Ray Teal

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Ray Teal (b. 12 January 1902, Grand Rapids, Michigan - d. 2 April 1976, Santa Monica, California) was an actor who appeared in more than 250 movies and over 90 television programs in his 37 year career. His longest running role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza (1960 - 1972). {He also played a Sherriff in movie Ace in the Hole (film).

Teal, a saxophone player, worked his way through UCLA as a bandleader before becoming an actor. He was a bit part player in western movies for several years before landing a substantial role in Northwest Passage (1940). Another of his roles was as Little John in The Bandit of Sherwood Forest(1946). In his most memorable movie role he played one of the judges in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) with Spencer Tracy.

Teal died of natural causes in Santa Monica, California on April 2, 1976, aged 74.

[edit] External links

• Ray Teal at the Internet Movie Database
• Bonanza cast biographies