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Mitchell Ryan is an American former film, television, and stage actor, who in his six decades of television is known for playing Burke Devlin in the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, and later for his co-starring role as Thomas Gibson's father Edward Montgomery on Dharma & Greg. He also played the villainous General Peter McAllister in the 1987 buddy cop action film Lethal Weapon.
Born
Thursday, 11 January 1934
Died
Friday, 04 March 2022
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Terence Wynn | 2007 |
| Love for Rent | Doctor | 2005 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | The Priest in Two-Minute Warning | 2003 |
| Justice League | Highfather | 2001 |
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Frank Agostini | 1999 |
| The West Wing | Senator Roland Pierce | 1999 |
| Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Averell Harriman | 1998 |
| Dharma & Greg | Edward Montgomery | 1997 |
| Grosse Pointe Blank | Mr. Bart Newberry | 1997 |
| Liar Liar | Mr. Allan | 1997 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Terence Wynn | 2007 |
| Love for Rent | Doctor | 2005 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | The Priest in Two-Minute Warning | 2003 |
| Justice League | Highfather | 2001 |
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Frank Agostini | 1999 |
| The West Wing | Senator Roland Pierce | 1999 |
| Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Averell Harriman | 1998 |
| Dharma & Greg | Edward Montgomery | 1997 |
| Grosse Pointe Blank | Mr. Bart Newberry | 1997 |
| Liar Liar | Mr. Allan | 1997 |
| The Devil's Own | Chief Jim Kelly | 1997 |
| The Practice | Judge George Nelson | 1997 |
| Spy Game | Morganthal | 1997 |
| Dark Skies | William Paley | 1996 |
| Raven Hawk | White | 1996 |
| Ed | Abe Woods | 1996 |
| A Face to Die For | Joe Thomas | 1996 |
| Champs | Mr. Schuster | 1996 |
| Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Dr. Wynn / Dr. Terence Wynn | 1995 |
| The Single Guy | Mr. Brimley | 1995 |
| The Drew Carey Show | Woody | 1995 |
| Judge Dredd | Vartis Hammond | 1995 |
| Gramps | Oliver | 1995 |
| Speechless | Lloyd Wannamaker | 1994 |
| Blue Sky | Ray Stevens | 1994 |
| One West Waikiki | Cosmetic Surgeon | 1994 |
| Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Chief Carson | 1994 |
| NYPD Blue | Jack Hanlan | 1993 |
| Star | Harrison Barclay | 1993 |
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Gray Edwards | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Judge Riley | 1993 |
| The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them | Kenneth Davenport | 1992 |
| Renegade | Ted Bronson / Dallas Shields | 1992 |
| 2000 Malibu Road | Porter | 1992 |
| Dirty Work | Frank Esposito | 1992 |
| Mann & Machine | Bennet Tyler | 1992 |
| Aces: Iron Eagle III | Simms | 1992 |
| Civil Wars | Judge Kosarin | 1991 |
| In a Child's Name | Peter Chappell | 1991 |
| Silk Stalkings | Grant Everett | 1991 |
| Reasonable Doubts | Hugh Mandrake | 1991 |
| Deadly Game | Admiral Mark Nately | 1991 |
| Judgment | Dave Davis | 1990 |
| Wings | Jonathan Clayton | 1990 |
| Hardball | (as Mitch Ryan) | 1989 |
| The Young Riders | (as Mitch Ryan) | 1989 |
| Margaret Bourke-White | Patton | 1989 |
| Winter People | Drury Campbell | 1989 |
| The Ryan White Story | Tom | 1989 |
| Favorite Son | Vice President Dan Eastman | 1988 |
| Mission: Impossible | Admiral Edgar Sheppard | 1988 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Kyle Riker | 1987 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Lt. Dan Gorecki / Ethan Mitchell | 1987 |
| Lethal Weapon | The General / General Peter McAllister | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Duncan Young | 1986 |
| Northstar | Col. Even Marshall | 1986 |
| Matlock | Ellis Blake | 1986 |
| Hostage Flight | Captain Malone | 1985 |
| North & South: Book 1, North & South | Tillet Main | 1985 |
| The Golden Girls | Rex | 1985 |
| Robert Kennedy and His Times | Robert McNamara | 1985 |
| Fatal Vision | Paul Strombaugh | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Senator Brent Renwyck / Rep. Arthur Prouty / Ray Dixon / Captain Ernest Lenko | 1984 |
| Hot Pursuit | Mr. Wyler | 1984 |
| Who's the Boss? | Jack | 1984 |
| Hunter | Tom Reed | 1984 |
| Riptide | Col. John Litvak | 1984 |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues | Charlie McCourt | 1983 |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Sheriff 'Stretch' Carter | 1983 |
| High Performance | Brennan Flannery | 1983 |
| The A-Team | Ike Hagen | 1983 |
| Medea | Jason | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | George Deaton | 1982 |
| Hotel | Steve Cutler | 1982 |
| King's Crossing | Sam Garrett | 1982 |
| Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story | Hugh Hefner | 1981 |
| The Five of Me | Dr. Ralph B. Allison | 1981 |
| The Monkey Mission | Keyes | 1981 |
| Angel City | Silas Creedy | 1980 |
| Flesh & Blood | Jack Fallon | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Ramsey T. MacLaish | 1979 |
| The Chisholms | Cooper Hawkins | 1979 |
| Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Lt. Col. Applegate / Applegate | 1978 |
| Dallas | Cpt. Merwin Fogerty | 1978 |
| Having Babies | Dr. Blake Simmons | 1978 |
| Having Babies III | Dr. Blake Simmons | 1978 |
| Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | Mathew Sullivan / Matthew Sullivan | 1977 |
| Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Jethro Lundy | 1977 |
| Two-Minute Warning | The Priest | 1976 |
| Executive Suite | Dan Walling | 1976 |
| Midway | RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch | 1976 |
| Most Wanted | Keith Garner | 1976 |
| Family | Mike Dunston | 1976 |
| The Entertainer | Mr. Pasko | 1975 |
| The Blue Knight | Pete Stryker | 1975 |
| Baretta | Bax Baxter | 1975 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Colonel Hopkins | 1974 |
| The Manhunter | Tom Bailey | 1974 |
| Magnum Force | Charlie McCoy / Officer Charlie McCoy | 1973 |
| Electra Glide in Blue | Harve Poole | 1973 |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Waters | 1973 |
| High Plains Drifter | Dave Drake | 1973 |
| Chase | Capt. Chase Reddick / Chase Reddick / Captain Chase Reddick | 1973 |
| A Reflection of Fear | Inspector McKenna | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Dennis Kelly | 1973 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Abel Hoffman | 1972 |
| The Honkers | Lowell | 1972 |
| Chandler | Chuck Kincaid / Kincaid | 1971 |
| Cannon | Alexander Roper / Ed Farrell / John Flatow | 1971 |
| The Hunting Party | Doc Harrison | 1971 |
| My Old Man's Place | Sgt. Martin Flood | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Brad Fletcher | 1971 |
| Monte Walsh | Shorty Austin | 1970 |
| Flesh and Blood | Jack Fallon | 1968 |
| The High Chaparral | Jelks | 1967 |
| N.Y.P.D. | Joseph Robert Maloney / Mr. Whitaker | 1967 |
| Coronet Blue | Oscar Davis | 1967 |
| The Defenders | Jack Bostick / Harry Cook | 1961 |
| 'Way Out | Bill Fontaine | 1961 |
| Brenner | Detective Mack | 1959 |
| Naked City | Driver / Marty Minters / Overton / Paul Tamarind / Quale | 1958 |
| Thunder Road | Jed Moultrie | 1958 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | (as Mitch Ryan) | 1950 |
