From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mitchell Ryan (born January 11, 1934[1]) is an American actor most recently known for playing Edward Montgomery (Greg's father) on the sitcom Dharma & Greg. He also worked with his on-screen wife from Dharma & Greg, Susan Sullivan, in the short-lived series Julie Farr, M.D.. Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.[2] 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 the cult TV soap Dark Shadows, playing Burke Devlin until he was fired from the show in June 1967 due to his alcoholism,[citation needed] and replaced by Anthony George. His other acting credits include Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Liar, Liar, Magnum Force (Dirty Harry's ill-fated despondent best friend and fellow traffic cop Charlie McCoy), Lethal Weapon (as the key villain, The General), Grosse Pointe Blank, Electra Glide in Blue, and Hot Shots! Part Deux (as senator Grey Edwards). In 1973, he played the lead in the NBC adventure show Chase, with co-stars Wayne Maunder and Reid Smith. In 1980, Ryan played wagonmaster Cooper Hawkins in the CBS western miniseries The Chisholms, taking a wagon train of pioneers to California during the 1840s, and becoming the de facto head of the Chisholm family after the death of patriarch Hadley Chisholm. Ryan appeared in NBC's The A-Team episode "Waste 'Em". He appeared as the father of Commander William Riker in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Icarus Factor". (Ryan had earlier been considered for the part of series lead Captain Jean-Luc Picard.) He played a police officer in a 1993 episode of NYPD Blue. His Broadway theatre credits include Wait Until Dark, Medea, and The Price. Ryan has been married and divorced twice and is the father of three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mitchell Ryan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
Series | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Frank Agostini | 1999-11-14 |
Movie | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Averell Harriman | 1998-10-12 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | The Devil's Own | Chief Jim Kelly | 1997-03-13 |
Movie | Grosse Pointe Blank | Mr. Bart Newberry | 1997-04-11 |
Movie | Liar Liar | Mr. Allan | 1997-03-21 |
Series | Dharma & Greg | Edward Montgomery | 1997-09-24 |
Movie | Raven Hawk | White | 1996-07-20 |
Movie | A Face to Die For | Joe Thomas | 1996-03-11 |
Series | Dark Skies | Unknown | 1996-09-21 |
Movie | Judge Dredd | Vartis Hammond | 1995-06-30 |
Series | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown | 1995-09-13 |
Movie | Gramps | Oliver | 1995-05-20 |
Series | The Single Guy | Unknown | 1995-09-21 |
Movie | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Dr. Terence Wynn | 1995-09-29 |
Series | One West Waikiki | Unknown | 1994-08-04 |
Movie | Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Chief Carson | 1994-02-18 |
Movie | Blue Sky | Ray Stevens | 1994-09-16 |
Movie | Speechless | Lloyd Wannamaker | 1994-12-16 |
Movie | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Gray Edwards | 1993-05-21 |
Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
Movie | Star | Harrison Barclay | 1993-09-20 |
Movie | Dirty Work | Frank Esposito | 1992-07-22 |
Series | 2000 Malibu Road | Unknown | 1992-08-23 |
Movie | Iron Eagle III | Simms | 1992-01-09 |
Movie | Majority Rule | John 'Blackjack' Wade | 1992-10-27 |
Movie | The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them | Kenneth Davenport | 1992-11-26 |
Movie | Deadly Game | Admiral Mark Nately | 1991-07-10 |
Series | Silk Stalkings | Unknown | 1991-11-07 |
Series | In a Child's Name | Peter Chappell | 1991-11-17 |
Series | Wings | Jonathan Clayton | 1990-04-19 |
Movie | Judgment | Dave Davis | 1990-10-13 |
Movie | The Ryan White Story | Tom | 1989-01-16 |
Movie | Margaret Bourke-White | Patton | 1989-04-24 |
Movie | Winter People | Drury Campbell | 1989-04-14 |
Series | Favorite Son | Vice President Dan Eastman | 1988-10-30 |
Series | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
Movie | Lethal Weapon | General Peter McAllister | 1987-03-06 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Kyle Riker | 1987-09-28 |
Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Movie | Northstar | Col. Even Marshall | 1986-08-09 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | The Penalty Phase | Donald Faulkner | 1986-11-18 |
Series | Hell Town | Unknown | 1985-09-11 |
Series | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Robert McNamara | 1985-01-27 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | Hostage Flight | Captain Malone | 1985-11-17 |
Series | Hot Pursuit | Unknown | 1984-09-22 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
Series | Who's the Boss? | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Fatal Vision | Paul Strombaugh | 1984-11-18 |
Movie | Uncommon Valor | Chief Tom Riordan | 1983-01-22 |
Movie | Medea | Jason | 1983-01-01 |
Series | High Performance | 1983-03-02 | |
Movie | The Gambler: The Adventure Continues | Charlie McCourt | 1983-11-28 |
Series | The A-Team | Unknown | 1983-01-23 |
Series | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
Movie | The Choice | Jerry Clements | 1981-02-10 |
Movie | Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission | Keyes | 1981-03-23 |
Movie | The Five of Me | Dr. Ralph B. Allison | 1981-05-12 |
Movie | Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story | Hugh Hefner | 1981-11-01 |
Movie | Of Mice and Men | Slim | 1981-11-29 |
Movie | Angel City | Silas Creedy | 1980-11-12 |
Movie | Flesh & Blood | Jack Fallon | 1979-10-14 |
Series | The Chisholms | 1979-03-29 | |
Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
Series | Julie Farr, M.D. | 1978-03-07 | |
Movie | Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Lt. Col. Applegate | 1978-08-21 |
Movie | Escape from Bogen County | Ambler Bowman | 1977-10-07 |
Movie | Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | Mathew Sullivan | 1977-12-26 |
Movie | Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Jethro Lundy | 1977-11-05 |
Movie | The Entertainer | Mr. Pasko | 1976-03-10 |
Movie | Two-Minute Warning | The Priest | 1976-11-12 |
Movie | Midway | RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited) | 1976-06-18 |
Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
Series | The Rockford Files | Colonel Hopkins | 1974-09-13 |
Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Movie | Electra Glide in Blue | Harve Poole | 1973-05-17 |
Movie | A Reflection of Fear | Inspector McKenna | 1973-02-12 |
Movie | Chase | Capt. Chase Reddick | 1973-03-24 |
Movie | High Plains Drifter | Dave Drake | 1973-04-19 |
Movie | The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Waters | 1973-06-26 |
Movie | Magnum Force | Charlie McCoy | 1973-12-13 |
Series | Chase | Chase Reddick | 1973-09-11 |
Movie | The Honkers | Lowell | 1972-05-17 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Movie | The Hunting Party | Doc Harrison | 1971-07-16 |
Movie | My Old Man's Place | Sgt. Martin Flood | 1971-06-29 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | Chandler | Chuck Kincaid | 1971-12-01 |
Movie | Monte Walsh | Shorty Austin | 1970-10-02 |
Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
Movie | Thunder Road | Jed Moultrie | 1958-05-10 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |