Ted Ross
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
The Fisher King
as Limo Bum 1991
Arthur
as Bitterman 1981
Amityville II: The Possession
as Mr. Booth 1982
The Wiz
as Lion 1978
Ragtime
as Black Lawyer 1981
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Bitterman 1988
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Sallie 1976
Fighting Back
as Commissioner 1982
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Prettyman 1980
Purlie
as Ensemble 1981
Wiz on Down the Road
as Lion 1978
Death Penalty
as Woody 1980
The Fourth King
as Uno (voice) 1977
Minstrel Man
as Charlie Bates 1977