Ted Gehring
Acting • Born 1929-04-06 – Died 2000-09-28
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Theodore Edwin Gehring Jr. (April 6, 1929 – September 28, 2000) was an American film and television actor. He is known for playing the recurring role as Charlie on 16 episodes of the American sitcom television series Alice. Life and career Gehring was born in Bisbee, Arizona. Gehring began his career in 1965, where he first appeared in The Big Valley, playing Larsh. He continued his career, mainly appearing in film and television, often cast as a policeman, bad guy or anonymous roles, over the years. Later in his career, Gehring guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke, Battlestar Galactica (and its spin-off Galactica 1980), M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Original Series, Get Smart, Bonanza, The Rockford Files, Three's Company, Emergency!, Little House on the Prairie, Quincy, M.E., Daniel Boone, Death Valley Days, Adam-12 and Mission: Impossible. He also appeared in films such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Nickelodeon, Bound for Glory, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, When Time Ran Out..., The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Domino Principle and Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins. Gehring has also played the role as "Sydney Forbes" in the soap opera television series Days of Our Lives, from 1980. Gehring also starred and co-starred in other films and television programs, as it includes, The Family Holvak, playing Chester Purdle, The Police Connection, playing the role of "Police Chief Marc C. Forester" and On the Air Live with Captain Midnight, playing Father. His last film appearance, was from the television film Leave Her to Heaven, in 1988. In 1989, Gehring retired his career in film and television, last appearing in the television series 1st & Ten, where he played the recurring role as "Ned Lassiter". Death Gehring died in September 2000 in Steelville, Missouri, at the age of 71. CLR
Filmography
133 credits
Are You in the House Alone?
Movie • 1978
Billy
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Movie • 1976
Irv
Airport 1975
Movie • 1974
Mechanic (uncredited)
The Hindenburg
Movie • 1975
Knorr
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Movie • 1979
Wells
The Parallax View
Movie • 1974
Schecter - Hotel Clerk
Monte Walsh
Movie • 1970
Skimpy Eagans
Murphy's Romance
Movie • 1985
Auctioneer
The Mad Bomber
Movie • 1973
Police Chief Marc C. Forester
Hog Wild
Movie • 1974
Jud
Nickelodeon
Movie • 1976
Stoneman
Then Came Bronson
Movie • 1969
Diner Owner
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Movie • 1970
Inspector Deutsch
On the Air Live with Captain Midnight
Movie • 1979
Father
Senior Year
Movie • 1974
Laski
Jigsaw
Movie • 1972
Deputy Sheriff Coley
Farewell, My Lovely
Movie • 1975
Roy
B.J. and the Bear
Movie • 1978
First Sheriff
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
Movie • 1987
Truck Stop Manager
The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper
Movie • 1976
Officer Jim Moody
Cop on the Beat
Movie • 1975
Patrol Lieutenant
Ride a Northbound Horse
Movie • 1969
Macklin
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Movie • 1975
A. Redfield
Out of Bounds
Movie • 1986
Mr. Cage
Return of the Big Cat
Movie • 1974
Hunk Purdy
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Movie • 1979
Self
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie • 1968
Marvin
The Domino Principle
Movie • 1977
Schnaible
Gone Are the Dayes
Movie • 1984
Cook
Oklahoma Crude
Movie • 1973
Wobbly
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Movie • 1974
Dr. David Gillgreen
Wild Rovers
Movie • 1971
Tucson Sheriff
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Movie • 1972
Tascosa Bartender
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Movie • 1979
Hank Starrett
Help Wanted: Male
Movie • 1982
Dr. Merten
Bound for Glory
Movie • 1976
Connors
Deadhead Miles
Movie • 1972
1st Scale House Cop
Hanging by a Thread
Movie • 1979
Jim Croft
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Movie • 1971
Lucas, Coyle's Crony
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Movie • 1969
German Soldier
Betrayal
Movie • 1974
Police Sergeant
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Movie • 1981
Dale Wesley Stillwell
Mackintosh and T.J.
Movie • 1975
Donkin
40 Guns to Apache Pass
Movie • 1967
Barrett
Gray Lady Down
Movie • 1978
Viva Max!
Movie • 1969
Customs Guard Collins
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Movie • 1982
Sheriff Chapman
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Movie • 1974
Decker
The Night the Bridge Fell Down
Movie • 1980
Police Chief
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Movie • 1980
Lt. Galbraith
Bad Company
Movie • 1972
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
Movie • 1974
Norm Mitchell
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
Movie • 1974
Doyle Reager
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Movie • 1975
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Movie • 1973
Brewster
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
Movie • 1975
Gas Station Owner
Honky
Movie • 1971
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Movie • 1981
Dale Wesley Stillwell (Cavendish gang)
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Bar patron
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Truck driver
Dallas
TV • 1978
Brady York
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Fogarty
Galactica 1980
TV • 1980
Sheriff
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Sergeant Weber
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Major Arnold Morris
Hunter
TV • 1984
Dr. Jessup
Columbo
TV • 1971
Security Guard
Code R
TV • 1977
Jerome Popkin
Alice
TV • 1976
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Movin' On
TV • 1974
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Happy Days
TV • 1974
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Boyd
The Family Holvak
TV • 1975
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Doyle Reager
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Walt Chalco
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Arch Tremayne
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Jim Fischer
Nichols
TV • 1971
Henry
Nichols
TV • 1971
Railroad Executive
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Lemuel
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Keno
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Sheriff Bradley
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Conrad Short
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Employer #1
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Foreman
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Johnny Lo Salvo
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Deputy Jack Harmson
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Warden Futrell
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Peter Euben
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
J.C. Granger
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Jud
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Hunk Purdy
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Motel Manager
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
Sergeant Fazio
Ironside
TV • 1967
Decker
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Barney McMillian
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Cab Driver
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Logan
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Officer Jim Moody
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Mackey
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Bert
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Fuller
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Ebenezer Sprague
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Mace
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Chief Rankin
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Ed Sheldon
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Driver of County Truck
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Grifty
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Griffin
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Macklin
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Construction Foreman
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Bartender
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 1978
Croad
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
Willie
Ironside
TV • 1967
Mr. Willard (uncredited)
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Second Policeman
Trauma Center
TV • 1983
Baxter
1st & Ten
TV • 1984
Ned Lassiter
The Invisible Man
TV • 1975
Gate Guard
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Bobbin
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Herm Dunbar
Starman
TV • 1986
Mike
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Edgar Wood
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
Lutz
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Brooking
Delphi Bureau
TV • 1972
Bernhart
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Road Boss
Matlock
TV • 1986
Impound Officer
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
Jack Salmone
The Rebels
TV • 1979
Tom Shaw
Alice
TV • 1976
Charlie