Cast

Ray Teal

Acting

Cast

Ray Teal

Known for

Acting

Born

1902-01-12

From

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Died

1976-04-02

Also known as Ray E. Teal, Рэй Тил, Ray Elgin Teal

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

Ray Teal

Ray Teal

Biography

Distant Drums

Chisum

Home from the Hill

Bathing Beauty

Kitty Foyle

Brute Force

Judgment at Nuremberg

One-Eyed Jacks

The Asphalt Jungle

Sergeant York

Ace in the Hole

Driftwood

The Best Years of Our Lives

Till the Clouds Roll By

Winchester '73

Ziegfeld Girl

The Clock

Hacksaw

The Burning Hills

The Men

A Volta do Besouro Verde

The Oklahoman

Inherit the Wind

Canyon Passage

The Desperate Hours

Undercover Maisie

Undercover Maisie

The Wild One

Along Came Jones

Bullet for a Badman

Joan of Arc

The Redhead and the Cowboy

The Indian Fighter

The Blessed Midnight

Posse from Hell

Blonde Alibi

The Wild North

Dead Reckoning

They Died with Their Boots On

The Sea of Grass

Back to Bataan

Decoy

Saddle the Wind

Gunman's Walk

Madame Curie

The Harvey Girls

Decision at Sundown

The Man from Colorado

The Man from Colorado

Star Reporter

Kazan

Taggart

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Woman of the Year

Hollywood Canteen

Warpath

The Missing Lady

The Tall Stranger

Along the Great Divide

Anchors Aweigh

The Strange Woman

Where Danger Lives

Honky Tonk

My Favorite Brunette

Cry of the Werewolf

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

Hello Out There

Strange Cargo

No Way Out

Gun Crazy

Streets of Laredo

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Northwest Passage

Run for Cover

Third Finger, Left Hand

Shadow of the Thin Man

The Hanged Man