Ted Gehring
Never a marquee name even within the relatively intimate fraternity of character actors, Ted Gehring nevertheless carved out a nice career for himself over the two-plus decades he worked, despite landing some of the most nondescript and anonymous roles in the business. He made his television debut in an episode of the 1965 western "The Big Valley." That year he was also cast in his first movie, the low-budget drama "Swamp Country." On the motion picture front, he wound up acting alongside an impressive array of stars including Steve McQueen ("The Thomas Crown Affair"), Sidney Poitier ("They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!"), Warren Beatty ("The Parallax View"), Robert Mitchum ("Farewell, My Lovely"), and Burt Reynolds ("The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"). Television gave him significantly meatier roles that included reoccurring roles on "Bonanza," "Gunsmoke," "Little House on the Prairie," "Emergency!," and "The Rockford Files." His longest stint came playing series regular Charlie on the CBS sitcom "Alice," a job that lasted for 16 episodes from 1979 through 1982. His last part came in the 1988 television remake of the 1945 drama "Leave Her to Heaven." Ted Gehring died in Steelville, Missouri, at the age of 71.
Filmography
Movies
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger | Dale Wesley Stillwell (Character) | - | 1981 |
0% |
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When Time Ran Out | Durant (Character) | - | 1980 |
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Hank Starrett (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On the Air Live With Captain Midnight | Father (Character) | - | 1979 |
14% |
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The Domino Principle | Schnaible (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | Irv (Character) | - | 1976 |
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MacKintosh and T.J. | Donkin (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Invisible Man | Gate Guard (Character) | - | 1975 |
71% |
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Farewell, My Lovely | Roy (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Is the Black Dahlia? | A. Redfield (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Betrayal | Police Sergeant (Character) | - | 1974 |
87% |
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The Parallax View | Schecter (hotel clerk) (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Decker (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence | Dr. David Gillgreen (Character) | - | 1974 |
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Oklahoma Crude | Wobbly (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Willie Dynamite | Sergeant (Character) | - | 1973 |
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The Mad Bomber | Police Chief Marc C. Forester (Character) | - | 1972 |
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The Culpepper Cattle Company | Tascosa Bartender (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jigsaw | Deputy Sheriff Coley (Character) | - | 1972 |
60% |
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Wild Rovers | Benson Sheriff (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Intruders | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
89% |
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Monte Walsh | Skimpy Eagans (Character) | - | 1970 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1st & Ten | Ned Lassider (Guest Star) | 1988 |
97% | 85% | Hill Street Blues | Lou Martino (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Dr. Jessup (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 1984 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Highway to Heaven | Customer (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected | Bartender (Character) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | The Judge (Guest Star) | 1980 1983 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Herm Dunbar (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The A-Team | Deputy Jack Harmson (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest American Hero | Lutz (Guest Star) | 1982-1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.J. and the Bear | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Days | Otis (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Sergeant Rhoden (Guest Star) | 1978 |
43% | 83% | Battlestar Galactica | Croad (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Three's Company | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Alvin Sparling (Guest Star) | 1973 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Johnny Lo Salvo (Guest Star) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie |
Ebenezer Sprague (Character), Ed Stacy (Guest Star) |
1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Holvak | Chester Purdle (Character) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1974-1975 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Columbo | Security Guard (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968-1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Jonathan (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dan August | Barkeep (Guest Star) | 1971 |
80% | 89% | Star Trek | Second policeman (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Holtz (Guest Star) | 1966-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Truck driver (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Get Smart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Gregg (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Quest | Unknown (Guest Star) |