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Actresses who appeared with Ted Knight on screen:

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Ted Knight
Birthday: December 7, 1923

Birth Place: Terryville, Connecticut, USA
Height: 5' 9"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Ted Knight. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

Actor Ted Knight dropped out of high school in order to enlist for World War II service. During the postwar years, Knight studied acting in Hartford, Connecticut. He became proficient with puppets and ventriloquism, which led to steady work as a TV kiddie-show host. Knight spent most of the 1950s and 1960s doing commercial voice-overs and essaying minor TV and movie roles (he was the nonspeaking cop who handed Norman Bates a robe at the end of Hitchcock's Psycho [1960]). Just barely making ends meet with TV guest spots and cartoon voices, Knight was rescued professionally in 1970 when he was cast in the role of vainglorious TV anchorman Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Three years into the series, Knight threatened to quit because of the one-note stupidity of his character. He was assuaged when the MTM producers "humanized" him with an understanding girlfriend (played by Georgia Engel) — and it didn't hurt that the actor later won two Emmy awards for his portrayal of the clueless Ted Baxter. When MTM left the air in 1977, Knight attempted to headline a sitcom of his own. After a couple of false starts, he struck pay dirt in 1980 with Too Close for Comfort, playing a comic-strip artist with two nubile daughters. Too Close left the network for syndication in 1984, then matriculated into The Ted Knight Show in 1985. Though gravely ill, Ted Knight valiantly taped a years' worth of episodes before succumbing to cancer at the age of 62.

Movie Credits
Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winners/The Emperor's Fortune: Part 2 (1983)
[ John Ritter ][ Tony Danza ]
Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You: Part 1 (1982)
[ Tom Bosley ]
Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You: Part 2 (1982)
[ Charles Nelson Reilly ][ Tom Bosley ]
Promoter, The/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win: Part 1 (1980)
[ Brian Kerwin ]
Caddyshack (1980)
[ Bill Murray ][ Chevy Chase ][ Rodney Dangerfield ][ Brian Doyle-Murray ]
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer (1974)
The Co-Producers (1974)
WJM Tries Harder (1974)
Happy Birthday, Lou! (1973)
Of Thee I Sing (1972)
[ Carroll O'Connor ][ Herb Edelman ]
MASH (1970)
[ Robert Duvall ][ Donald Sutherland ][ Robert Altman ][ Elliott Gould ][ Tom Skerritt ]
Anatomy of a Crime (1969)
[ Darren McGavin ]
Countdown (1968)
[ Robert Duvall ][ James Caan ][ Robert Altman ][ Mike Farrell ][ Michael Murphy ]
Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain (1966)
The White Knight (1966)
Peace Officer (1966)
An Elephant Is Like a Rope (1965)
[ Clint Howard ]
Blindfold (1965)
[ Rock Hudson ][ Jack Warden ][ Bruce Glover ]
Young Dillinger (1965)
[ Robert Conrad ]
The Katherine Reed Story (1965)
[ Robert Altman ][ John Williams ]
Weep No More (1964)
Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
[ Robert Altman ][ John Williams ][ Carroll O'Connor ][ Michael Murphy ]
The Candidate (1964)
The Volunteer (1963)
One of Our Engines Is Missing (1963)
13 West Street (1962)
[ Rod Steiger ][ Alan Ladd ][ Michael Callan ][ Chris Robinson ]
Hitler (1962)
The Final Hour (1962)
[ Lee J. Cobb ][ Doug McClure ]
Cat and Mouse (1962)
[ Robert Altman ]
Throw a Long Rope (1962)
[ Jack Warden ]
The Interns (1962)
[ Telly Savalas ][ Cliff Robertson ][ Buddy Ebsen ][ James MacArthur ][ Michael Callan ]
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
[ Charlton Heston ]
Two Rode Together (1961)
[ James Stewart ][ Jack Lord ][ John Ford ][ Richard Widmark ][ Harry Carey Jr. ]
Swingin' Along (1961)
Cry for Happy (1961)
[ Glenn Ford ]
Elizabeth, My Love (1961)
Key Witness (1960)
[ Dennis Hopper ][ Jeffrey Hunter ]
Cage of Evil (1960)
Psycho (1960)
[ Alfred Hitchcock ][ Anthony Perkins ][ Martin Balsam ]
Daredevils (1960)
13 Fighting Men (1960)
[ Robert Dix ]
Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
Print Asper (1959)

Trivia

  • Was a minor villain on TV and film drama for the longest time before the role of Ted Baxter aggressively tapped into his comedy talents.
  • His well-modulated voice, ideal for radio broadcasting and announcing, helped keep him afloat during the dismal 60s providing narration and voices for a number of cartoon series -- including "Superman" and "Star Trek."
  • Three children: Ted, Elyse Knight and Eric.
  • Bore an uncanny resemblence to Barry Goldwater. In an episode of 'Too Close for Comfort' (1980) when someone paints a portrait of Knight's character, the running gag becomes "Wow, look at that great picture of Barry Goldwater".
  • Has a bit role at the very end of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) as a cell guard who opens the cell door for another officer who gives Norman Bates a blanket.
  • A hero in WWII, he was decorated five times for bravery.

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