder, She Wrote — Captain Ernest Lenko, Rep. Arthur Prouty, Senator Brent Renwyck, Ray Dixon
• Who's the Boss?
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
• High Performance
• 1983Medea — Jason
• The A-Team — Ike Hagen
• 1983The Gambler: The Adventure Continues — Charlie McCourt
• The Gambler: The Adventure Continues — Charlie McCourt
• 1983Uncommon Valor — Chief Tom Riordan
• Hotel — Steve Cutler
• St. Elsewhere — George Deaton
• 1981Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story — Hugh Hefner
• 1981Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission — Keyes
• 1981Of Mice and Men — Slim
• 1981The Choice — Jerry Clements
• 1981The Five of Me — Dr. Ralph B. Allison
• 1980Angel City — Silas Creedy
• 1979Flesh & Blood — Jack Fallon
• Flesh & Blood — Jack Fallon
• Hart to Hart — Ramsey T. MacLaish
• The Chisholms — Cooper Hawkins
• Dallas — Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
• 1978Having Babies III — Dr. Blake Simmons
• Julie Farr, M.D.
• 1978Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force — Lt. Col. Applegate
• 1977Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. — Mathew Sullivan
• 1977Escape from Bogen County — Ambler Bowman
• 1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion — Jethro Lundy
• 1976Midway — RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
• 1976The Entertainer — Mr. Pasko
• 1976The Hemingway Play — Ernest
• 1976Two-Minute Warning — The Priest
• Baretta
• Kodiak — Prisoner
• The Manhunter — Tom Bailey
• The Rockford Files — Colonel Hopkins
• Barnaby Jones — Dennis Kelly
• 1973Chase — Capt. Chase Reddick
• Chase — Chase Reddick
• 1973Electra Glide in Blue — Harve Poole
• 1973High Plains Drifter — Dave Drake
• 1973Magnum Force — Officer Charlie McCoy
• 1973The Friends of Eddie Coyle — Waters
• 1972A Reflection of Fear — Inspector McKenna
• 1972The Honkers — Lowell
• The Streets of San Francisco — Abel Hoffman
• Cannon
• 1971Chandler — Chuck Kincaid
• 1971My Old Man's Place — Sgt. Martin Flood
• 1971The Hunting Party — Doc Harrison
• 1970Monte Walsh — Shorty Austin
• The High Chaparral — Jelks
• Dark Shadows — Burke Devlin
• The Defenders — Harry Cook, Jack Bostick
• Naked City — Marty Minters, Overton, Quale, Paul Tamarind, Driver (uncredited)
• 1958Thunder Road — Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1999Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self - Host