Portrait of Ted Bessell

Acting

Ted Bessell

Career

Active from 1962 to 1995, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ted Bessell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.2, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    1.2, average 4.0
  • Tension
    3.4, average 6.0
  • Melancholy
    2.2, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Sitcom 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Lighthearted Comedy 2
  • Comfort Viewing 2
  • Slapstick Humor 2
  • Nostalgic Television 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

28
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title
The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show
The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show (1990)

Producer

1980s

4 titles
Hail to the Chief
Hail to the Chief (1985)

TV show ยท as Gen. Oliver Mansfield

The Comedy Factory
The Comedy Factory (1985)

TV show ยท as Max Harrison

The Acorn People
The Acorn People (1981)

as Jesse Hooten

Good Time Harry
Good Time Harry (1980)

TV show

1970s

8 titles ยท average score 73
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979)

TV show ยท as Pete McCann

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979)

as Pete McCann

Scream, Pretty Peggy
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jeffrey Elliot

What Are Best Friends For?
What Are Best Friends For? (1973)

as Paul Nesbitt

Your Money or Your Wife
Your Money or Your Wife (1972)

as Dan Cramer

Me and the Chimp
Me and the Chimp (1972)

TV show ยท as Mike Reynolds

Two on a Bench
Two on a Bench (1971)

as Preston Albright

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

1960s

15 titles ยท average score 58
Don't Drink the Water
Don't Drink the Water (1969)
GoodWatch score 53

as Axel Magee

Love, American Style
Love, American Style (1969)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Roger Bowen

That Girl
That Girl (1966)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Donald Hollinger

Billie
Billie (1965)
GoodWatch score 49

as Bob Matthews

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Frankie

The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)

TV show

The Great Adventure
The Great Adventure (1963)

TV show ยท as Davies

Captain Newman, M.D.
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
GoodWatch score 63

as Carrozzo - Patient (uncredited)

It's a Man's World
It's a Man's World (1962)

TV show ยท as Thomas A. 'Tom-Tom' DeWitt

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Elliott Setlin

Ben Casey
Ben Casey (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show