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23
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Actor
Ted Ross
Acting
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Movies: 16Series: 7
TMDB ID: 57357
IMDb ID: nm0743874
Known for: Acting
Born: June 30, 1934
Died: September 3, 2002
Age: 68
Place of birth: Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 1991
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q715801
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ted Ross (June 30, 1934 – September 3, 2002) was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in The Wiz, an all-African American reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz. He won a Tony Award for the original 1975 Broadway production, and went on to recreate the role in the 1978 film version which also starred Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Ross went on to appear in the films Arthur and Police Academy, and on the television sitcoms The Jeffersons, Benson, The Cosby Show, and its spin-off A Different World. His final role was in the 1991 film The Fisher King. Ross was born Theodore Ross Roberts in Zanesville, Ohio, but he moved with his family to Dayton at age seven. He died from complications of a stroke he suffered in 1998. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ted Ross.
7.3
The Fisher King
as Limo Bum
1991 Movie
5.4
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Bitterman
1988 Movie
6.7
Police Academy
as Captain Reed
1984 Movie
5.8
Amityville II: The Possession
as Mr. Booth
1982 Movie
5.6
Fighting Back
as Commissioner
1982 Movie
Parole
as Barney
1982 Movie
7.0
Ragtime
as Black Lawyer
1981 Movie
5.3
Purlie
as Ensemble
1981 Movie
6.5
Arthur
as Bitterman
1981 Movie
5.8
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Prettyman
1980 Movie
Death Penalty
as Woody
1980 Movie
6.1
The Wiz
as Lion
1978 Movie
5.0
Wiz on Down the Road
as Lion
1978 Movie
The Fourth King
as Uno (voice)
1977 Movie
Minstrel Man
as Charlie Bates
1977 Movie
5.9
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Sallie
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ted Ross.
7.0
A Different World
as Dean Harris • 2 eps
1987 Series
7.1
The Equalizer
as Pike • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.7
227
1 eps
1985 Series
7.0
The Cosby Show
as Dean Harris • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.3
The Jeffersons
1 eps
1975 Series
6.7
Dinah!
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 2 eps
1962 Series