
Mitchell Ryan
Department: Acting
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

Lethal Weapon
1987

Liar Liar
1997

Magnum Force
1973

The Devil's Own
1997

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995

Two-Minute Warning
1976

A Face to Die For
1996

High Plains Drifter
1973

Grosse Pointe Blank
1997

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973

Electra Glide in Blue
1973

Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993

Blue Sky
1994

The Hunting Party
1971

Deadly Game
1991

Monte Walsh
1970

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004

Chandler
1971

A Reflection of Fear
1972

Winter People
1989

The Ryan White Story
1989

Northstar
1986

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998

The Entertainer
1976

Star
1993

Chase
1973

Majority Rule
1992

Of Mice and Men
1981

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
1981

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977

Dirty Work
1992

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978

The Honkers
1972

Margaret Bourke-White
1989

Medea
1983

Uncommon Valor
1983

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977

Flesh & Blood
1979

Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
1981

Judgment
1990

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1992

Judge Dredd
1995

Iron Eagle III
1992

Gramps
1995

Hostage Flight
1985

Angel City
1980

Raven Hawk
1996

My Old Man's Place
1971

The Five of Me
1981

The Penalty Phase
1986

Thunder Road
1958

Escape from Bogen County
1977

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
1983

Midway
1976

The Choice
1981

The Hemingway Play
1976

Speechless
1994

Having Babies III
1978

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1999

Ed
1996

St. Elsewhere
1982

The Drew Carey Show
1995

Murder, She Wrote
1984

L.A. Law
1986

Dark Skies
1996

Who's the Boss?
1984

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

The A-Team
1983

The Single Guy
1995

The Golden Girls
1985

Matlock
1986

Baretta
1975

Wings
1990

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993

Naked City
1958

Dharma & Greg
1997

The Practice
1997

Silk Stalkings
1991

Hart to Hart
1979

Cannon
1971

Hunter
1984

Dallas
1978

2000 Malibu Road
1992

The High Chaparral
1967

Hot Pursuit
1984

The Manhunter
1974

Julie Farr, M.D.
1978

Hell Town
1985

Chase
1973

High Performance
1983

The Defenders
1961

The Defenders
1961

The Chisholms
1979

One West Waikiki
1994

North and South
1985

Justice League
2001

Naked City
1958

Naked City
1958

Naked City
1958

The West Wing
1999

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Favorite Son
1988

Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999

Fatal Vision
1984

In a Child's Name
1991

Kodiak
1974

The Rockford Files
1974

NYPD Blue
1993

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
1983

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Renegade
1992

Renegade
1992

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Mission: Impossible
1988

Jake and the Fatman
1987

Jake and the Fatman
1987

Hotel
1982

Barnaby Jones
1973

Naked City
1958

Dark Shadows
1966