Ted Shackelford
Ted Shackelford ( born June 23, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) is an American actor.
As the eldest son of five siblings Ted Shackelford spent part of his childhood in Tulsa. Later, the family had to move to Long Iceland, since his father was stationed there in the military. After another move to New York, the young Ted was first introduced to the world of show business and theater in contact and decided to study acting.
Shackelford moved a little later to Denver, Colorado, where he studied at the University of Denver. During his studies he worked in theater productions such as Night Of The Iguna, Sunday In New York and My Three Angels with. After studying back in New York Shackelford took in order to preserve its financial independence, a job as a night porter at. In 1975, one he finally offered a TV role in the soap opera Another World.
Career
His two-year participation in Another World followed in 1978 television roles in the dramas The Defection of Simas Kudirka, The Jordan Chance, and in 1979 in Ebony, Ivory and Jade, as well as guest roles on the television series Big Hawaii and Wonder Woman. In the latter series, he starred opposite of actress Joan Van Ark, which helped him to get an engagement at the famous soap opera Dallas. There was henceforth Shackelford as Gary Ewing to see the "black sheep " of the snobbish Ewing clan, and replaced David Ackroyd who was originally considered for the role, but these represented only in a few episodes.
The real breakthrough came Shackelford with the series " Knots Landing " ( "Knots Landing " ), the spin-off of Dallas. Here he was seen alongside his co-star Joan Van Ark in a leading role and played 13 years with great success the role of Gary Ewing, who moved a fine line between alcoholism, lability, machismo and sensitivity. His interpretation of the role earned him a nomination in 1986 for the Audience Award Soap Opera Digest Awards as the most popular lead actor in a prime-time series one.
In the meantime, Shackelford was seen repeatedly in several TV movies and in smaller movies. Preferably, he played in form-fitting roles, as saving hero and partially stripped to the waist, including in Summer Fantasy and Boone - a villain among villains. His "dark side", he brought in from next door and The Beast in Me Rescue expressed. In the 1990s, devoted Ted Shackelford TV family dramas, was in the science fiction series Space Cops - to see the scene Demeter City and played in the thriller Officer Down - Dirty Copland and in Knots Landing Reunion Together Again.
Since 2006 Shackelford stands for the American soap Young and the Restless ( The Young and the Restless ) before the camera, in which he plays the recurring role of the prosecutor William Bardwell.
Family
Since October 5, 1991 Ted Shackelford is married to the Danish Annette Wolfe. Previously, he was romantically involved with his fellow actress Teri Austin of Knots Landing and first marriage (1976-1987) with Janis Leverenz.
Filmography (selection)
- 2002: Air Panic ( Panic )