Ted Ross

 T e d   R o ss  ( 1 9 3 4  -  2 00 2  ) was an act or best k now n f or p lay in g t he  lion  in the  B road way  & film version s of  The Wiz .

In 1 9 8 1 , he appeared on  SESAME STREET  as Mr. Jen k in s in  EPISODE 1 5 8 6 .

His other film credit s include p lay in g chauffeur Bitterman in  Arthur  &  Arthur   2 :   On   the   Rock s  (with Dudley Moore  &  Liza Minnelli  ), as well as  Rag time  ( with  Jeff Daniel s  &  Mary Steenburgen  ),  Police   Academy  ( with  Kim Cattrall  &  George Gaynes  ) , &  The   Fisher   King  ( with  Robin William s  &  Jeff Bridge s  ). Other B road way  show s include d  Purlie  ( with  Sherman Hemsley , whom he also under studied ) &  Raisin  ( the musical version of  A   Raisin   in   the   SUN  , with  Debbie Allen  ). On T V, he played the dean of Hill man College on  T he Cosby S how  ( once ) &  A   Different   World  ( twice ) & guest starred on  The   Jefferson s  ,  Benson  , &  22 7 .

See a l s o

 * T e d R o ss o n I M D b
 * T e d R o ss o n I B D b
 * T e d R o ss o n t h e  Muppet   Wiki
 * T e d R o ss o n t h e  OSCAR   THE   GROUCH  Wiki

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