Ray Teal

🎂 Data nașterii: 1902-01-12 (Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA )

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray Elgin Teal (January 12, 1902 – April 2, 1976) was an American actor. His most famous role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on the television series Bonanza (1959–1972), which was only one of dozens of sheriffs on television and in movies that he played during his long and prolific career stretching from 1937 to 1970. He appeared in pictures such as Western Jamboree (1938) with Gene Autry, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Fredric March and Myrna Loy, The Black Arrow (1948), Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) with Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster. Teal was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A saxophone player, he worked his way through the University of California, Los Angeles as a bandleader before becoming an actor. His longest-running role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee, a law-enforcing sheriff on Bonanza. Teal was one of the most senior members of the crew having a permanent role. He had also played a sheriff in the Billy Wilder film Ace in the Hole (1951). Teal co-starred in numerous TV westerns throughout his career: he appeared five times on Cheyenne, four times on The Lone Ranger, on The Alaskans, three times in different roles on another long-running western series, Wagon Train, on NBC's Tales of Wells Fargo, on the ABC western series Broken Arrow, five times on the ABC western comedy Maverick, on the CBS western series The Texan, the NBC western series The Californians, twice on Colt .45, once on Wanted: Dead or Alive, and as "Sheriff Clay" for a single 1960 episode of the NBC western series Riverboat, and four times on a western series about the rodeo titled Wide Country. After more than 15 years performing in films and in early television, Teal secured a recurring role as a police officer in the 1953–1955 ABC sitcom with a variety-show theme, Where's Raymond?, later renamed The Ray Bolger Show. In 1955, Teal appeared as McCanles, a ruthless cattle baron in the episode "Julesburg" of the ABC/Warner Bros. Western series, Cheyenne. Altogether, Teal appeared five times on Cheyenne. He later appeared in a guest-starring role in another ABC/WB Western series, The Alaskans. From 1957 to 1962, Teal was cast three times in different roles on the Western series, Wagon Train. He also appeared in a number of episodes of Bat Masterson, an episode of The Rifleman and later in Green Acres. In 1957, Teal played a lawman, Captain McNelly, in the episode "Sam Bass" of NBC's Tales of Wells Fargo. Teal was cast as Fenster in "The Bounty Hunters" (1957) on the ABC Western series, Broken Arrow. In 1958, Teal guest-starred "No Tears for the Dead" on the CBS Western series, The Texan. He also later appeared in the CBS sitcom, Dennis the Menace. In 1960, Teal was cast as Sheriff Roy Coffee in Bonanza, a role he played until 1972, appearing in 98 episodes, occasionally as the lead character. He also portrayed judge/dentist/shoe repairman H.G. Cogswell in Bat Masterson starring Gene Barry. He died of undisclosed causes on April 2, 1976, at age 74 in Santa Monica, California. CLR

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Ray Teal

Filme în care a jucat

Decoy

Rogue Cop

The Princess and the Pirate

The Long Night

Dangerous Business

Asul din gaură

Nothing But Trouble

Black Bart

She Has What It Takes

Home Town Story

Circumstantial Evidence

Tomorrow Is Another Day

Edge of Doom

Gunman's Walk

Band of Angels

Jumping Jacks

The Man from Colorado

The Turning Point

Thousands Cheer

Bathing Beauty

Distant Drums

Blonde Alibi

The Captive City

Kazan

Decizia din Sundown

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

The Desperate Hours

Third Finger, Left Hand

Valeții cu un singur ochi

Bristle Face

Secret Command

Along Came Jones

Fort Worth

Hangman's Knot

Whistling in Brooklyn

The Clock

Zid înalt

Shadow of the Thin Man

Crime Doctor

Vânătorul de indieni

The Chance of a Lifetime

Sudan

The Hanged Man

Montana Belle

The Burning Hills

Home from the Hill

The Countess of Monte Cristo

The Redhead and the Cowboy

Forța brută

Driftwood

About Mrs. Leslie

The Oklahoman

The Command

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

Bullet for a Badman

Deadline for Murder

Cattle King

The Petty Girl

The Tall Stranger

Fury at Furnace Creek

Streets of Laredo

Warpath

The Missing Lady

Secret Enemies

Hello Out There

Harbor of Missing Men

Girl on the Run

Cattle Town

The Lion and the Horse

The Man from Bitter Ridge

Lucky Me

Once More, My Darling

The Young Guns

One Sunday Afternoon

Western Jamboree

Adventures of Red Ryder

Apache Ambush

Pony Post