Ted Gehring
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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
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Films (57)
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987 · Truck Stop Manager
Out of Bounds
1986 · Mr. Cage
Murphy's Romance
1985 · Auctioneer
Gone Are the Dayes
1984 · Cook
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982 · Sheriff Chapman
Help Wanted: Male
1982 · Dr. Merten
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 · Dale Wesley Stillwell, Dale Wesley Stillwell (Cavendish gang)
The Night the Bridge Fell Down
1980 · Police Chief
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980 · Lt. Galbraith
On the Air Live with Captain Midnight
1979 · Father
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979 · Hank Starrett
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979 · Wells
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
1979 · Self
B.J. and the Bear
1978 · First Sheriff
Are You in the House Alone?
1978 · Billy
Gray Lady Down
1978
The Domino Principle
1977 · Schnaible
Nickelodeon
1976 · Stoneman
Bound for Glory
1976 · Connors
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976 · Irv
The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper
1976 · Officer Jim Moody
The Hindenburg
1975 · Knorr
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975 · Donkin
Long Way Home
1975 · Chester Purdle (uncredited)
Farewell, My Lovely
1975 · Roy
Cop on the Beat
1975 · Patrol Lieutenant
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975 · A. Redfield
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975 · Gas Station Owner
Betrayal
1974 · Police Sergeant
Airport 1975
1974 · Mechanic (uncredited)
Return of the Big Cat
1974 · Hunk Purdy
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974 · Dr. David Gillgreen
The Parallax View
1974 · Schecter - Hotel Clerk
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974 · Decker
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
1974 · Norm Mitchell
Senior Year
1974 · Laski
Hog Wild
1974 · Jud
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
1974 · Doyle Reager
Oklahoma Crude
1973 · Wobbly
The Mad Bomber
1973 · Police Chief Marc C. Forester
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973 · Brewster
Bad Company
1972
Deadhead Miles
1972 · 1st Scale House Cop
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 · Tascosa Bartender
Jigsaw
1972 · Deputy Sheriff Coley
Honky
1971
Wild Rovers
1971 · Tucson Sheriff
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971 · Lucas, Coyle's Crony
Monte Walsh
1970 · Skimpy Eagans
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · Inspector Deutsch
Viva Max!
1969 · Customs Guard Collins
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 · German Soldier
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Diner Owner
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969 · Macklin
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · Marvin
40 Guns to Apache Pass
1967 · Barrett
Séries (56)
Starman
1986 · Mike
Matlock
1986 · Impound Officer
1st & Ten
1984 · Ned Lassiter
Hunter
1984 · Dr. Jessup
Crazy Dan
1984 · Ice Cream Vendor
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · J.C. Granger
Trauma Center
1983 · Baxter
The A-Team
1983 · Deputy Jack Harmson
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Mackey
Cassie & Co.
1982 · Jack Salmone
Simon & Simon
1981 · Driver of County Truck
The Fall Guy
1981 · Logan
The Greatest American Hero
1981 · Lutz
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Bobbin
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Herm Dunbar
Galactica 1980
1980 · Sheriff
The Rebels
1979 · Tom Shaw
Hanging by a Thread
1979 · Jim Croft
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Bartender
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Road Boss
Supertrain
1979 · Tex
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · Croad
Dallas
1978 · Brady York
Lou Grant
1977 · Chief Rankin
Code R
1977 · Jerome Popkin
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Motel Manager
Alice
1976 · Charlie
The Family Holvak
1975
The Invisible Man
1975 · Gate Guard
The Rockford Files
1974 · Walt Chalco, Johnny Lo Salvo, Warden Futrell
Movin' On
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Ebenezer Sprague
Happy Days
1974
Police Story
1973 · Agee
Kung Fu
1972 · Fuller
Delphi Bureau
1972 · Bernhart
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Bert
M*A*S*H
1972 · Major Arnold Morris
Emergency!
1972 · Roy Nelson, Peter Euben, Barney McMillian, Construction Foreman
Nichols
1971 · Henry, Railroad Executive
Columbo
1971 · Security Guard
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968 · Employer #1, Foreman
Adam-12
1968 · Conrad Short
Ironside
1967 · Decker, Mr. Willard (uncredited)
The Invaders
1967 · Cab Driver
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Novak
Star Trek
1966 · Second Policeman
The F.B.I.
1965 · Ed Sheldon
Get Smart
1965 · Mace
Daniel Boone
1964 · Brooking
12 O'Clock High
1964 · Sergeant Fazio, Willie
The Fugitive
1963 · Bar patron, Truck driver, Fogarty, Sergeant Weber
The Virginian
1962 · Edgar Wood
Bonanza
1959 · Arch Tremayne, Jim Fischer, Grifty, Griffin
Gunsmoke
1955 · Boyd, Lemuel, Keno, Sheriff Bradley
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Doyle Reager, Jud, Hunk Purdy, Officer Jim Moody, Macklin