American character actor born in Cincinnati and raised in Louisville, Mitchell Ryan was a well known supporting actor in films and television. Joined the Navy in 1951 at age 17 and was later assigned to the Special Services Entertainment and became hooked on acting. After his term in the Navy, he appeared in dozens of plays until he received notice as playing a regular in TV's Sombras en la oscuridad (1966).Beginning in the 1970s, he received work in motion pictures including Monty Walsh (1970), Harry el fuerte (1973) and in Clint Eastwood's Infierno de cobardes (1973). He had a small part in Universal's La batalla de Midway (1976) and returned to act in numerous soaps and television series, among them included a recurring guest role in Having Babies (1978), Executive Suite (1976), Los Chisholm (1979) and Todos mis hijos (1970) and a growing list of television films and TV guest appearances.He may have been best-known for portraying the villain that Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are after in Arma letal (1987), but his career included several supporting roles in the past ten years including Juez Dredd (1995), Michael Myers' nemesis in Halloween: La maldición de Michael Myers (1995), Mentiroso compulsivo (1997) (with Jim Carrey), and as Harrison Ford's chief out to get Brad Pitt in the film La sombra del diablo (1997).
