Ted Gehring
- Acting
- April 6, 1929 · Bisbee, Arizona, USA
- September 28, 2000
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Theodore Edwin Gehring Jr. (April 6, 1929 – September 28, 2000) was an American film and television actor. He is known for playing the recurring role as Charlie on 16 episodes of the American sitcom television series Alice. Life and career Gehring was born in Bisbee, Arizona. Gehring began his career in 1965, where he first appeared in The Big Valley, playing Larsh. He continued his career, mainly appearing in film and television, often cast as a policeman, bad guy or anonymous roles, over the years. Later in his career, Gehring guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke, Battlestar Galactica (and its spin-off Galactica 1980), M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Original Series, Get Smart, Bonanza, The Rockford Files, Three's Company, Emergency!, Little House on the Prairie, Quincy, M.E., Daniel Boone, Death Valley Days, Adam-12 and Mission: Impossible. He also appeared in films such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Nickelodeon, Bound for Glory, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, When Time Ran Out..., The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Domino Principle and Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins. Gehring has also played the role as "Sydney Forbes" in the soap opera television series Days of Our Lives, from 1980. Gehring also starred and co-starred in other films and television programs, as it includes, The Family Holvak, playing Chester Purdle, The Police Connection, playing the role of "Police Chief Marc C. Forester" and On the Air Live with Captain Midnight, playing Father. His last film appearance, was from the television film Leave Her to Heaven, in 1988. In 1989, Gehring retired his career in film and television, last appearing in the television series 1st & Ten, where he played the recurring role as "Ned Lassiter". Death Gehring died in September 2000 in Steelville, Missouri, at the age of 71. CLR
Known for
Filmography
- U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart · Truck Stop Manager
- Starman · Mike
- Out of Bounds · Mr. Cage
- Matlock · Impound Officer
- Murphy's Romance · Auctioneer
- 1st & Ten · Ned Lassiter
- Hunter · Dr. Jessup
- Crazy Dan · Ice Cream Vendor
- Gone Are the Dayes · Cook
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King · J.C. Granger
- Trauma Center · Baxter
- The A-Team · Deputy Jack Harmson
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · Sheriff Chapman
- T. J. Hooker · Mackey
- Cassie & Co. · Jack Salmone
- Help Wanted: Male · Dr. Merten
- Simon & Simon · Driver of County Truck
- The Fall Guy · Logan
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger · Dale Wesley Stillwell, Dale Wesley Stillwell (Cavendish gang)
- The Greatest American Hero · Lutz
- Hill Street Blues · Bobbin
- Magnum, P.I. · Herm Dunbar
- The Night the Bridge Fell Down · Police Chief
- The Memory of Eva Ryker · Lt. Galbraith
- Galactica 1980 · Sheriff
- On the Air Live with Captain Midnight · Father
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again · Hank Starrett
- The Rebels · Tom Shaw
- Hanging by a Thread · Jim Croft
- Tales of the Unexpected · Bartender
- Jennifer: A Woman’s Story · Wells
- Roots: The Next Generations · Road Boss
- Supertrain · Tex
- Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall · Self
- B.J. and the Bear · First Sheriff
- Are You in the House Alone? · Billy
- Battlestar Galactica · Croad
- Dallas · Brady York
- Gray Lady Down
- Lou Grant · Chief Rankin
- The Domino Principle · Schnaible
- Code R · Jerome Popkin
- Nickelodeon · Stoneman
- Bound for Glory · Connors
- Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours · Irv
- Quincy, M.E. · Motel Manager
- Alice · Charlie
- The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper · Officer Jim Moody
- The Hindenburg · Knorr
- Mackintosh and T.J. · Donkin
- Long Way Home · Chester Purdle (uncredited)
- The Family Holvak
- Farewell, My Lovely · Roy
- Cop on the Beat · Patrol Lieutenant
- The Invisible Man · Gate Guard
- Who Is the Black Dahlia? · A. Redfield
- Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
- Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins · Gas Station Owner
- Betrayal · Police Sergeant
- Airport 1975 · Mechanic (uncredited)
- Return of the Big Cat · Hunk Purdy
- The Strange and Deadly Occurrence · Dr. David Gillgreen
- The Rockford Files · Walt Chalco, Johnny Lo Salvo
- Movin' On
- Little House on the Prairie · Ebenezer Sprague
- The Parallax View · Schecter - Hotel Clerk
- The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd · Decker
- The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter · Norm Mitchell
- Senior Year · Laski
- Hog Wild · Jud
- Happy Days
- The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton · Doyle Reager
- Oklahoma Crude · Wobbly
- The Mad Bomber · Police Chief Marc C. Forester
- Police Story · Agee
- The Boy and the Bronc Buster · Brewster
- Kung Fu · Fuller
- Bad Company
- Delphi Bureau · Bernhart
- The Streets of San Francisco · Bert