Howard Weston Bessell Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Howard Weston "Ted" Bessell (March 20, 1935 – October 6, 1996) was an American television actor and director.
Full Name
Howard Weston Bessell
Net Worth
$16 Million
Date Of Birth
March 20, 1935
Died
1996-10-06
Place Of Birth
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Occupation
Actor
Profession
Actor, Director, Producer
Nicknames
Ted Bessell, Bessell, Ted
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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Donald Hollinger made me a name but took away the heart of me.
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Fact
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In a tragic twist of irony, Bessel guest starred in Marcus Welby, M.D.: Echo from Another World (1971) where he played a doctor who misdiagnosis a patient who ends up having an aortic aneurysm. Bessel himself died of an aortic aneurysm 25 years after the episode aired.
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A former 12-year-old child prodigy, his youthful highlight was performing a piano recital at Carnegie Hall.
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Attending both Georgetown University and the University of Colorado, he graduated in 1958 and focused on acting. He studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
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Bessell moved into directing and helmed episodes of The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) and, in 1989, shared an Emmy as a producer on Fox Broadcasting's "Tracey Ullman", which was honored as best variety or comedy program.
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One of his ex-wives is Donna Gordon, a well-known exotic dancer during the 1970s and 1980s. The couple divorced sometime in the 1980s.
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His surviving wife, Linnell Nobori, is an artist. They have two daughters, Sarah and Mary.
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For five years (until his death) his professional partner was Penny Marshall at Parkway Productions.
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His biggest burst of post-"That Girl" fame came with the role, in the next-to-last season of Mary Tyler Moore (1970), of Mary Richards's beau.
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He and former co-star, Marlo Thomas, were discussing a feature film remake of their 60s That Girl (1966) series, in which the two main characters, now 25 years older, would meet again and fall in love.
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Best remembered by the public for his role as "Donald Hollinger" in That Girl (1966).
