Ted Ross
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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 1991 film The Fisher King.
Ross was born Theodore Ross Roberts in Zanesville, Ohio, but he moved with his family to Dayton at age seven. He died from complications of a stroke he suffered in 1998. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered.
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Acting
Movie
Police Academy
as Captain Reed
1984
Movie
The Fisher King
as Limo Bum
1991
TV
The Cosby Show
as Dean Harris
1984
Movie
Arthur
as Bitterman
1981
Movie
Amityville II: The Possession
as Mr. Booth
1982
Movie
The Wiz
as Lion
1978
Movie
Ragtime
as Black Lawyer
1981
Movie
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Bitterman
1988
TV
The Jeffersons
1975
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
A Different World
as Dean Harris
1987
TV
The Equalizer
as Pike
1985
Movie
Stealing Home
as Bud Scott
1988
TV
227
1985
Movie
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Sallie
1976
Movie
Fighting Back
as Commissioner
1982
Movie
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Prettyman
1980
Movie
Purlie
as Ensemble
1981
TV
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Movie
Wiz on Down the Road
as Lion
1978
TV
Sirota's Court
1976
Movie
Death Penalty
as Woody
1980
Movie
The Fourth King
as Uno (voice)
1977
Movie
Parole
as Barney
1982