Ted Gehring
Born: 1929-04-06 in Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Died: 2000-09-28
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
1987
- U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart as Truck Stop Manager
1986
- Matlock as Impound Officer
- Starman as Mike
- Out of Bounds as Mr. Cage
1985
- Murphy's Romance as Auctioneer
1984
- Hunter as Dr. Jessup
- 1st & Ten as Ned Lassiter
- Crazy Dan as Ice Cream Vendor
- Gone Are the Dayes as Cook
1983
- The A-Team as Deputy Jack Harmson
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King as J.C. Granger
- Trauma Center as Baxter
1982
- T. J. Hooker as Mackey
- Cassie & Co. as Jack Salmone
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Sheriff Chapman
- Help Wanted: Male as Dr. Merten
1981
- Hill Street Blues as Bobbin
- Simon & Simon as Driver of County Truck
- The Fall Guy as Logan
- The Greatest American Hero as Lutz
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger as Dale Wesley Stillwell
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Herm Dunbar
- Galactica 1980 as Sheriff
- The Memory of Eva Ryker as Lt. Galbraith
- The Night the Bridge Fell Down as Police Chief
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Bartender
- Roots: The Next Generations as Road Boss
- Supertrain as Tex
- The Rebels as Tom Shaw
- Hanging by a Thread as Jim Croft
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Hank Starrett
- Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall as Self
- On the Air Live with Captain Midnight as Father
- Jennifer: A Woman’s Story as Wells
1978
- Dallas as Brady York
- Battlestar Galactica as Croad
- Gray Lady Down
- Are You in the House Alone? as Billy
- B.J. and the Bear as First Sheriff
1977
- Lou Grant as Chief Rankin
- Code R as Jerome Popkin
- The Domino Principle as Schnaible
1976
- Quincy, M.E. as Motel Manager
- Alice
- Nickelodeon as Stoneman
- Bound for Glory as Connors
- The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper as Officer Jim Moody
- Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours as Irv
1975
- The Invisible Man as Gate Guard
- Farewell, My Lovely as Roy
- The Family Holvak
- The Hindenburg as Knorr
- Mackintosh and T.J. as Donkin
- Long Way Home as Chester Purdle (uncredited)
- Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins as Gas Station Owner
- Who Is the Black Dahlia? as A. Redfield
- Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
- Cop on the Beat as Patrol Lieutenant
1974
- Little House on the Prairie as Ebenezer Sprague
- Happy Days
- The Rockford Files as Walt Chalco
- Movin' On
- Airport 1975 as Mechanic (uncredited)
- Hog Wild as Jud
- The Parallax View as Schecter - Hotel Clerk
- The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter as Norm Mitchell
- The Strange and Deadly Occurrence as Dr. David Gillgreen
- The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton as Doyle Reager
- Return of the Big Cat as Hunk Purdy
- Senior Year as Laski
- The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Decker
- Betrayal as Police Sergeant
1973
- Police Story as Agee
- The Mad Bomber as Police Chief Marc C. Forester
- Oklahoma Crude as Wobbly
- The Boy and the Bronc Buster as Brewster
1972
- M*A*S*H as Major Arnold Morris
- Emergency! as Roy Nelson
- The Streets of San Francisco as Bert
- Delphi Bureau as Bernhart
- Jigsaw as Deputy Sheriff Coley
- Bad Company
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. as Tascosa Bartender
- Kung Fu as Fuller
- Deadhead Miles as 1st Scale House Cop
1971
- Columbo as Security Guard
- Nichols as Henry
- Honky
- Wild Rovers as Tucson Sheriff
- Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Lucas, Coyle's Crony
1970
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Inspector Deutsch
- Monte Walsh as Skimpy Eagans
1969
- Wake Me When the War Is Over as German Soldier
- Viva Max! as Customs Guard Collins
- Ride a Northbound Horse as Macklin
- Then Came Bronson as Diner Owner
1968
- Adam-12 as Conrad Short
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Employer #1
- The Thomas Crown Affair as Marvin
1967
- Ironside as Decker
- The Invaders as Cab Driver
- 40 Guns to Apache Pass as Barrett
1966
- Star Trek as Second Policeman
- Mission: Impossible as Novak
1965
- Get Smart as Mace
- The F.B.I. as Ed Sheldon
1964
- Daniel Boone as Brooking
- 12 O'Clock High as Sergeant Fazio
1963
- The Fugitive as Bar patron
1962
- The Virginian as Edgar Wood
1959
- Bonanza as Jim Fischer
1955
- Gunsmoke as Boyd
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Doyle Reager