Ted Ross (June 30, 1934 - September 3, 2002), born Theodore Ross Roberts in Zanesville, Ohio, was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in the Black pride-era classic The Wiz, an all-African American reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz. He won a Tony Award for the original 1975 Broadway production, and went on to recreate the role in the 1978 film version which also starred Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Ross went on to appear in the films Arthur and Police Academy, and on several television sitcoms of the 1980s. His final role was in the 1991 film The Fisher King.
Ross died on 3 September 2002 from complications of a stroke he suffered in 1998.
Broadway and stage
The Wiz (1975)
Raisin (1973)
Purlie (1970) (1972)
Buck White (1969)
Filmography
The Fisher King (1991)
Stealing Home (1988)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
Police Academy (1984)
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Arthur (1981)
The Wiz (1978)
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
External links
Ted Ross at the Internet Broadway Database
Ted Ross at the Internet Movie Database
Ted Ross at Yahoo! Movies
Ted Ross at at The African American Registry
Awards
Preceded by
none
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
1974-1975
for The Wiz
Succeeded by
George Rose
for My Fair Lady
v • d • e
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
David Wayne (1947) · Myron McCormick (1950) · Russell Nype (1951) · Yul Brynner (1952) · Hiram Sherman (1953) · Harry Belafonte (1954) · Cyril Ritchard (1955) · Russ Brown (1956) · Sydney Chaplin (1957) · David Burns (1958) · Russell Nype (1959) · Tom Bosley (1960) · Dick Van Dyke (1961) · Charles Nelson Reilly (1962) · David Burns (1963) · Jack Cassidy (1964) · Victor Spinetti (1965) · Frankie Michaels (1966) · Joel Grey (1967) · Hiram Sherman (1968) · Ron Holgate (1969) · René Auberjonois (1970) · Keene Curtis (1971) · Larry Blyden (1972) · George S. Irving (1973) · Tommy Tune (1974) · Ted Ross (1975)
Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)
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Categories: 1934 births | 2002 deaths | African American actors | American film actors | American musical theatre actors | American stage actors | American television actors | Drama Desk Award winners | Ohio actors | People from Zanesville, Ohio | Tony Award winners
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