Biography
He briefly appeared in "Thunder Road" (1958), with Robert Mitchum and then moved to NYC to work for over twenty years on stage and TV. Alternately billed as Mitch or Mitchell Ryan, he made his stage debut in "Whisper to Me" (1960) before joining Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in 1962. He played the title role in "Baal" and landed a key role opposite Lee Remick in the thriller "Wait Until Dark" (1966). Among his other stage credits …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared as Burke Devlin on ABC daytime soap "Dark Shadows" | ||
| Appeared with Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. | ||
| Born in Cincinnati, Ohio | ||
| Co-starred as Dr. Blake Simmons on "Having Babies/Julie Farr, M.D." (ABC) | ||
| Played lead in NBC police drama "Chase" (NBC) | ||
| Raised in Louisville, Kentucky | ||
| Starred on short-lived primetime soap "Executive Suite" (CBS) | ||
1951 | Served in US Navy during Korean War; assigned to special services entertainment unit | |
1958 | Film debut, "Thunder Road" | |
1960 | New York stage debut, "Whisper to Me" | |
1962 | Appeared in various productions as member of the New York Shakespeare Festival | |
1965 | Played title role, "Baal" on Broadway | |
1966 | Starred in "Wait Until Dark" on Broadway | |
1970 | First film in 22 years, "Monte Walsh" | |
1976 | Earliest TV-moive, "The Entertainers" (NBC) | |
1976 | Last film for over a decade, "Two-Minute Warning" | |
1980 | Was Cooper Hawkins on the short-lived "The Chisholms" (CBS) | |
1983 | Series regular on "High Performance" (ABC) | |
1985 | Played Robert McNamara in miniseries "Robert Kennedy and His Times", CBS; also starred in "North and South" miniseries on ABC | |
1987 | First film role in over a decade, "Lethal Weapon" | |
1993 | Played rare comic role, "Hot Shots! Part Deux" | |
1995 | Returned to daytime dramas to play gangster Frank Smith on "General Hospital" | |
1997 | Had regular role of wealthy businessman Edward Montgomery on the ABC sitcom "Dharma & Greg" | |