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.
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- Dallas (1978) as Cpt. Merwin Fogerty
- The A-Team (1983) as Ike Hagen
- NYPD Blue (1993) as Officer Jack Hanlon
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Kyle Riker
- The West Wing (1999) as Roland Pierce
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Captain Ernest Lenko
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Rep. Arthur Prouty
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Senator Brent Renwyck
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Ray Dixon
- Wings (1990) as Jonathan Clayton
- Dark Shadows (1966) as Burke Devlin
- The Practice (1997) as Judge George Nelson
- Matlock (1986) as Ellis Blake
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Judge Riley
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) as Woody
- Jake and the Fatman (1987) as Lt. Dan Gorecki
- Jake and the Fatman (1987) as Ethan Mitchell
- Hunter (1984) as Tom Reed
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Rex
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Colonel Hopkins
- L.A. Law (1986) as Duncan Young
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as George Deaton
- Hart to Hart (1979) as Ramsey T. MacLaish
- Renegade (1992) as Dallas Shields