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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-01-11 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Mitchell Ryan

Biography:

Mitchell Ryan (born January 11, 1934) 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.

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Known For

Acting

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

2001

Justice League as Highfather (voice)

1999

The West Wing as Roland Pierce

1998

1997

Liar Liar as Mr. Allan
The Devil's Own as Chief Jim Kelly
Grosse Pointe Blank as Mr. Bart Newberry
Dharma & Greg as Edward Montgomery

1996

A Face to Die For as Joe Thomas
Raven Hawk as White
Ed as Abe Woods

1995

Judge Dredd as Vartis Hammond
Gramps as Oliver
The Single Guy as Mr. Bremley

1994

Blue Sky as Ray Stevens
Speechless as Lloyd Wannamaker

1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux as Gray Edwards
Star as Harrison Barclay
Walker, Texas Ranger as Judge Riley
NYPD Blue as Officer Jack Hanlon

1992

Majority Rule as John 'Blackjack' Wade
Dirty Work as Frank Esposito
Renegade as Dallas Shields
Renegade as Ted Bronson

1991

Deadly Game as Admiral Mark Nately
In a Child's Name as Peter Chappell

1990

Judgment as Dave Davis
Wings as Jonathan Clayton

1989

Winter People as Drury Campbell

1988

Favorite Son as Vice President Dan Eastman

1987

Lethal Weapon as General Peter McAllister

1986

Northstar as Col. Even Marshall
The Penalty Phase as Donald Faulkner
L.A. Law as Duncan Young

1985

Hostage Flight as Captain Malone
North and South as Tillet Main
Robert Kennedy & His Times as Robert McNamara

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Captain Ernest Lenko
Hunter as Tom Reed
Murder, She Wrote as Rep. Arthur Prouty
Murder, She Wrote as Senator Brent Renwyck
Fatal Vision as Paul Strombaugh
Murder, She Wrote as Ray Dixon

1983

Uncommon Valor as Chief Tom Riordan
Medea as Jason
The A-Team as Ike Hagen
Hardcastle and McCormick as Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter

1982

1981

The Five of Me as Dr. Ralph B. Allison
The Choice as Jerry Clements

1980

Angel City as Silas Creedy

1979

Flesh & Blood as Jack Fallon
The Chisholms as Cooper Hawkins

1978

Having Babies III as Dr. Blake Simmons
Dallas as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty

1977

Escape from Bogen County as Ambler Bowman

1976

Two-Minute Warning as The Priest
The Entertainer as Mr. Pasko
Midway as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)

1975

1974

Kodiak as Prisoner
The Rockford Files as Colonel Hopkins

1973

Magnum Force as Officer Charlie McCoy
High Plains Drifter as Dave Drake
Electra Glide in Blue as Harve Poole
A Reflection of Fear as Inspector McKenna
Chase as Capt. Chase Reddick
Chase as Chase Reddick

1972

The Honkers as Lowell

1971

The Hunting Party as Doc Harrison
Chandler as Chuck Kincaid
My Old Man's Place as Sgt. Martin Flood

1970

Monte Walsh as Shorty Austin

1967

1961

The Defenders as Harry Cook
The Defenders as Jack Bostick

1958

Thunder Road as Jed Moultrie
Naked City as Marty Minters
Naked City as Overton
Naked City as Quale
Naked City as Paul Tamarind