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

Judgment at Nuremberg

19618.0

Chisum

19706.7

Taggart

19655.5

Sergeant York

19417.2

The Best Years of Our Lives

19467.7

The Asphalt Jungle

19507.5

Bathing Beauty

19445.9

Distant Drums

19516.3

Winchester '73

19507.3

One-Eyed Jacks

19616.8

Joan of Arc

19486.2

The Wild One

19536.6

The Clock

19457.1

They Died with Their Boots On

19416.7

Ace in the Hole

19517.8

Brute Force

19477.3

Inherit the Wind

19607.7

Home from the Hill

19606.9

Dead Reckoning

19466.8

Gun Crazy

19507.4

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

The Burning Hills

19566.1

Kitty Foyle

19406.6

Back to Bataan

19456.1

The Indian Fighter

19556.3

Canyon Passage

19466.7

The Desperate Hours

19557.0

Ziegfeld Girl

19416.7

Along Came Jones

19455.8

Till the Clouds Roll By

19465.8

No Way Out

19506.9

Gunman's Walk

19586.7

The Men

19507.0

Black Bart

19484.9

Desert Fury

19475.9

A Volta do Besouro Verde

19406.8

Honky Tonk

19416.4

Raw Deal

19486.7

The Oklahoman

19575.8

Along the Great Divide

19517.4

The Harvey Girls

19466.6

Posse from Hell

19616.2

My Favorite Brunette

19476.6

The Wild North

19526.9

The Long Night

19475.8

Driftwood

19476.8

I Love You Again

19407.2

Shadow of the Thin Man

19417.0

Road House

19486.7

The Princess and the Pirate

19446.9

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

19505.2

The Man from Colorado

19486.8

Star Reporter

19393.9

Northwest Passage

19406.6

Woman of the Year

19426.9

The Tall Stranger

19576.5

Edge of Doom

19506.1

The Redhead and the Cowboy

19515.4

The Strange Woman

19466.2

Warpath

19516.0

Madame Curie

19437.2

Undercover Maisie

19478.0

Run for Cover

19556.8

Cattle King

19636.3

Tenth Avenue Angel

19486.5

Decoy

19465.9

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

19576.3

Carrie

19526.4

Saddle the Wind

19586.7

Band of Angels

19576.3

Hacksaw

19716.6

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

19465.3

Captain Kidd

19456.3

Decision at Sundown

19576.3

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

19706.1

Main Street After Dark

19454.5

The Man from Bitter Ridge

19555.9

High Wall

19476.4

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

19536.6

Hangman's Knot

19526.6

Hollywood Canteen

19447.3

Lucky Me

19546.8

Bullet for a Badman

19646.3

The Secret of Convict Lake

19516.6

Strange Cargo

19407.0

Ramrod

19476.5

The Miracle of the Bells

19486.2

Adventure

19456.4

Rage at Dawn

19556.2

New Moon

19406.9

Fort Worth

19517.1

Mr. Soft Touch

19496.8

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

19485.6

Slightly Dangerous

19436.0

The Missing Lady

19464.8

Kazan

19497.0

Utah Blaine

19576.6

The Turning Point

19526.3

Third Finger, Left Hand

19407.0

The Sea of Grass

19476.1

Where Danger Lives

19506.4

Quicksand

19506.1

The Wayward Girl

19578.0

Whispering Smith

19486.7

The Captive City

19526.1

Blonde Alibi

19464.8

The Blessed Midnight

19565.0

Convicted

19506.2

Fingers at the Window

19425.7

The Command

19546.4

Streets of Laredo

19496.0

Deep Valley

19475.6

Flaming Feather

19526.2

Home Town Story

19514.9

The Kid from Texas

19505.5

Ambush

19505.4

The Chance of a Lifetime

19436.7

Adventures of Red Ryder

19406.7

Northwest Rangers

19426.3

Nazi Agent

19426.6

Daredevils of the Clouds

19486.5

Circumstantial Evidence

19455.2

Secret Enemies

19425.8

Trail of the Vigilantes

194010.0

Apache Trail

19426.9

Billy the Kid

19415.3

Tomorrow Is Another Day

19516.5

Sudan

19456.4

The Black Arrow

19485.5

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

19425.5

Cheyenne

19477.0

The Soul of a Monster

19445.5

One Sunday Afternoon

19487.0

The Bugle Sounds

19426.8

Maisie Goes to Reno

19446.6

Nothing But Trouble

19446.3

About Mrs. Leslie

19547.4

Jumping Jacks

19526.5

The Missing Juror

19446.3

Florian

19404.5

The Hanged Man

19744.5

Hello Out There

19495.5

Harbor of Missing Men

19506.3

Bad Boy

19496.8

Walk a Crooked Mile

19486.2

Girl on the Run

19587.0

Melody Ranch

19406.2

Rogue Cop

19545.7

Thousands Cheer

19436.4

Apache Ambush

19556.3

Keep Your Powder Dry

19456.1

Cry of the Werewolf

19444.8

Give Me a Sailor

19386.1

The Countess of Monte Cristo

19487.0

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

19495.5

It Happens Every Spring

19496.6

The Lion and the Horse

19525.9

Our Very Own

19505.9

None Shall Escape

19446.5

Montana Belle

19526.3

Main Street Today

19446.3

Calling Dr. Gillespie

19427.0

Whistling in Brooklyn

19437.0

The Phantom Stagecoach

19577.5

American Spoken Here

19409.0

Don Winslow of the Navy

194210.0

U-Boat Prisoner

19447.3

Michigan Kid

19478.0

Fury at Furnace Creek

19486.3

Dangerous Blondes

19436.3

Ode to Victory

19434.8

Southside 1-1000

19506.0

Secret Command

19446.6

Escape from Crime

19425.5

Radio Patrol

193710.0

Strange Affair

19446.2

Viva Cisco Kid

19406.4

Deadline for Murder

19469.0

A Gun in His Hand

19456.1

Roses Are Red

19475.7

Once More, My Darling

19496.5

Crime Doctor

19436.4

She Has What It Takes

19439.0

Gallegher Goes West

1966

Bristle Face

19648.0

The Petty Girl

19504.3

Outlaws of the Panhandle

19417.5

Prairie Schooners

19408.0

Prairie Chickens

19438.0

Overland Mail

194210.0

Cattle Town

19527.6

Pony Post

19408.0

Strange Voyage

19466.5

Dangerous Business

19469.0

Western Jamboree

19387.0

The Young Guns

19567.2

When You're Smiling

19509.0

Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims

19689.0

Rusty's Birthday

19497.0

Hazard

19488.0

The Peanut Man

19477.0