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Mitchell Ryan

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.


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Born:
Jan 11, 1928 In Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
91
First Appeared:
In the movie Thunder Road 1958-05-10
Latest Project:
Series Aftershock: Earthquake in New York 1999-11-14
Known For
Poster of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Poster of The A-Team
Poster of Julie Farr, M.D.
Poster of Electra Glide in Blue
Filmography
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 Liar Liar Mr. Allan 1997-03-21
Movie The Devil's Own Chief Jim Kelly 1997-03-13
Series Dharma & Greg Edward Montgomery 1997-09-24
Movie Grosse Pointe Blank Mr. Bart Newberry 1997-04-11
Movie A Face to Die For Joe Thomas 1996-03-11
Movie Raven Hawk White 1996-07-20
Series Dark Skies Unknown 1996-09-21
Movie Gramps Oliver 1995-05-20
Movie Judge Dredd Vartis Hammond 1995-06-30
Series The Single Guy Unknown 1995-09-21
Series The Drew Carey Show Unknown 1995-09-13
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
Series Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown 1993-04-21
Movie Hot Shots! Part Deux Gray Edwards 1993-05-21
Movie Star Harrison Barclay 1993-09-20
Movie Iron Eagle III Simms 1992-01-09
Movie Dirty Work Frank Esposito 1992-07-22
Movie The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them Kenneth Davenport 1992-11-26
Series 2000 Malibu Road Unknown 1992-08-23
Movie Deadly Game Admiral Mark Nately 1991-07-10
Series Silk Stalkings Unknown 1991-11-07
Series Wings Unknown 1990-04-19
Movie Judgment Dave Davis 1990-10-13
Movie The Ryan White Story Tom 1989-01-16
Movie Winter People Drury Campbell 1989-04-14
Movie Margaret Bourke-White Patton 1989-04-24
Series Favorite Son Vice President Dan Eastman 1988-10-30
Movie Lethal Weapon General Peter McAllister 1987-03-06
Series Jake and the Fatman Unknown 1987-09-26
Series Star Trek: The Next Generation Unknown 1987-09-28
Movie Northstar Col. Even Marshall 1986-08-09
Series Matlock Unknown 1986-03-03
Series L.A. Law Unknown 1986-09-15
Movie The Penalty Phase Donald Faulkner 1986-11-18
Series Robert Kennedy & His Times Robert McNamara 1985-01-27
Series Hell Town Unknown 1985-09-11
Series The Golden Girls Unknown 1985-09-14
Series Who's the Boss? Unknown 1984-09-20
Series Hunter Unknown 1984-09-18
Series Murder, She Wrote Unknown 1984-09-30
Series Hot Pursuit Unknown 1984-09-22
Series Fatal Vision Paul Strombaugh 1984-11-18
Movie Medea Jason 1983-01-01
Movie Uncommon Valor Chief Tom Riordan 1983-01-22
Series The A-Team Unknown 1983-01-23
Series High Performance 1983-03-02
Movie The Gambler: The Adventure Continues Charlie McCourt 1983-11-28
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 Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story Hugh Hefner 1981-11-01
Movie The Five of Me Dr. Ralph B. Allison 1981-05-12
Movie Of Mice and Men Slim 1981-11-29
Movie Angel City Silas Creedy 1980-11-12
Series The Chisholms 1979-03-29
Series Hart to Hart Unknown 1979-09-22
Movie Flesh & Blood Jack Fallon 1979-10-14
Series Julie Farr, M.D. 1978-03-07
Movie Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Applegate 1978-08-21
Movie Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion Jethro Lundy 1977-11-05
Movie Escape from Bogen County Ambler Bowman 1977-10-07
Movie Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. Mathew Sullivan 1977-12-26
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 Manhunter Unknown 1974-09-11
Movie High Plains Drifter Dave Drake 1973-04-19
Movie A Reflection of Fear Inspector McKenna 1973-02-12
Movie Electra Glide in Blue Harve Poole 1973-05-17
Movie Chase Capt. Chase Reddick 1973-03-24
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