Cast & creator
Mitchell Ryan
Best known for The West Wing, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dark Shadows
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.
Also known as: Mitch Ryan
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film credits
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television credits
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1958–2013 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (125)
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The West Wing
Roland Pierce
1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kyle Riker
1987
Dark Shadows
Burke Devlin
1966
Murder, She Wrote
Captain Ernest Lenko
1984Murder, She Wrote
Rep. Arthur Prouty
1984Murder, She Wrote
Senator Brent Renwyck
1984Murder, She Wrote
Ray Dixon
1984
The Practice
Judge George Nelson
1997
Dallas
Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
1978
NYPD Blue
Jack Hanlon
1993
L.A. Law
Duncan Young
1986
The Drew Carey Show
Woody
1995
The A-Team
Ike Hagen
1983
The Rockford Files
Colonel Hopkins
1974
St. Elsewhere
George Deaton
1982
Cannon
1971
Matlock
Ellis Blake
1986
Wings
Jonathan Clayton
1990
Naked City
Marty Minters
1958Naked City
Overton
1958Naked City
Quale
1958Naked City
Paul Tamarind
1958Naked City
Driver (uncredited)
1958
The Golden Girls
Rex
1985
Renegade
Dallas Shields
1992Renegade
Ted Bronson
1992
Hotel
Steve Cutler
1982
Jake and the Fatman
Lt. Dan Gorecki
1987Jake and the Fatman
Ethan Mitchell
1987
The Defenders
Harry Cook
1961The Defenders
Jack Bostick
1961
Who's the Boss?
1984
Hart to Hart
Ramsey T. MacLaish
1979
Walker, Texas Ranger
Judge Riley
1993
Silk Stalkings
1991
Hunter
Tom Reed
1984
Barnaby Jones
Dennis Kelly
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
Abel Hoffman
1972
The High Chaparral
Jelks
1967
Baretta
1975
Dharma & Greg
Edward Montgomery
1997
Hardcastle and McCormick
Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter
1983
North and South
Tillet Main
1985
The Single Guy
Mr. Bremley
1995
Justice League
Highfather (voice)
2001
Lethal Weapon
General Peter McAllister
1987
Mission: Impossible
Admiral Edgar Sheppard
1988
Liar Liar
Mr. Allan
1997
Judge Dredd
Vartis Hammond
1995
Dark Skies
1996
The Manhunter
Tom Bailey
1974
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Gray Edwards
1993
One West Waikiki
1994
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Dr. Wynn
1995
Magnum Force
Officer Charlie McCoy
1973
The Devil's Own
Chief Jim Kelly
1997
High Plains Drifter
Dave Drake
1973
Midway
RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
1976
Kodiak
Prisoner
1974
Chase
Chase Reddick
1973
Hell Town
1985
Grosse Pointe Blank
Mr. Bart Newberry
1997
The Chisholms
Cooper Hawkins
1979
Hot Pursuit
1984
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Charlie McCourt
1983
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Frank Agostini
1999
2000 Malibu Road
1992
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Robert McNamara
1985
Favorite Son
Vice President Dan Eastman
1988
Fatal Vision
Paul Strombaugh
1984
Speechless
Lloyd Wannamaker
1994
Flesh & Blood
Jack Fallon
1979
In a Child's Name
Peter Chappell
1991
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Waters
1973
Thunder Road
Jed 'Jess' Moultrie (uncredited)
1958
Electra Glide in Blue
Harve Poole
1973
Flesh & Blood
Jack Fallon
1979
Two-Minute Warning
The Priest
1976
The Hunting Party
Doc Harrison
1971
Winter People
Drury Campbell
1989
Ed
Abe Woods
1996
Iron Eagle III
Simms
1992
Halloween 6: Producer's Cut
Dr. Wynn
2013
The Entertainer
Mr. Pasko
1976
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Hugh Hefner
1981
Blue Sky
Ray Stevens
1994Julie Farr, M.D.
1978
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Kenneth Davenport
1992
A Face to Die For
Joe Thomas
1996
Monte Walsh
Shorty Austin
1970
A Reflection of Fear
Inspector McKenna
1972
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
Keyes
1981
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Charlie McCourt
1983
Chandler
Chuck Kincaid
1971
My Old Man's Place
Sgt. Martin Flood
1971
The Ryan White Story
Tom
1989Medea
Jason
1983
Star
Harrison Barclay
1993
Escape from Bogen County
Ambler Bowman
1977
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Lt. Col. Applegate
1978
Chase
Capt. Chase Reddick
1973
Majority Rule
John 'Blackjack' Wade
1992
The Honkers
Lowell
1972
The Five of Me
Dr. Ralph B. Allison
1981
Of Mice and Men
Slim
1981
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Mathew Sullivan
1977
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Chief Carson
1994High Performance
1983
Dirty Work
Frank Esposito
1992
Angel City
Silas Creedy
1980
Raven Hawk
White
1996
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Jethro Lundy
1977
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Self - Host
1999
The Penalty Phase
Donald Faulkner
1986
Judgment
Dave Davis
1990Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Averell Harriman
1998
Hostage Flight
Captain Malone
1985
Uncommon Valor
Chief Tom Riordan
1983
Deadly Game
Admiral Mark Nately
1991
Gramps
Oliver
1995
The Choice
Jerry Clements
1981
The Hemingway Play
Ernest
1976
Margaret Bourke-White
Patton
1989
Having Babies III
Dr. Blake Simmons
1978
Northstar
Col. Even Marshall
1986