Ted Ross

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-06-30 (68 years old)

Deathday

2002-09-03

Place of Birth

Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Ted Ross

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...

Acting

1991

The Fisher King

as Limo Bum

1978

The Wiz

as Lion

1984

Police Academy

as Captain Reed

1988

1981

Arthur

as Bitterman

1982

Fighting Back

as Commissioner

1980

1977

The Fourth King

as Uno (voice)

1977

Minstrel Man

as Charlie Bates

1980

1981

Ragtime

as Black Lawyer

1982

Parole

as Barney

1981

Purlie

as Ensemble

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