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- Stick-Season Grouse
- The Art of Music Engraving & Processing
- Am I a Jew?
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Zanesville, Ohio, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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…
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- The Fisher King — Limo Bum1991
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks — Bitterman1988
- Stealing Home — Bud Scott1988
- A Different World — Dean Harris1987
- 2271985
- The Equalizer — Pike1985
- Police Academy — Captain Reed1984
- The Cosby Show — Dean Harris1984
- Fighting Back — Commissioner1982
- Parole — Barney1982
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ross
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Zanesville
- Place of death
- Dayton
- Occupation
- music publisher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music industry
- Image
- Ted Ross in the Sirota's Court cast 1976 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1934-06-30
- date of death
- 2002-09-03
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- Ted Ross
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Article · Italiano
Ted Ross, all'anagrafe Theodore Ross Roberts (Zanesville, 30 giugno 1934 – Dayton, 3 settembre 2002) è stato un attore statunitense. È noto soprattutto per aver interpretato il leone codardo nel musical The Wiz a Broadway, un ruolo che gli valse il Tony Award al miglior attore non protagonista in un musical nel 1975. Nel 1978 ha nuovamente ricoperto il ruolo del leone nel celebre adattamento cinematografico del musical, con Michael Jackson nel ruolo dello spaventapasseri.
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