Ted Night (born Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka; December 7, 1923 – August 26, 1986) was an American actor and voice artist well known for playing the comedic roles of Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977), with Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Gavin MacLeod, Cloris Leachman, Georgia Engel, and Betty White; for which he won 2 Primetime Emmy’s for Best Supporting Actor; Henry Rush in Too Close for Comfort (1980-1987), and Judge Elihu Smails in Harold Ramis‘s Caddyshack (1980), with Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Bill Murray.
Each review will be linked to the title below.
(*seen originally in theaters)
(**seen rereleased in theaters)
- Man on a String (1960) – directed by Andre DeToth – uncredited
- 13 Fighting Men (1960) – directed by Harry W. Gerstad
- Twelve Hours to Kill (1960) – directed by Edward L. Cahn
- Psycho (1960) – directed by Alfred Hitchcock – uncredited
- Cage of Evil (1960) – directed by Edward L. Cahn – uncredited
- Key Witness (1960) – directed by Phil Karlson – uncredited
- Swingin’ Along (1961) – directed by Charles Barton
- Cry for Happy (1961) – directed by George Marshall
- The Great Impostor (1961) – directed by Robert Mulligan – uncredited
- 13 West Street (1962) – directed by Philip Leacock
- Hitler (1962) – directed by Stuart Heisler
- The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) – directed by Melville Shavelson – uncredited
- The Interns (1962) – directed by David Swift – uncredited
- Nightmare in Chicago (1964) – directed by Robert Altman – TV movie
- The Candidate (1964) – directed by Robert Angus – aka The Playmates for the Candidate, Party Girls for the Candidate, & Kisses for the Candidate
- Young Dillinger (1965) – directed by Terry Morse
- Blindfold (1965) – directed by Philip Dunne – uncredited
- Countdown (1967) – directed by Robert Altman
- M*A*S*H (1970) – directed by Robert Altman – uncredited voice
- Cold Turkey (1971) – directed by Norman Lear – uncredited
- Emilio and His Magical Bull (1975) – directed by Edward Nassour
- Caddyshack (1980) – directed by Harold Ramis