Ted Ross
Known for ActingBorn 1934-06-30 — died 2002-09-03Zanesville, Ohio, USA
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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.
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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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Known for
Police Academy
1984 · as Captain Reed
The Fisher King
1991 · as Limo Bum
Stealing Home
1988 · as Bud Scott
Amityville II: The Possession
1982 · as Mr. Booth
Arthur
1981 · as Bitterman
The Wiz
1978 · as Lion
Ragtime
1981 · as Black Lawyer
Fighting Back
1982 · as Commissioner
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988 · as Bitterman
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976 · as Sallie
Death Penalty
1980 · as Woody
Wiz on Down the Road
1978 · as Lion
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 · as Prettyman
Purlie
1981 · as Ensemble
Minstrel Man
1977 · as Charlie Bates
Parole
1982 · as Barney
The Fourth King
1977 · as Uno (voice)