Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 11, 1934
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Mitch Ryan
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 - Movies
Lethal Weapon
as General Peter McAllister
Liar Liar
as Mr. Allan
Judge Dredd
as Vartis Hammond
Flesh & Blood
as Jack Fallon
Midway
as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
The Devil's Own
as Chief Jim Kelly
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Gray Edwards
High Plains Drifter
as Dave Drake
Magnum Force
as Officer Charlie McCoy
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Mr. Bart Newberry
Known For - TV Shows
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Kyle Riker
Dallas
as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
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 West Wing
as Roland Pierce
The A-Team
as Ike Hagen
NYPD Blue
as Officer Jack Hanlon
The Practice
as Judge George Nelson