Mitchell Ryan
Actor
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.
Filmography
Lethal Weapon
as General Peter McAllister 1987
Judge Dredd
as Vartis Hammond 1995
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Gray Edwards 1993
The Devil's Own
as Chief Jim Kelly 1997
High Plains Drifter
as Dave Drake 1973
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
as Dr. Terence Wynn 1995
Magnum Force
as Officer Charlie McCoy 1973
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Mr. Bart Newberry 1997
Midway
as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited) 1976
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
as Waters 1973
Star
as Harrison Barclay 1993
Blue Sky
as Ray Stevens 1994
Ed
as Abe Woods 1996
Speechless
as Lloyd Wannamaker 1994
Electra Glide in Blue
as Harve Poole 1973
Two-Minute Warning
as The Priest 1976