Ted Danson
Ted Danson Trivia
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He has appeared in episodes of three different series with John Mahoney: Cheers (1982), Frasier (1993) and Becker (1998).
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On December 13, 2007, Ted Danson was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the "Actor In A Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series Or Television Movie" category for his performance in Damages.
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Ted has worked with Tom Selleck three times, first when he guest starred on on Tom's TV show Magnum P.I. then when they co-starred in Men and a Baby and Three Men and a Little Lady.
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Ted was one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive, 2006. He is found in the "Hooray for Gray!" section.
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He is a board member of the organization "Futures for Children".
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He is an activist and a founder of the American Oceans Campaign (established 1987).
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His mother's maiden name was Jessica MacMaster.
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His father, Edward B. Danson, worked as an archeologist.
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One of his hobbies is tap dancing.
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He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Nov 10, 1999.
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In 1993 Ted appeared in blackface at a club roast.
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Ted has two daughters with Casey Coates. On of them is adopted.
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He dated actress Whoopi Goldberg.
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Ted was a basketball star in Prep-School (Kent, Conneticut).
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Ted was married to Casey Coates from 1977 to 1993.
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He was married to Randy Danson from 1970 to 1975.
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Ted has appeared in episodes of three different series with Kelsey Grammer: Cheers (1982), Frasier (1993) and Becker (1998).
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Ted is one of the three actors who appeared in all 273 episodes of Cheers.
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Ted has heard one of his more famous characters, Dr. John Becker, described by a fan as "the American Medical Association's answer to Basil Fawlty." Danson completely agrees with this sentiment.
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Ted graduated from Kent School in 1966, the same high school Peter Farrelly and Seth McFarlane attended.
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Ted is 6'3" tall.
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Ted married Mary Steenburgen on October 7, 1995.
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Ted earned 450.000$ per episode of Cheers in the show's last season.
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Ted won the following awards: 1984: Golden Globe: "Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV-Movie", Something About Amelia 1989: Golden Globe: "Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series", Cheers 1990: Emmy: "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series", Cheers 1990: Golden Globe: "Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series", Cheers 1993: Emmy: "Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series", Cheers
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Ted has two children from his first marriage
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Ted's wife is Mary Steenburgen of Joan of Arcadia.
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Ted Danson: Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.
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Ted Danson: Acting is pretending that you're not pretending when you're actually pretending.
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Ted: We used to never study or memorize lines. We'd get a half a page out, throw a spit ball and look at our lines. Hence it was very chaotic on Cheers.
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Ted: One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.
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Ted: I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.
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Ted: How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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Ted: Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.
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Ted Danson: Smoking is a great prop. It's a great prop in life.
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