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Ray Teal
Highest Rated: 100% Canyon Passage (1946)
Lowest Rated: 40% Along Came Jones (1945)
Birthday: Jan 12, 1902
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Never a big star, Ray Teal managed to have a nearly 40-year stint as a scowling character actor. He was best known for playing Sheriff Roy Coffee on the classic TV Western "Bonanza" from 1960 to 1972. Teal didn't aspire to be an actor, not landing his first role until his mid-30s. Before then, he was a saxophone player and a bandleader, but the late start did not affect his employability. Aside from his work on "Bonanza," Teal appeared in over 300 television shows and movies (including the classics "Inherit the Wind" and "The Best Years of Our Lives") until his retirement in 1974. Among the highlights: a judge who disagrees with Spencer Tracy over the treatment of Nazi war criminals in the 1961 Oscar-winner "Judgment at Nuremberg" and playing Little John in 1946's "The Bandit of Sherwood Forest." Perhaps the biggest irony in a career playing mean-spirited hombres is that, by all accounts, Teal was a very nice man.
Photos
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 14% | The Hanged Man | Judge Homer Bayne (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 83% | 74% | Chisum | Justice J.B. Wilson (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cattle King | Edwin "Ed" Winters (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Posse From Hell | Banker (Character) | - | 1961 |
| 92% | 93% | Judgment at Nuremberg | Judge Curtiss Ives (Character) | - | 1961 |
| 90% | 89% | Home From the Hill | Dr. Reuben Carson (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Gunman's Walk | Jensen Sieverts (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Saddle the Wind | Brick Larson (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Utah Blaine | Russ Nevers (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 100% | 76% | Decision at Sundown | Morley Chase (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | The Oklahoman | Jason (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 60% | 65% | Band of Angels | Mr. Calloway (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 15% | The Tall Stranger | Cap (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | The Burning Hills | Joe Sutton (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Run for Cover | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 88% | 79% | The Desperate Hours | State Police Lt. Fredericks (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Apache Ambush | Sgt. Tim O'Roarke (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Rage at Dawn | Sheriff of Seymour (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Bitter Ridge | Shep Bascom (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | The Command | Dr. Trent (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 16% | Lucky Me | Thayer Crony (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Rogue Cop | Patrolman Mullins (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Ambush at Tomahawk Gap | Doc (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Jumping Jacks | Brig. Gen. W.W. Timmons (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Wild North | Ruger (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 71% | 58% | Carrie | Allen (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 80% | 42% | The Turning Point | Clint (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cattle Town | Judd Hastings (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 70% | 67% | The Captive City | Chief Gillette (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lion and the Horse | Dave Tracy (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Montana Belle | Emmett Dalton (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Distant Drums | Pvt. Mohair (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Tomorrow Is Another Day | Mr. Dawson (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 90% | 92% | Ace in the Hole | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Along the Great Divide | Deputy Lou Gray (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Fort Worth | Gave Clevenger (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le Gouffre aux chimères | Unknown (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lorna Doone | Farmer Ridd (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kid From Texas | Sheriff Rand (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Our Very Own | Mr. Jim Lynch (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 79% | 72% | The Men | Man at Bar (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 100% | 86% | Winchester '73 | Marshall Noonan (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Redhead and the Cowboy | Brock (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 57% | 76% | Streets of Laredo | Henchman Cantrel (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 88% | 66% | It Happens Every Spring | Mac (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Ambush | Capt. J.R. Wolverson (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rusty's Birthday | Virgil Neeley (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 90% | 54% | Joan of Arc | Bertrand de Poulengy (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | The Miracle of the Bells | Koslick (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Act of Murder | Dr. McDermott (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Ramrod | Ed Burma (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Deep Valley | Prison Official (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | Little John (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 100% | 64% | Canyon Passage | Neal Howison (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Missing Lady | Interrogating Detective with Black Mustache (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 100% | 45% | Captain Kidd | Michael O'Shawn (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 40% | 51% | Along Came Jones | Kriendler (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 86% | 62% | Back to Bataan | Lt. Col. Roberts (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sudan | Slave Trader (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fighting Guardsman | Albert (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Slightly Dangerous | Pedestrian Lifting Peggy Up (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Apache Trail | Ed Cotton (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain Midnight | Borgman, Henchman no. 8 (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cherokee Strip | Smokey Lovell (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pony Post | Claud Richards (Character) | - | 1940 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Sheriff Roy Coffee (Character) | 1960-1962 1964-1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doris Day Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Dan Peterson (Guest Star) | 1956-1958 1961 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Green Acres | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | I Dream of Jeannie | Admiral Tugwell (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lieutenant | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Pete Collier (Guest Star) | 1958 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Joe Downing (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Sheriff McNary (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| 92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Franklin (Character) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955-1956 1960 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bus Stop | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Police Lieutenant (Character) | 1955-1957 1959 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lawman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Virgil Gardiner (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men Into Space | Gen. Sam Warren (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Bartender (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1957-1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Sheriff Michaels (Guest Star) | 1957-1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Sgt. Jones (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeff's Collie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1956-1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circus Boy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Doc Grayson (Guest Star) | 1950 1954-1955 |