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Actor Born: March 20, 1935 in Flushing, NY Death: October 6, 1996 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:After five years of playing uptight Donald Hollinger, the boyfriend of "Marlo Thomas" in her groundbreaking proto-feminist sitcom "That Girl" for five years, "Ted Bessell" as an actor was hopelessly typecast as the perennial second fiddle. This was a shame for despite the bland image he projected on the show, he was a vital, creative, talented, and passionate man who excelled at painting, music, directing, and acting. A native of Flushing, NY, Bessell was a piano prodigy and at age 12 performed a recital at Carnegie Hall. By the time he graduated from college in 1958, he had decided to become an actor and launched his career in 1961, playing an elevator operator in the feature film "Lover Come Back". The following year he was cast as a college student on the series It's a Man's World. The series only lasted a season and Bessell went on to become a semi-regular on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. in 1966, the year... Full Biography
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