Ted Ross

Infobox actor
name = Ted Ross


imagesize = 110px
birthname = Theodore Ross Roberts
birthdate = birth date|1934|6|30|df=y
birthplace = Zanesville, Ohio, USA
deathdate = death date and age|2002|9|3|1934|6|30|
deathplace = Dayton, Ohio, USA
occupation = Actor
yearsactive = 1968-1991
tonyawards = Best Featured Actor in a Musical
1975 "The Wiz"
awards = Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
1975 "The Wiz"

Ted Ross (June 30 1934 - September 3 2002), born Theodore Ross Roberts in Zanesville, Ohio, was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in the Black pride-era classic "The Wiz", an all-African American reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz. He won a Tony Award for the original 1975 Broadway production, and went on to recreate the role in the 1978 film version which also starred Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Ross went on to appear in the films "Arthur" and "Police Academy", and on several television sitcoms of the 1980s. His final role was in the 1991 film "The Fisher King".

Ross died on 3 September 2002 from complications of a stroke he suffered in 1998.

Broadway and stage

* "The Wiz" (1975)
* "Raisin" (1973)
* "Purlie" (1970) (1972)
* "Buck White" (1969)

Filmography

* "The Fisher King" (1991)
* "Stealing Home" (1988)
* "" (1988)
* "Police Academy" (1984)
* "" (1982)
* "Arthur" (1981)
* "The Wiz" (1978)
* "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings" (1976)

External links

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* [http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/2118/Ted_Ross_actor_and_gentleman Ted Ross] at at "The African American Registry"

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title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
years=1974-1975
for "The Wiz"
before= none
after=George Rose
for "My Fair Lady"