Ted Knight
Ted Knight (December 7, 1923 – August 26, 1986) was an American actor and voice artist well known for playing the comedic roles of Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Henry Rush in Too Close for Comfort, and Judge Elihu Smails in Caddyshack.
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| Full name at birth | Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka
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| Claim to fame | Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Henry Rush in Too Close for Comfort, and Judge Elihu Smails in Caddyshack
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| Date of birth | 7 December 1923
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| Place of birth | Terryville, Plymouth, Connecticut, USA
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| Date of death | 26 August 1986
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| Age | 62 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Pacific Palisades, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Cancer - Colon
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| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, USA
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| Height | 5' 9" (175 cm)
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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| University | Randall School of Fine Arts, Hartford, CT
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- Ted Knight was also a prominent voice over actor for 1960/'70s Superhero cartoons, like The Flash, The Atom, Superman, and other hero cartoons, and Super Friends, and the Justice League. He was most known as the the omnipotent narrator, but he also voice over many of the second string character voices. He was never, or very rarely, the protagonist.
- The college sweatshirts he wore in the television series, "Too Close For Comfort" were sometimes sent to him by students from real colleges.
- In the 1970s he was the spokesperson for Southgate USA and appeared in numerous commercials that aired on Cleveland area TV and radio stations. (Southgate USA is a Shopping Center in Maple Heights, Ohio).
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 491-493. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- A hero in WWII, he was decorated five times for bravery.
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