Ray Teal

Acting · 1.7 popularity

Age

124

Movies

201

Born: January 12, 1902 – April 2, 1976
From: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray Elgin Teal (January 12, 1902 – April 2, 1976) was an American actor. His most famous role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on the television series Bonanza (1959–1972), which was only one of dozens of sheriffs on television and in movies that he played during his long and prolific career stretching from 1937 to 1970. He appeared in pictures such as Western Jamboree (1938) with Gene Autry, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Fredric March and Myrna Loy, The Black Arrow (1948), Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) with Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster. Teal was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A saxophone player, he worked his way through the University of California, Los Angeles as a bandleader before becoming an actor. His longest-running role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee, a law-enforcing sheriff on Bonanza. Teal was one of the most senior members of the crew having a permanent role. He had also played a sheriff in the Billy Wilder film Ace in the Hole (1951). Teal co-starred in numerous TV westerns throughout his career: he appeared five times on Cheyenne, four times on The Lone Ranger, on The Alaskans, three times in different roles on another long-running western series, Wagon Train, on NBC's Tales of Wells Fargo, on the ABC western series Broken Arrow, five times on the ABC western comedy Maverick, on the CBS western series The Texan, the NBC western series The Californians, twice on Colt .45, once on Wanted: Dead or Alive, and as "Sheriff Clay" for a single 1960 episode of the NBC western series Riverboat, and four times on a western series about the rodeo titled Wide Country. After more than 15 years performing in films and in early television, Teal secured a recurring role as a police officer in the 1953–1955 ABC sitcom with a variety-show theme, Where's Raymond?, later renamed The Ray Bolger Show. In 1955, Teal appeared as McCanles, a ruthless cattle baron in the episode "Julesburg" of the ABC/Warner Bros. Western series, Cheyenne. Altogether, Teal appeared five times on Cheyenne. He later appeared in a guest-starring role in another ABC/WB Western series, The Alaskans. From 1957 to 1962, Teal was cast three times in different roles on the Western series, Wagon Train. He also appeared in a number of episodes of Bat Masterson, an episode of The Rifleman and later in Green Acres. In 1957, Teal played a lawman, Captain McNelly, in the episode "Sam Bass" of NBC's Tales of Wells Fargo. Teal was cast as Fenster in "The Bounty Hunters" (1957) on the ABC Western series, Broken Arrow. In 1958, Teal guest-starred "No Tears for the Dead" on the CBS Western series, The Texan. He also later appeared in the CBS sitcom, Dennis the Menace. In 1960, Teal was cast as Sheriff Roy Coffee in Bonanza, a role he played until 1972, appearing in 98 episodes, occasionally as the lead character. He also portrayed judge/dentist/shoe repairman H.G. Cogswell in Bat Masterson starring Gene Barry. He died of undisclosed causes on April 2, 1976, at age 74 in Santa Monica, California. CLR

Works

201 films

Chisum

19706.7

Judgment at Nuremberg

19618.0

Sergeant York

19417.2

The Best Years of Our Lives

19467.7

Taggart

19655.5

Bathing Beauty

19445.9

Distant Drums

19516.3

The Asphalt Jungle

19507.5

Inherit the Wind

19607.7

Winchester '73

19507.3

Brute Force

19477.3

One-Eyed Jacks

19616.8

The Wild One

19536.6

Joan of Arc

19486.2

They Died with Their Boots On

19416.7

Ace in the Hole

19517.8

The Clock

19457.1

Dead Reckoning

19466.8

The Desperate Hours

19557.0

Gun Crazy

19507.4

Gunman's Walk

19586.7

Kitty Foyle

19406.6

The Burning Hills

19566.1

Home from the Hill

19606.9

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

Ziegfeld Girl

19416.7

Canyon Passage

19466.7

The Oklahoman

19575.8

The Indian Fighter

19556.3

Honky Tonk

19416.4

Band of Angels

19576.3

The Harvey Girls

19466.6

Till the Clouds Roll By

19465.8

Raw Deal

19486.7

No Way Out

19506.9

Along Came Jones

19455.8

The Men

19507.0

The Long Night

19475.8

The Man from Colorado

19486.8

Back to Bataan

19456.1

The Princess and the Pirate

19446.9

Posse from Hell

19616.2

Black Bart

19484.9

Northwest Passage

19406.6

Captain Kidd

19456.3

The Strange Woman

19466.2

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

19576.3

Desert Fury

19475.9

Driftwood

19476.8

Run for Cover

19556.8

My Favorite Brunette

19476.6

Woman of the Year

19426.9

The Wild North

19526.9

Ramrod

19476.5

A Volta do Besouro Verde

19406.8

Shadow of the Thin Man

19417.0

Streets of Laredo

19496.0

Carrie

19526.4

Along the Great Divide

19517.4

Maisie Goes to Reno

19446.6

Madame Curie

19437.2

I Love You Again

19407.2

Hacksaw

19716.6

The Man from Bitter Ridge

19555.9

Warpath

19516.0

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

19706.1

The Tall Stranger

19576.5

Hangman's Knot

19526.6

Undercover Maisie

19478.0

Bullet for a Badman

19646.3

Billy the Kid

19415.3

Road House

19486.7

The Sea of Grass

19476.1

The Secret of Convict Lake

19516.6

Slightly Dangerous

19436.0

The Redhead and the Cowboy

19515.4

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

19465.3

Kazan

19497.0

Decision at Sundown

19576.3

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

19536.6

Nazi Agent

19426.6

Fort Worth

19517.1

The Miracle of the Bells

19486.2

Quicksand

19506.1

Saddle the Wind

19586.7

It Happens Every Spring

19496.6

Strange Cargo

19407.0

Mr. Soft Touch

19496.8

Decoy

19465.9

Third Finger, Left Hand

19407.0

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

19505.2

Whispering Smith

19486.7

Cheyenne

19477.0

New Moon

19406.9

Edge of Doom

19506.1

Cattle King

19636.3

Flaming Feather

19526.2

Hollywood Canteen

19447.3

Where Danger Lives

19506.4

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

19485.6

Sudan

19456.4

Secret Command

19446.6

High Wall

19476.4

The Wayward Girl

19578.0

The Kid from Texas

19505.5

Main Street After Dark

19454.5

Star Reporter

19393.9

The Captive City

19526.1

Rogue Cop

19545.7

Convicted

19506.2

Lucky Me

19546.8

The Missing Lady

19464.8

The Command

19546.4

The Black Arrow

19485.5

Adventure

19456.4

Rage at Dawn

19556.2

Daredevils of the Clouds

19486.5

Utah Blaine

19576.6

Tomorrow Is Another Day

19516.5

Fingers at the Window

19425.7

Ambush

19505.4

The Chance of a Lifetime

19436.7

Deep Valley

19475.6

Jumping Jacks

19526.5

Thousands Cheer

19436.4

The Soul of a Monster

19445.5

The Hanged Man

19744.5

Adventures of Red Ryder

19406.7

Blonde Alibi

19464.8

American Spoken Here

19409.0

The Missing Juror

19446.3

Calling Dr. Gillespie

19427.0

Home Town Story

19514.9

Melody Ranch

19406.2

Main Street Today

19446.3

Secret Enemies

19425.8

Tenth Avenue Angel

19486.5

Northwest Rangers

19426.3

The Turning Point

19526.3

The Blessed Midnight

19565.0

Whistling in Brooklyn

19437.0

Crime Doctor

19436.4

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

19425.5

Circumstantial Evidence

19455.2

Florian

19404.5

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

19495.5

Nothing But Trouble

19446.3

Trail of the Vigilantes

194010.0

Keep Your Powder Dry

19456.1

Apache Trail

19426.9

Apache Ambush

19556.3

Our Very Own

19505.9

The Bugle Sounds

19426.8

About Mrs. Leslie

19547.4

Strange Affair

19446.2

The Phantom Stagecoach

19577.5

Viva Cisco Kid

19406.4

Montana Belle

19526.3

Girl on the Run

19587.0

Bristle Face

19648.0

Escape from Crime

19425.5

Bad Boy

19496.8

Hello Out There

19495.5

U-Boat Prisoner

19447.3

The Lion and the Horse

19525.9

Don Winslow of the Navy

194210.0

Michigan Kid

19478.0

One Sunday Afternoon

19487.0

Walk a Crooked Mile

19486.2

Western Jamboree

19387.0

The Petty Girl

19504.3

Rusty's Birthday

19497.0

She Has What It Takes

19439.0

Harbor of Missing Men

19506.3

Cattle Town

19527.6

Gallegher Goes West

1966

Give Me a Sailor

19386.1

Dangerous Business

19469.0

Fury at Furnace Creek

19486.3

Once More, My Darling

19496.5

Ode to Victory

19434.8

Prairie Chickens

19438.0

Overland Mail

194210.0

Dangerous Blondes

19436.3

A Gun in His Hand

19456.1

Southside 1-1000

19506.0

Prairie Schooners

19408.0

Roses Are Red

19475.7

None Shall Escape

19446.5

Cry of the Werewolf

19444.8

Hazard

19488.0

The Countess of Monte Cristo

19487.0

When You're Smiling

19509.0

Radio Patrol

193710.0

The Young Guns

19567.2

Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims

19689.0

Deadline for Murder

19469.0

Outlaws of the Panhandle

19417.5

Strange Voyage

19466.5

Pony Post

19408.0

The Peanut Man

19477.0