Portrait of Ted Shackelford

Acting

Ted Shackelford

Career

Active from 1978 to 2025, with a break from 2006 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
GoodWatch score80/100

Characters

3

The characters Ted Shackelford played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ted Shackelford Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.5, average 2.5
  • Melancholy
    3.4, average 4.7
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • High Stakes 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

45
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Space Precinct: The Fire Within
Space Precinct: The Fire Within (2025)

as Lieutenant Patrick Brogan

Space Precinct: Deathwatch
Space Precinct: Deathwatch (2025)

as Lieutenant Patrick Brogan

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 47
Dirty Sexy Money
Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Officer Down
Officer Down (2005)
GoodWatch score 36

as Commissioner Donald Hallows

Miracle Dogs
Miracle Dogs (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

as Dr. Ben Logan

Cave In
Cave In (2003)
GoodWatch score 40

as Chief Bogen

Air Panic
Air Panic (2002)
GoodWatch score 30

as Captain O'Kelly

Jane White Is Sick & Twisted
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002)
GoodWatch score 47

as Eddie

Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan (2001)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Emmett Parker

The Division
The Division (2001)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Ted Hillford

Cruel Intentions 2
Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
GoodWatch score 28

as First Chauffeur (uncredited)

1990s

16 titles ยท average score 64
The Practice
The Practice (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Dr. Lawrence Stiles

Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Gary Ewing

Spin City
Spin City (1996)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Barry Simmons

Sweet Temptation
Sweet Temptation (1996)
GoodWatch score 54

as Les Larson

Promised Land
Promised Land (1996)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1995)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as High Secretary Paul Kohler

Cybill
Cybill (1995)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Bobbie Ray Weeks / Ed Joblansky

Space Precinct
Space Precinct (1994)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Lieutenant Patrick Brogan

Harvest for the Heart
Harvest for the Heart (1994)

as Jacob 'Jake' Hansen

Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel (1994)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show ยท as Joel Redding

The John Larroquette Show
The John Larroquette Show (1993)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Jim Matthews

The Commish
The Commish (1991)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show

1980s

7 titles ยท average score 60
Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge (1987)
GoodWatch score 36

as Boone

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1985)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Fr. Mark Cassidy

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Garret / Jason Cook

Summer Fantasy
Summer Fantasy (1984)
GoodWatch score 51

as Carlisle

Finder of Lost Loves
Finder of Lost Loves (1984)

TV show ยท as Mark Stafford

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Tom Webb / Richard Anderson

Terror Among Us
Terror Among Us (1981)
GoodWatch score 54

as Delbert Ramsey

1970s

11 titles ยท average score 75
Knots Landing
Knots Landing (1979)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Gary Ewing

Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979)

as Barnes

Dallas
Dallas (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Gary Ewing

The Jordan Chance
The Jordan Chance (1978)

as Brian Klosky

The Defection of Simas Kudirka
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)

as Blain

Soap
Soap (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

The Fitzpatricks
The Fitzpatricks (1977)

TV show

Big Hawaii
Big Hawaii (1977)

TV show

Battle of the Network Stars
Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (1975)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Adam Clement / Pete Johnson

The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Eric Genther