Movies starring Mitch Ryan
American character actor born in Cincinnati and raised in Louisville, Mitchell Ryan is a well known supporting actor in films and television. During his term in the Navy in 1951, he was 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 "Dark Shadows" (1966) for three years.
Beginning in the 70s, he received work in motion pictures including Monte Walsh (1970), Magnum Force (1973) and in 'Clint Eastwood' (qv)'s High Plains Drifter (1973). He had a sma ...
show all American character actor born in Cincinnati and raised in Louisville, Mitchell Ryan is a well known supporting actor in films and television. During his term in the Navy in 1951, he was 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 "Dark Shadows" (1966) for three years.
Beginning in the 70s, he received work in motion pictures including Monte Walsh (1970), Magnum Force (1973) and in 'Clint Eastwood' (qv)'s High Plains Drifter (1973). He had a small part in Universal's 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), "Chisholms, The" (1980) and "All My Children" (1970) and a growing list of television films and TV guest appearances. Ryan is probably best known for portraying the villain that 'Mel Gibson (I)' (qv) and 'Danny Glover' (qv) are after in Lethal Weapon (1987), but his career included several supporting roles in the past ten years including Judge Dredd (1995), Michael Myers' nemesis in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Liar Liar (1997) with 'Jim Carrey' (qv) and as 'Harrison Ford (I)' (qv)'s chief out to get 'Brad Pitt' (qv) in Devil's Own, The (1997).
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In this action romp par excellence, each overblown set piece becomes ever more ludicrous — implausibility is, after all, a large part of the entertainment here. The basic buddy-buddy situation is a familiar one, but Mel Gibson, as the loose-cannon detective whose disregard for danger reaches new heights when he investigates a drugs ring, and Danny Glover, as his by-the-book, ever-fretful partner, bring a great deal of spirit and fun to the mindless mayhem. The chalk-and-cheese chemistry of the two leads was so popular that three further sequels were made over the next ten years.
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The law of diminishing laughs applies to Jim Abrahams and Pat Proft’s self-conscious parody of the Rambo series, with Charlie Sheen reprising his role of the superhero with zero tolerance for the enemy. Lloyd Bridges also returns, this time as the US president, but this sequel is too reminiscent of its predecessor to be terribly amusing. Still, there are some laughs to be had and look out for a brief appearance by Rowan Atkinson.
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