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Ray Teal. Actor: Ace in the Hole. Most familiar to TV audiences as no-nonsense Sheriff Roy Coffee on the long-running western series Bonanza (1959), Ray Teal was one of the most versatile character actors in the business. In his almost 40-year career he played everything from cops to gunfighters to sheriffs to gangsters to a judge at the Nuremberg War Crimes trials. He could play a kindly ...
Born January 12, 1902 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Most familiar to TV audiences as no-nonsense Sheriff Roy Coffee on the long-running western series Bonanza (1959), Ray Teal was one of the most versatile character actors in the business. In his almost 40-year career he played everything from cops to gunfighters to sheriffs to gangsters to a ...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6488322. Source citation. Actor. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1902, he was a versatile character performer whom appeared in over 250 movies and nearly a 100 television programs in his 37-year career. For television, his longest running role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on the NBC series Bonanza, 1960 to 1972. He also ...
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Biography by AllMovie [+] Possessor of one of the meanest faces in the movies, American actor Ray Teal spent much of his film career heading lynch mobs, recruiting for hate organizations and decimating Indians. Naturally, anyone this nasty in films would have to conversely be a pleasant, affable fellow in real life, and so it was with Teal.
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.
The 1960s television landscape was marked by iconic Western series that were beloved by millions of viewers, such as “Bonanza.” With an engaging storyline and unforgettable characters like Sheriff Roy Coffee (played by Ray Teal – who unfortunately passed away), “Bonanza” ran for 14 seasons and 431 episodes until Ray Teal abruptly left after 431 episodes had already aired, causing ...
