Ted Bessell

DirectorProducerActor Mar 20 (died age 61) 1961–1995 (34 year career)

5.8 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · as Elliott Setlin

7.8

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

7.6

The Tracey Ullman Show

1987 · Producer

7.0

Known For

Film

Lover Come Back

Elevator Operator

Film

Captain Newman, M.D.

Carrozzo - Patient (uncredited)

Film

That Girl

Donald Hollinger

Film

The Tracey Ullman Show

Producer

Film

Scream, Pretty Peggy

Jeffrey Elliot

Film

The Naked Truth

Director

Film

Don't Drink the Water

Axel Magee

Film

Billie

Bob Matthews

Filmography

Acting (27)

Movies (11)

The Acorn People

1981

as Jesse Hooten

2.0

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

1979

as Pete McCann

2.6

What Are Best Friends For?

1973

as Paul Nesbitt

Scream, Pretty Peggy

1973

as Jeffrey Elliot

6.1

Your Money or Your Wife

as Dan Cramer

Two on a Bench

as Preston Albright

Don't Drink the Water

as Axel Magee

Billie

as Bob Matthews

McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force

1965

as Lt. Wilbur Harkness

5.2

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

as Carrozzo - Patient (uncredited)

6.6

Lover Come Back

1961

as Elevator Operator

6.9

Television (16)

The Comedy Factory

1985

as Max Harrison

Hail to the Chief

1985

as Gen. Oliver Mansfield

5.0

Good Time Harry

1980

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

1979

as Pete McCann

Me and the Chimp

1972

as Mike Reynolds

5.0

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Love, American Style

as Roger Bowen

That Girl

as Donald Hollinger

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as Frankie

The Great Adventure

as Davies

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Lieutenant

The Bill Dana Show

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Elliott Setlin

7.8

It's a Man's World

1962

as Thomas A. 'Tom-Tom' DeWitt

5.0

Ben Casey

1961

5.6

Crew (7)

Movies (1)

The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show

1990

Producer

10.0

Television (6)

The Naked Truth

Director

Good Advice

Director

Sibs

Director

Sibs

1991

Producer

The Tracey Ullman Show

Producer

That Girl

Director