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Ted's son, Beau Martin McGinley was born May 25, 1994.
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Ted has been dubbed the "Patron Saint" on the website jumptheshark.com because of his frequent roles as a replacement or brand new character on a television program, shortly before it's termination.
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Ted played Peggy's husband on Married with Children (1987), in a Christmas fantasy episode in which Al wonders what it would be like if he had never been born. Subsquently he was chosen to take on the role of Jefferson D'Arcy.
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Ted was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity in college.
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Ted took Brooke Shields to her Dwight Englewood Senior Prom in 1982. She was 16 years old and he was 24.
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Ted graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1976.
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Ted was the captain of his water polo team in college.
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Ted is 5'11" (1.80m).
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He is good friends with his Hope and Faith co-star Kelly Ripa. He has co-hosted on Live With Regis and Kelly several times.