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    Ted Ross

    1934-06-30 (90 years old) in Zanesville, Ohio, USA

    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 Academy, and on the television sitcoms The Jeffersons, Benson, The Cosby Show, and its spin-off A Different World. His final role was in the 1991 film The Fisher King. Ross was born Theodore Ross Roberts in Zanesville, Ohio, but he moved with his family to Dayton at age seven. He died from complications of a stroke he suffered in 1998. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ted Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    The Fisher King
    72.75999999999999 %|Sep 20, 1991
    Comedy, Drama
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    Arthur 2: On the Rocks
    55 %|Jul 8, 1988
    Comedy, Romance
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    Police Academy
    66.84 %|Mar 22, 1984
    Comedy, Crime
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    Amityville II: The Possession
    57 %|Sep 24, 1982
    Horror, Thriller
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    Fighting Back
    56 %|May 21, 1982
    Action, Thriller, Crime
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    Parole
    0 %|Apr 19, 1982
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Ragtime
    70.11999999999999 %|Nov 20, 1981
    Drama, History
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    Purlie
    70 %|Oct 12, 1981
    Drama, Music
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    Arthur
    64.96000000000001 %|Jul 17, 1981
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    F.D.R.: The Last Year
    75 %|May 15, 1980
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Death Penalty
    0 %|Jan 22, 1980
    Drama, Crime, TV Movie
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    The Wiz
    60 %|Oct 24, 1978
    Music, Fantasy, Adventure
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    Wiz on Down the Road
    50 %|Jan 1, 1978
    Documentary, Music
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    The Fourth King
    0 %|Dec 23, 1977
    Adventure, Music, Family, Comedy, TV Movie, Animation
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    Minstrel Man
    0 %|Mar 2, 1977
    Drama, TV Movie

    Series

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    A Different World
    70 %|Sep 24, 1987
    Comedy, Family
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    The Equalizer
    71 %|Sep 18, 1985
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    227
    67 %|Sep 14, 1985
    Comedy, Family
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    The Cosby Show
    70 %|Sep 20, 1984
    Comedy, Family
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    Sirota's Court
    50 %|Dec 1, 1976
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    The Jeffersons
    72.96000000000001 %|Jan 18, 1975
    Comedy, Family