Ted Bessell Death
Ted passed away on October 6, 1996 at the age of 61 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Ted's cause of death was aortic aneurysm.
When did Ted Bessell die?
October 6, 1996How did Ted Bessell die? What was the cause of death?
Aortic aneurysmHow old was Ted Bessell when died?
61Where did Ted Bessell die? What was the location of death?
Los Angeles, California, USA
Ted Bessell Birthday and Date of Death
Ted Bessell was born on March 20, 1935 and died on October 6, 1996. Ted was 61 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 20, 1935
Date of Death: October 6, 1996
Age at Death: 61
Ted Bessell - Biography
Howard Weston Bessell, Jr. (March 20, 1935 – October 6, 1996), known as Ted Bessell, was an American television actor and director. Bessell's best-known TV role was as Donald Hollinger, Marlo Thomas's boyfriend and fiancé on the hit series That Girl, which ran for five seasons from 1966–71. (In the pilot, he was Donald Blue Sky, who had a trace of American Indian ancestry. In addition to being the boyfriend, he was also her agent).
When That Girl ended its run, he tried his hand at another sitcom, Me and the Chimp in which he played Mike Reynolds, a dentist who is persuaded by his children to take in a runaway chimpanzee. The show was created by Garry Marshall, which had a short, unsuccessful run of 19 episodes in 1972. In 1974, Bessell carried the lead role in the television film Bobby Parker and Company.
It was not until 1975 that Bessell would appear in another sitcom, as Joe Warner, the boyfriend of Mary Richards, for two episodes on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In the 1980s, he appeared in several other television movies, including Breaking Up Is Hard to Do and The Acorn People. He also played regular roles on a pair of short-lived sitcoms, Good Time Harry and, in his last major role, Hail to the Chief, as the husband of Patty Duke's character, the fictional first female President of the United States.
Bessell died on October 6, 1996, due to an aortic aneurysm.
