Ted Lange Net Worth

Ted Lange's Quotes

• Most directors can't act, and the meanest ones are failed actors.
• [Who started out as an unfamiliar actor, before he got his first breakout role as Isaac Washington]: Because I'm an actor. I know how to tap into what works for another actor when I'm directing. On the first day, I just let the actors go - I let them make all their suggestions. They like that, because so many directors hamstring them. And then, because I've done my homework on both the actor and the script, I'll say, 'Try this or that,' and they'll say, 'Wow! I should've thought of that!' By the end of the first day, I'm not ['Love Boat' bartender] Isaac Washington anymore. I'm the director and I've got them.
• [When he was promoted from actor to director]: I started out to be an actor. Out of necessity, I found myself becoming a director, writer and screenplay writer to stay involved in the industry and in the exploration of the art.
• I'm fortunate. When I get recognized, it's a nice thing. It's a good thing.
• [When asked if all The Love Boat (1977) cast members, esp. Gavin MacLeod, who were there at the 2010 TV Land Awards]: Well, Gavin MacLeod [Captain Stubing] had a back operation - he hurt himself, hurt a couple of his discs - so he wasn't able to be there. We really missed him, because, you know, he's the anchor of the show as the captain. So I called him up and talked to him to see how he was doing, and he was a little weak, but he was recuperating well. But everybody else was there, and they all brought their kids. Fred Grandy [Gopher] brought his daughter, I brought my son...it was a lot of fun.

Interesting Facts about Ted Lange

1. Best known for his role as 'nice guy' bartender Isaac on TV's The Love Boat (1977), Ted invariably played a heavy in earlier blaxploitation film roles.
2. Severely typecast in his long-running, rather featherweight role, he played it low-keyed for many years and found renewed respect on stage as a writer/director/producer/actor. He earned several stage awards for his efforts, including the Renaissance Man Theatre Award from the NAACP and the Paul Robeson Award from AFI.
3. Ted's mother, Gerri Lange, hosted her own television show on the PBS station in San Francisco, KQED, during the late 1970's.
4. His acting mentor is Gavin MacLeod.
5. He has played the same character (Isaac Washington) in five different series: The Love Boat (1977), Charlie's Angels (1976), Martin (1992), Weird Science (1994) and Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998).
6. Appearing on Broadway in "Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe". [June 2009]
7. Ted is currently writing a relationship column, with Jenna Jameson, in Maxim Magazine. [December 2005]
8. (Spring 2000) Directing the original play, "The Marriage" at Stage 52 in Los Angeles.
9. Best friend of Gavin MacLeod. Whenever Lange has plays, he frequently invites MacLeod to them.
10. Revealed that he had a wonderful working relationship with Gavin MacLeod, on The Love Boat (1977).
11. Credits Gavin MacLeod as his acting mentor/best friend.
12. Surrogate son of Gavin MacLeod.
13. Lives not too far from his acting mentor Gavin MacLeod, in Palm Springs, California. Lange lives in Torrance, California.
14. As an actor, he was highly influenced by Gavin MacLeod.
15. Actor [Gavin MacLeod] took him under his wing, since he was 29.
16. Has two sons: Ted IV and Turner.
17. Has highly praised Gavin MacLeod for his stardom in acting.
18. As an unfamiliar/struggling actor, he had been mentored into the business by actor Gavin MacLeod. His first television exposure with MacLeod was a co-starring role opposite him in The Love Boat (1977) series. Lange played MacLeod's ship bartender, Isaac Washington, for all the 250 episodes that he appeared in.