Ted Ross

Acting

Ted Ross

Born 1934-06-30 Zanesville, Ohio, USA 17 films

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ted Ross (June 30, 1934 – September 3, 2002) was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in 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 A…

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Filmography

17 films
Stealing Home poster

Billy Wyatt, a former high school and minor-league baseball player, receives a telephone call from…

Stealing Home

★ 6.3 1988

Police Academy poster

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no long…

Police Academy

★ 6.7 1984

Fighting Back poster

An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.

Fighting Back

★ 5.8 1982

Parole poster

High school dropout Jimmy McCusick goes to prison for robbery. After suffering a gang-rape and then…

Parole

★ 7.0 1982

Ragtime poster

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the r…

Ragtime

★ 7.0 1981

Purlie poster

Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the ci…

Purlie

★ 6.5 1981

Arthur poster

Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demand…

Arthur

★ 6.5 1981

Death Penalty poster

A strong-willed psychologist tries to rehabilitate a member of a Pittsburgh street gang who has bee…

Death Penalty

★ 8.0 1980