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Ted Knight (born Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka; December 7, 1923 – August 26, 1986) was an American actor known for playing the comedic roles of Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Henry Rush in Too Close for Comfort and Judge Elihu Smails in Caddyshack.
Actor Ted Knight paid his dues with nearly two decades of relatively obscure dramatic, often villainous television work, before finding enduring fame in a scene-stealing supporting turn on a classic 1970s sitcom, hilariously overplaying a silver-haired, self-important imbecile.
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- Terryville, Connecticut, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Ted Knight was an actor who played Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and starred in Too Close for Comfort (1980). He also did voice-overs for cartoons and served in World War II as a combat engineer.
- December 7, 1923
- August 26, 1986
Ted Knight stars as a conservative cartoonist who lives above his two daughters in San Francisco. The show ran for six seasons from 1980 to 1987 and featured Nancy Dussault, Jim J. Bullock and other cast members.
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Aug 27, 1986 · Ted Knight, whose egomaniacal pyrotechnics as a newscaster proved a particular delight to audiences but a perennial horror to other characters on television’s fabled “Mary Tyler Moore...
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Too Close for Comfort is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from November 11, 1980, to May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984, to February 7, 1987. Its name was changed to The Ted Knight Show when the show was retooled in 1986 for what would turn out to be its final season, due to Ted Knight 's death.