Mitchell Ryan

• Name — Mitchell Ryan • Born — 11 January 1934 • Birthplace — Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. • Died — 4 March 2022 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actor, comedian • Children — 3 • Years Active — 1958–2022

Mitchell Ryan was born on January 11, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was a salesman and his mother was a writer. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War.

A life member of the Actors Studio, Ryan's Broadway theatre credits include Wait Until Dark, Medea, and The Price. His off-Broadway credits include Antony and Cleopatra (1963) and The Price (1979). Ryan was an original cast member of the cult TV soap opera Dark Shadows, playing Burke Devlin until he was dismissed from the show in June 1967 due to his alcoholism, and replaced by Anthony George. In 1970, Ryan was in one episode of The High Chaparral as a character named Jelks, who was on the run from the law. He appeared in an episode of Cannon, "Fool's Gold" in 1971, and in ABC's The Streets of San Francisco episode "The Unicorn". He portrayed the title character, Chase Reddick, on the crime drama Chase (1973–74). • Illustration — Mitchell Ryan in Chase In 1975, Ryan played in Barnaby Jones, in the episode titled "Counterfall". He portrayed the leading character, Dan Walling, on Executive Suite (1976–77) and played Blake Simmons in the drama Julie Farr, M.D. (1978–79) which paired him with lead actress Susan Sullivan, whom he reunited with to star together again in Dharma & Greg. Ryan portrayed Cooper Hawkins on the Western series The Chisholms (1980), Sam Garrett on King's Crossing (1982) Brennan Flannery on High Performance (1983), Edward Wyler on Hot Pursuit (1984), and Porter Tremont on 2000 Malibu Road (1992). Ryan's other acting credits include the films Liar Liar; Magnum Force, playing as "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood)'s ill-fated despondent best friend and fellow police officer, a motorcycle patrolman named Charlie McCoy; Lethal Weapon, playing the key villain General Peter McAllister; Grosse Pointe Blank; Electra Glide in Blue; and Hot Shots! Part Deux, playing Senator Grey Edwards. In 1985, he portrayed Tillet Main, the patriarch of the Main family in the first North and South miniseries. In 1991, he played Ellis Blake in the sixth season Matlock episode "The Foursome". Ryan appeared in NBC's The A-Team; he played Ike Hagan, as Grant Everett in a two-part Silk Stalkings episode; and as Kyle Riker, the father of Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), in the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "The Icarus Factor"; Ryan had been considered for the part of series lead Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). He also portrayed the roles of the abusive boyfriend of Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), Rex Huntington, in The Golden Girls season 6 episode "The Bloom is off the Rose", and Jack Hanlan, a police officer in "Emission Accomplished", a 1993 season 1 episode of NYPD Blue. The same year, Ryan played Dallas Shields in Renegade. He appeared in the 1983 episode of Hart to Hart "Highland Fling". In 1994, he appeared again in Hart to Hart in one of the made-for-TV movies, Home Is Where the Hart Is. In 1995, he appeared in the films Judge Dredd and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Dr. Terence Wynn (played by Robert Phalen in the original Halloween film). Ryan played the role of Greg Montgomery (Thomas Gibson)'s father, Edward Montgomery, on the comedy Dharma & Greg (1997–2002). The following year, Ryan voiced Highfather on Justice League. Ryan was the president of Screen Actors Guild Foundation.

Ryan married Lynda Morse in 1972, and they had a son. Ryan and Morse divorced in 1982, and Ryan married Barbara Albertine in 1998. They had two children and five grandchildren. Ryan died of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, California, on March 4, 2022, at the age of 88.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1959 — Brenner — Detective Mack — Episode: "Record of Arrest" • 1961 — Way Out — Bill Fontaine — Episode: "Soft Focus" • 1961–1963 — Naked City — Various — 5 episodes • 1961–1965 — The Defenders — Harry Cook/Jack Bostick — 2 episodes • 1966–1967 — Dark Shadows — Burke Devlin — 107 episodes • 1967 — Coronet Blue — Oscar Davis — Episode: "Faces" • 1967–1969 — N.Y.P.D. — Joseph Robert Maloney/Mr. Whitaker — 2 episodes • 1970 — The High Chaparral — Jelks — Episode: "Jelks" • 1971 — O'Hara, U.S. Treasury — Brad Fletcher — Episode: "Operation: Pay Off" • 1971–1975 — Cannon — Alexander Roper/John Flatow/Ed Farrell — 3 episodes • 1973 — The Fuzz Brothers — Ben — Television film • The Streets of San Francisco — Abel Hoffman — Episode: "The Unicorn" • 1973–1974 — Chase — Captain Chase Reddick — 23 episodes • 1974 — The Manhunter — Tom Bailey — Episode: "The Man Who Thought He Was Dillinger" • Kodiak — Prisoner — Episode: "Thunder Mountain" • 1975 — Barnaby Jones — Dennis Kelly — Episode: "Counterfall" • The Rockford Files — Colonel Hopkins — Episode: "2 Into 5.56 Won't Go" • The Entertainer — Mr. Pasko — Television film • Baretta — Bax Baxter — Episode: "Nobody in a Nothing Place" • 1976 — The Blue Knight — Peter Stryker — Episode: "Cop Killer" • The Hemingway Play — Ernest Hemingway — Television film • 1976–1977 — Executive Suite — Dan Walling — 18 episodes • 1977 — Most Wanted — Keith Garner — Episode: "The Spellbinder" • Escape from Bogen County — Ambler Bowman — Television film • Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion — Jethro Lundy — Television film • Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. — Matthew Sullivan — Television film • 1978 — Having Babies III — Dr. Blake Simmons — Television film • Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force — Lieutenant Colonel Applegate — Television film • Family — Mike Dunston — Episode: "Expectations" • 1978–1979 — Julie Farr, M.D. — Dr. Blake Simmons — 8 episodes • 1979 — Flesh & Blood — Jack Fallon — Television film • 1980 — The Chisholms — Cooper Hawkins — 9 episodes • Angel City — Silas Creedy — Television film • 1981 — The Choice — Jerry Clements — Television film • The Monkey Mission — Keyes — Television film • The Five of Me — Dr. Ralph B. Allison — Television film • Death of a Centerfold — Hugh Hefner — Television film • Of Mice and Men — Slim — Television film • 1982 — King's Crossing — Sean Garrett — Episode: "Long Ago Tomorrow" • 1983 — Uncommon Valor — Chief Tom Riordan — Television film • High Performance — Brennan Flannery — 2 episodes • Medea — Jason — Television film • The Gambler: The Adventure Continues — Charlie McCourt — Television film • Hart to Hart — Ramsey MacLeish — Episode: "Highland Fling" • 1984 — Hardcastle and McCormick — Sheriff Stretch Carter — 2 episodes • 1985 — Hotel — Steve Cutler — Episode: "Lifelines" • Dallas — Captain Merwin Fogarty — 3 episodes • Hot Pursuit — Mr. Wyler — 2 episodes • Fatal Vision — Paul Strombaugh — Episode: "1.2" • Robert Kennedy and His Times — Robert McNamara — Episode: "1.1" • Riptide — Colonel John Litvak — Episode: "Boz Busters" • The A-Team — Ike Hagen — Episode: "Waste 'Em!" • North and South — Tillet Main — 6 episodes • Hostage Flight — Captain Malone — Television film • Hell Town — Howard Bane — Episode: "My Girlfriend, Annie" • Northstar — Colonel Even Marshall — Television film • 1985–1995 — Murder, She Wrote — Various — 4 episodes • 1986 — All My Children — Alex Hunter — Episode: "1.4186" • Penalty Phase — Donald Faulkner — Television film • 1987 — St. Elsewhere — George Deaton — Episode: "Rites of Passage" • 1988 — The English Programme — Slim — 5 episodes • Favorite Son — Vice President Dan Eastman — Episode: "Part One" • 1989 — The Ryan White Story — Tom — Television film • Star Trek: The Next Generation — Kyle Riker — Episode: "The Icarus Factor" • Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White — General George S. Patton — Television film • Mission: Impossible — Edgar Sheppard — Episode: "Submarine" • Santa Barbara — Anthony Tonell — 36 episodes • Hardball — Captain Jake Griffin — Episode: "The Fighting 52nd" • 1989–1990 — Jake and the Fatman — Lieutenant Dan Gorecki/Ethan Mitchell — 2 episodes • 1990 — Who's the Boss? — Jack — Episode: "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" • Judgment — Dave Davis — Television film • L.A. Law — Duncan Young — Episode: "Smoke Gets In Your Thighs" • 1991 — The Golden Girls — Rex Huntington — Episode: "The Bloom is Off the Rose" • Hunter — Tom Reed — Episode: "Shadows of the Past" • Deadly Game — Admiral Mark Nately — Television film • In a Child's Name — Peter Chappell — 2 episodes • Matlock — Ellis Blake — Episode: "The Foursome" • 1992 — Civil Wars — Judge Kosarin — Episode: "Denise and De Nuptials" • Mann & Machine — Bennet Tyler — Episode: "Water, Water, Everywhere" • The Young Riders — Marshall Luke Murphy — Episode: "Lessons Learned" • Dirty Work — Frank Esposito — Television film • 2000 Malibu Road — Porter Tremont — 4 episodes • Majority Rule — John Wade — Television film • 1993 — Reasonable Doubts — Hugh Mandrake — Episode: "Wish You Were Here" • Star — Harrison Barclay — Television film • NYPD Blue — Jack Hanlan — Episode: "Emission Accomplished" • General Hospital — Frank Smith — 2 episodes • 1993–1994 — Renegade — Dallas Bronson/Ted Shields — 4 episodes • 1994 — Hart to Hart: Home is Where the Hart Is — Chief Carson — Television film • Walker, Texas Ranger — Judge Riley — Episode: "The Committee" • One West Waikiki — Cosmetic Surgeon — Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part" • 1995 — Gramps — Oliver — Television film • The Single Guy — Mr. Brimley — 2 episodes • Silk Stalkings — Grant Everett — 2 episodes • 1996 — A Face to Die For — Joe Thomas — Television film • Raven Hawk — White — Television film • Champs — Mr. Shuester — Episode: "We'll Never Have Paris" • Wings — Jonathan Clayton — 3 episodes • 1997 — Dark Skies — William Paley — Episode: "To Prey in Darkness" • Spy Game — Morganthal — Episode: "What, Micah Worry?" • The Practice — Judge George Nelson — Episode: "The Civil Right" • 1997–2002 — Dharma & Greg — Edward Montgomery — 119 episodes • 1998 — Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story — W. Averell Harriman — Television film • 1999 — Aftershock: Earthquake in New York — Frank Agostini — 2 episodes • 2003 — Justice League — Highfather (voice) — Episode: "Twilight" • 2004 — The West Wing — Senator Roland Pierce — Episode: "The Supremes" • The Drew Carey Show — Woody — Episode: "Drew Hunts Silver Fox" • 2021 — Smartphone Theatre — Harry — Episode: "What Friends Do (#Expendables)"

Mitchell Ryan is established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 13985729n. Established in IdRef (French universities) under 18747477X. Mitchell Ryan is established in Library of Congress under nr88005692. Established in FAST under 1485710. Recorded as television actor.