Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/30/1934
Place of Birth
Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Ted Ross
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ted Ross (June 30, 1934 – September 3, 2002) was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in 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 the television sitcoms The Jeffersons, Benson, The Cosby Show, and its spin-off A Different World. His final role was in the ...
Known For
Fighting Back
as Commissioner
Police Academy
as Captain Reed
Ragtime
as Black Lawyer
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Sallie
The Fisher King
as Limo Bum
Purlie
as Ensemble
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Bitterman
Amityville II: The Possession
as Mr. Booth
Parole
as Barney
The Wiz
as Lion
Wiz on Down the Road
as Lion
Arthur
as Bitterman
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Prettyman
The Fourth King
as Uno (voice)
Minstrel Man
as Charlie Bates
Death Penalty
as Woody