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Biography

Ted Knight, the self-proclaimed "Polish Prince of Comedy," was born Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka in Terryville, Connecticut. After dropping out of high school to serve…more

Born

12/7/1923, Terryville, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Died

8/26/1986

Birth Name

Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (16)

Role
- Too Close for Comfort
  Henry Rush
  - S 6: Ep 22 Lisa Goes Lottery Loco
    2/7/87
  - S 6: Ep 21 Presenting Buddy Ficus
    1/31/87
  - S 6: Ep 20 Acropolis Now
    11/22/86
  - S 6: Ep 19 Believing is Seeing
    11/15/86
  - S 6: Ep 18 Herb Kisses, Henry Tells
    11/8/86
  - + 124 More Credits
- The Ted Knight Show
  Roger Dennis
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Wedding
    4/29/78
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hop to It
    4/22/78
  - S 1: Ep 2 My Hero
    4/15/78
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Strike
    4/8/78
- The All-New SuperFriends Hour
  The Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 55 The Mummy of Nazca
    12/2/77
  - S 1: Ep 51 The Tiny World of Terror
    11/25/77
  - S 1: Ep 47 The Lionmen
    11/18/77
  - S 1: Ep 43 Exploration Earth
    11/11/77
  - S 1: Ep 39 Coming of the Arthropods
    11/4/77
  - + 7 More Credits
- The All-New SuperFriends Hour
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 11 Will the World Collide?
    9/24/77
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  Ted Baxter
  - S 7: Ep 24 The Last Show
    3/19/77
  - S 7: Ep 23 Lou Dates Mary
    3/12/77
  - S 7: Ep 22 Mary's Big Party
    3/5/77
  - S 7: Ep 21 Mary's Three Husbands
    2/26/77
  - S 7: Ep 20 Murray Ghosts for Ted
    2/14/77
  - + 161 More Credits
- Super Friends
  voice of the Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Watermen
    12/22/73
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Planet-Splitter
    12/15/73
  - S 1: Ep 14 Gulliver's Gigantic Goof
    12/8/73
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Mysterious Moles
    12/1/73
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Menace of the White Dwarf
    11/24/73
  - + 11 More Credits
- Lassie's Rescue Rangers
  Narrator, Ben Turner
- Fantastic Voyage
  voice of Commander Jonathan Kidd/Professor Carter/Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Most Dangerous Game
    1/4/69
  - S 1: Ep 16 The World's Fair Affair
    12/28/68
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Perfect Crime
    12/21/68
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Barnacle Bombs
    12/14/68
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Great Busby
    12/7/68
  - + 12 More Credits
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
  voice of Professor Oliver Lindenbrook/Count Saccunson
  - S 1: Ep 17 Trail Of Gold
    12/30/67
  - S 1: Ep 16 Sleeping Slaves of Zeerah
    12/23/67
  - S 1: Ep 15 Revenge Of The Fossils
    12/16/67
  - S 1: Ep 14 Return Of Gulliver
    12/9/67
  - S 1: Ep 13 Perils Of Volcano Island
    12/2/67
  - + 12 More Credits
- The Adventures of Superboy (1966)
  Various Characters/Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 18 Revolt of Robotville
    1/7/67
  - S 1: Ep 17 A Devil of a Time
    12/31/66
  - S 1: Ep 16 Superboy's Super-Dilemma
    12/24/66
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Jinxed Circus
    12/10/66
  - S 1: Ep 13 Operation Counter Invasion
    12/3/66
  - + 19 More Credits
- The Adventures of Superboy (1966)
  Various Characters/ Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 15 Hurricane Fighters
    12/17/66
- The Adventures of Superboy (1966)
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Capricious Crony
    11/12/66
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Visitor from the Earth Core
    10/22/66
  - S 1: Ep 6 Super Clown of Smallville
    10/15/66
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Deep Sea Dragon
    10/8/66
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Man Who Knew Superboy's Secret
    10/1/66
  - + 3 More Credits
- The New Adventures of Superman
  voice of Perry White/Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Ape Army of the Amazon
    10/29/66
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Return of Brainiac
    10/15/66
- The New Adventures of Superman
  Perry White
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Force Phantom
    9/10/66
  - S 3: Ep 11 Luminians on the Loose (1)
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Mysterious Mr. Mist (2)
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Mysterious Mr. Mist (1)
  - S 3: Ep 4 Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (2)
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Adventures of Superboy (1966)
  Narrator (uncredited)
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Spy From Outer Space (1)
    9/10/66
- The Young Marrieds
  Phil Sterling (1965)
  - S 1: Ep 5 Jerry Puts The Garrets in A Difficult Position
    9/17/65
  - S 1: Ep 4 Jill Has A Serious Talk With Walter
    9/16/65
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Kormans Are Concerned About Their Son
    9/15/65
  - S 1: Ep 2 Carol is Troubled By Ann's Actions
    9/14/65
  - S 1: Ep 1 Buzz And Jimmy Discuss Their Scheme
    9/13/65
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- The Love Boat
  Recurring Role
  - S 7: Ep 8 Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winners/The Emperor's Fortune (2)
    11/5/83
  - S 7: Ep 7 Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winners/The Emperor's Fortune (1)
    11/5/83
  - S 7: Ep 2 China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings (2)
    10/1/83
  - S 7: Ep 1 China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings (1)
    10/1/83
- The Love Boat
  Captain Gunner Nordquist
  - S 5: Ep 25 Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You (2)
    3/6/82
  - S 5: Ep 24 Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You (1)
    3/6/82
Guest Star (80)

Role
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 12: Ep 1 The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/86
- Circus of the Stars
  Performer
  - S 1: Ep 9 SPECIAL #9
    12/2/84
- The Love Boat
  Tom McCann
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win (1)
    11/1/80
- The Love Boat
  Tom McMann
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win (2)
    11/1/80
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 8 Ted Knight/Desmond Child & Rouge
    12/22/79
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 16: Ep 147 April 21, 1978
    4/21/78
  - S 16: Ep 146 April 20, 1978
    4/20/78
  - S 16: Ep 145 April 19, 1978
    4/19/78
  - S 16: Ep 144 April 18, 1978
    4/18/78
  - S 16: Ep 143 Week of April 17, 1978
    4/17/78
  - + 5 More Credits
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 136 April 7, 1978
    4/7/78
  - S 4: Ep 23 October 13, 1977
    10/13/77
  - S 3: Ep 198 July 21, 1977
    7/21/77
  - S 3: Ep 49 November 30, 1976
    11/30/76
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 27 December 5-11, 1977 (2)
    12/5/77
  - S 9: Ep 25 November 25-December 1, 1974 (2)
    11/25/74
  - S 8: Ep 30 December 17-21, 1973 (NBC-TV)
    12/17/73
  - S 8: Ep 21 November 12-18, 1973 (2)
    11/12/73
  - S 8: Ep 7 September 24-30, 1973 (2)
    9/24/73
  - + 2 More Credits
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 5 Ted Knight
    3/2/77
  - S 1: Ep 16 Truman Capote
    1/24/74
  - S 1: Ep 12 Monty Hall
    12/13/73
  - S 1: Ep 10 Hubert Humphrey
    11/22/73
  - S 1: Ep 5 Kirk Douglas
    10/11/73
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 58 November 25, 1976
    11/25/76
  - S 11: Ep 170 May 8, 1874
    5/8/74
  - S 11: Ep 164 April 30, 1974
    4/30/74
  - S 10: Ep 185 June 19, 1973
    6/19/73
  - S 10: Ep 11 October 2, 1972
    10/2/72
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 45 November 5, 1976
    11/5/76
  - S 11: Ep 138 March 15, 1973
    3/15/73
- Donny and Marie
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 GUESTS: BOB HOPE, TED KNIGHT, THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS
    1/30/76
- Cher
  Special Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 7 Show 21
    10/26/75
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, on film
  - S 4: Ep 5 Host: Glen Campbell / Mac Davis
    10/24/75
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 5 Faith, Hope & Charity / Gino Vannelli / Ted Knight
    10/4/75
- The Ghost Busters
  Simon de Canterville
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Canterville Ghost
    9/20/75
- Cher
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 Show 8
    4/6/75
- Rhoda
  Ted Baxter
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 16 Truman Capote (Celebrity Roast)
    1/25/74
  - S 9: Ep 12 Monty Hall (Celebrity Roast)
    12/14/73
  - S 9: Ep 10 Hubert Humphrey (Celebrity Roast)
    11/23/73
  - S 9: Ep 5 Kirk Douglas (Celebrity Roast)
    10/12/73
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
  Carter Winston
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Survivor
    10/13/73
- The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 Ted Knight guest
    9/1/73
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 125 March 13, 1972
    3/13/72
- The Immortal (1970)
  Dr. Arliss
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Return
    12/17/70
- Highway Patrol
  Merrill Hartman
  - S 4: Ep 15 Expose
- The Outsider
  Nick Ames
  - S 1: Ep 11 Tell It Like It Was--And You're Dead
    12/4/68
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Daniel
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Night of the Kraken
    11/1/68
- Garrison's Gorillas
  Werner
  - S 1: Ep 25 The War Diamonds
    3/5/68
- Judd for the Defense
  Fan
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Grand Old Man
    2/2/68
- The Invaders
  Summit Voice
  - S 2: Ep 10 Summit Meeting (2)
    11/7/67
- The Invaders
  Major
  - S 2: Ep 4 Valley of the Shadow
    9/26/67
- Aquaman
  Black Manta
  - S 1: Ep 1 Menace of the Black Manta
    9/9/67
- Get Smart
  Hans Frome
  - S 2: Ep 27 Pussycats Galore
    4/1/67
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Dr. Rains
  - S 4: Ep 7 Second Sight
    10/25/66
- The F.B.I.
  Security Guard
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Assassin
    10/9/66
- T.H.E. Cat
  J. W. Hardman
  - S 1: Ep 4 Brotherhood
    10/7/66
- Combat!
  Lt. Herlmoch
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Brothers
    10/4/66
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
  Don Mills
  - S 2: Ep 30 Gomer, the Would-Be Hero
    4/15/66
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Lieutenant Mooney
  - S 3: Ep 26 The White Knight
    3/22/66
- Get Smart
  KAOS Agent #1
  - S 1: Ep 24 Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
    3/5/66
- Bonanza
  Garrett
  - S 7: Ep 20 Peace Officer
    2/6/66
- The F.B.I.
  Doc Ventura
  - S 1: Ep 12 An Elephant is Like a Rope
    12/5/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Lieutenant Colonel Rogers
  - S 2: Ep 11 Storm at Twilight
    11/22/65
- Run for Your Life
  Sam Billings
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Cold, Cold War Of Paul Bryan
    9/13/65
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Dr. Lessing
  - S 2: Ep 23 Kill No More
    4/29/65
- Gunsmoke
  Bill Miller
  - S 10: Ep 16 Run, Sheep, Run
    1/9/65
- McHale's Navy
  Admiral Go-Go Granger
  - S 3: Ep 10 Fountain of Youth
    11/24/64
- The Outer Limits
  Mr. Jerome
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Invisible Enemy
    10/31/64
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Carl Lombardo
  - S 1: Ep 21 Once Upon a Savage Knight
    4/2/64
- The Virginian
  The Miner
  - S 1: Ep 30 The Final Hour
    5/1/63
- McHale's Navy
  Captain Evans
  - S 1: Ep 18 One of Our Engines Is Missing
    2/14/63
- Combat!
  Kurt
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Volunteer
    1/22/63
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  unknown
  - S 1: Ep 13 Which Man Will Die?
    1/2/63
- Combat!
  German Captain
  - S 1: Ep 9 Cat and Mouse
    12/4/62
- The Virginian
  Skelly
  - S 1: Ep 3 Throw a Long Rope
    10/3/62
- The New Loretta Young Show
  Haskell
  - S 1: Ep 1 House Warming
    9/24/62
- Hawaiian Eye
  Chuck Taylor
  - S 3: Ep 36 Among the Living
    5/30/62
- Cain's Hundred
  Detective Sims
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Left Side of Canada
    5/1/62
- General Electric Theater
  Judge
  - S 10: Ep 8 Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story
    11/12/61
- Cain's Hundred
  Narcotics Agent
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Penitent
    10/31/61
- Dr. Kildare
  Henryk
  - S 1: Ep 2 Immunity
    10/5/61
- The Asphalt Jungle
  Reporter
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Scott Machine
    6/25/61
- Bonanza
  Halloran
  - S 2: Ep 33 Elizabeth, My Love
    5/27/61
- Sea Hunt
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Defector
    4/22/61
- The Asphalt Jungle
  Lawyer
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Friendly Gesture
    4/16/61
- SurfSide 6
  Tad Edwards
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Impractical Joker
    3/13/61
- Pete and Gladys
  Neighbor
  - S 1: Ep 2 Crime of Passion
    9/26/60
- One Step Beyond
  Woodruff
  - S 3: Ep 1 Tidal Wave
    8/30/60
- Mr. Lucky
  Dr. Furst
  - S 1: Ep 32 Odyssey of Hate
    6/4/60
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Mr. Maynard
  - S 5: Ep 33 Party Line
    5/29/60
- The Man and the Challenge
  Dr. Herter
  - S 1: Ep 32 Daredevils
    5/7/60
- Bourbon Street Beat
  Captain Brent Dawson
  - S 1: Ep 21 The House of Ledezan
    2/22/60
- Lawman (1958)
  The Ugly Man(Frank Jorgenson)
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Ugly Man
    2/14/60
- Lock-Up
  Frank Prescott
  - S 1: Ep 21 Dead Man's Shoes
    2/13/60
- The Twilight Zone
  Adams
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Lonely
    11/13/59
- Peter Gunn
  Poole
  - S 2: Ep 2 Crisscross
    9/28/59
- Gunsmoke
  Jay Rabb
  - S 4: Ep 36 Print Asper
    5/23/59
- The Donna Reed Show
  Phil Martin
  - S 1: Ep 28 April Fool
    4/1/59
- Lassie
  Mr. Ventrilo
  - S 5: Ep 30 The Puppet
    3/29/59
- Mike Hammer (1958)
  Barney Green
  - S 2: Ep 8 Jury of One
    1/30/59
- How To Marry A Millionaire
  Bill Sutton (Wealthy Millionaire)
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Call to Arms
    4/24/58

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Trivia
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- Although they played characters that were disagreeable to each other on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ted Knight and Gavin MacLeod were actually very good friends since the 1950's and even had the same agent in the past.
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- In 1986, the year of Ted Knight's death, a couple of Australian fans of Caddyshack, Ted's most famous movie role began the "Ted Knight Memorial Golf Tournament". 2007 will see the 22nd tournament.
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- Joyce Bulifant who played Marie Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show lived across the street from Ted Knight and they often played tennis together.
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- Ted Knight: Sometimes when I got a little lonely or depressed I would go down to the supermarket in hopes of being recognized. I would squeeze a few melons and look around surreptitiously. Raise my voice if I had to.
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- Ted Knight: Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.
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- Ted Knight: I'm healthy, I've got a wonderful wife, happy kids, money in the bank. I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world.
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