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Ray Teal

Acting

Born January 12, 1902 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Died April 2, 1976

Also known as Ray E. Teal · Рэй Тил · Ray Elgin Teal

Biography

Ray Elgin Teal was an American actor who appeared in more than 300 television shows and movies during his 40 year career. His most famous role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on the television series Bonanza (1959–1972), which was only one of dozens of sheriffs on television and in movies that he played during his long and prolific career stretching from 1937 to 1970. He appeared in pictures such as Western Jamboree (1938) with Gene Autry, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Fredric March and Myrna Loy, The Black Arrow (1948), Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) with Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster.

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Filmography50+ titles

Overland Mail

1942as Phony Indian

Don Winslow of the Navy

1942as Gang Radioman Barker

The Twilight Zone

1959as Mr. Franklin

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961as Curtiss Ives

Undercover Maisie

1947as Man at Union Station

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Admiral Tugwell

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Police Detective

Ace in the Hole

1951as Sheriff

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946as Mr. Mollett

Inherit the Wind

1960as Jessie H. Dunlap

Perry Mason

1957as Joe Downing

Zorro

1957as Vasquez (uncredited)

Cattle Town

1952as Judd Hastings

Bonanza

1959as Roy Coffee

Gun Crazy

1950as California Border Inspector (uncredited)

The Asphalt Jungle

1950as Cop in Car Barn Slugged by Dix (uncredited)

The Fugitive

1963as Sheriff McNary

Along the Great Divide

1951as Deputy Lou Gray

Winchester '73

1950as Marshall Noonan (uncredited)

Brute Force

1947as Jackson - Guard (uncredited)

Hollywood Canteen

1944as Army Captain (uncredited)

Green Acres

1965as Mr. Grimes

Rawhide

1959as Sheriff

The Young Guns

1956as Josh

Madame Curie

1943as Driver (uncredited)

Sergeant York

1941as Marching Soldier (uncredited)

I Love You Again

1940as Watchman (uncredited)

The Rifleman

1958

Fort Worth

1951as Gabe Clevenger

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950as Lt. Boyd

The Clock

1945as Policeman

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Nebro

Frank Sinatra Show

1957as Self

The Desperate Hours

1955as State Police Lt. Fredericks

The Men

1950as Man at Bar

One Sunday Afternoon

1948as Policeman on bicycle

Cheyenne

1947as Gambler (uncredited)

Whistling in Brooklyn

1943as Traded Beaver Baseall Player (uncredited)

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941as Cab Driver (uncredited)

A Volta do Besouro Verde

1940as Chief Guard at Steel Mill

Strange Cargo

1940as Guard (uncredited)

Western Jamboree

1938as McCall

Maverick

1957as Mart Fallon

No Way Out

1950as Day Deputy in Hospital Prison Ward (uncredited)

The Princess and the Pirate

1944as Guard (uncredited)

Woman of the Year

1942as Married Sports Reporter (uncredited)

New Moon

1940as Bondsman

One-Eyed Jacks

1961as Barney

Home from the Hill

1960as Dr. Carson

Run for Cover

1955as Sheriff