Ted Knight Net Worth

Interesting Facts about Ted Knight

1. Had played minor villains in television and film dramas for many years before the role of Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore (1970) aggressively tapped into his comedy talents.
2. His well-modulated voice, ideal for radio broadcasting and announcing, helped keep him afloat during the dismal 1960s providing narration and voices for a number of cartoon series, including The Batman/Superman Hour (1968) and Star Trek (1973).
3. Had three children with Dorothy Knight: Ted Knight Jr., Elyse Knight and Eric Knight.
4. Bore an uncanny resemblence to Barry Goldwater. In an episode of Too Close for Comfort (1980) when someone paints a portrait of Knight's character, the running gag becomes "Wow, look at that great picture of Barry Goldwater".
5. Had a small role at the very end of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) as a cell guard who opens the cell door for another officer, who gives Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) a blanket.
6. Served as a combat engineer of A Company, 296th Combat Engineer Battalion, which built bridges, roads, and temporary living structures in the European Theatre following the D-Day invasion. The 296th CEB earned five Battle Stars for its service in World War II.
7. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 491-493. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
8. In the 1970s, he was the spokesperson for Southgate USA and appeared in numerous commercials that aired on Cleveland area television and radio stations. (Southgate USA is a shopping center in Maple Heights, Ohio.).
9. The college sweatshirts he wore in the situation comedy Too Close for Comfort (1980) were sometimes sent to him by students from real colleges.
10. He was also a prominent voice actor for 1960-1970s superhero cartoons, such as the Flash, the Atom, Superman, Super Friends, Justice League, and others. He was best known as the the omniscient narrator, but he also did voice-overs for many of the second-string characters. He was seldom, if ever, the protagonist.
11. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6673 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on January 30, 1985.
12. In later life, Ted's wife, Dorothy Knight, served on the Board of Directors of Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation in San Diego and was active in Palisadians for Peace.
13. Can be heard in the comedy-drama movie M.A.S.H. (1970) as a radio announcer (not to be confused with the PA announcer).
14. Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
15. Had Polish ancestry.
16. Was good friends with Gavin MacLeod before they worked on The Mary Tyler Moore Show together.
17. Before his death, he was the acting mentor of Lydia Cornell, Deborah Van Valkenburgh and Jim J. Bullock, all of whom were Knight's good friends.