Ted
Danson (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor,
most notable for his television work.
He was born Edward Bridge Danson III
in San Diego, California, the son of Jessica MacMaster
and Edward B. Danson, an archaeologist. He was raised
outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. In 1961 he was sent
to Kent School where he was a basketball star. He
became interested in drama while attending Stanford
University. He transferred to the Carnegie Institute
of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), where he received his
Bachelor's degree.
He is most famous for his role as
bartender Sam Malone on the hit sitcom Cheers from
1982-1993. During this time he also made several movies,
the most popular of which was Three Men and a Baby
with Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg.
After Cheers, Danson starred in the
sitcom Ink with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen.
In the same year, they starred as Lemuel Gulliver
and his wife in an acclaimed television series of
Gulliver's Travels. After Ink was cancelled, Danson
starred in the CBS sitcom Becker. Danson also plays
himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Danson was married to Casey Coates
from 1977 to 1993. He is currently married to actress
Mary Steenburgen whom he wed on October 7, 1995. He
is stepfather to her daughter and son.
Danson, while still married to his
first wife, was involved with Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi
broke off the romance soon after he appeared at a
Friar's Club roast in blackface and proposed to her.
However, credible reports state that Whoopi acknowledges
that she wrote some of Ted's blackface skit (see Essence
Jan 1997), so this was most likely not the cause of
their separation.
Before Danson was a famous actor,
he was known to dabble in the monkeywrenching sport
of billboard toppling with childhood friend Marc Gaede
along the highway between Flagstaff and the Grand
Canyon.
TV Work
Somerset (cast member from 1975-1976)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979)
The French Atlantic Affair (1979) (miniseries)
The Women's Room (1980)
Once Upon a Spy (1980)
Dear Teacher (1981)
Our Family Business (1981)
Cheers (1982-1993)
Cowboy (1983)
Something About Amelia (1984)
When the Bough Breaks (1986) (also executive producer)
We Are the Children (1987)
Ink (1996-1997) (also executive producer)
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
Becker (1998-2004)
Living with the Dead (2002) (miniseries)
It Must Be Love (2004)
Our Fathers (2005)
Filmography
The Onion Field (1979)
Body Heat (1981)
Creepshow (1982)
Little Treasure (1985)
Just Between Friends (1986)
A Fine Mess (1986)
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
Cousins (1989)
Dad (1989)
Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
Made in America (1993)
Getting Even with Dad (1994)
Pontiac Moon (1994) (also executive producer)
Loch Ness (1996)
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
Jerry and Tom (1998)
Homegrown (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Mumford (1999)
Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of
Cool (2001) (documentary)
Fronterz (2004)
The Moguls (2005)
Knights of the South Bronx (2005)
source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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