1. Theodore Tillman Shackelford III was born on June 23,1946 and is an American actor, known for his roles on television.
15 Facts About Ted Shackelford
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Ted Shackelford played Gary Ewing in the CBS prime time soap operas Dallas and its spin-off Knots Landing, and had a recurring role portraying twin brothers William and Jeffrey Bardwell on the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
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Ted Shackelford was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and went to college at the University of Denver.
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Ted Shackelford appeared in the role as Ray Gordon on the daytime soap opera Another World from 1975 to 1977.
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Ted Shackelford later appeared on prime time series Wonder Woman and The Rockford Files, before he was cast as Gary Ewing, the middle son of oil baron Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing, the father of Lucy Ewing and the husband of Valene Ewing in the CBS prime time soap opera, Dallas in 1979.
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Ted Shackelford later became one of the main stars of the CBS television series Knots Landing, in which he starred from 1979 to 1993.
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Ted Shackelford later starred in the 1997 miniseries, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac.
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Ted Shackelford starred in the 1987 adventure film Sweet Revenge opposite Nancy Allen in his cinematic debut.
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Ted Shackelford guest-starred on Soap, Hotel, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone and The Young Riders during his Knots Landing years.
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Ted Shackelford starred in the made-for-television movies Baby of the Bride, Mother of the Bride, Dying to Remember, Sweet Temptation and Stolen Women: Captured Hearts.
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From 1994 to 1995, Ted Shackelford starred in the British science-fiction series Space Precinct.
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On February 2,2006, Ted Shackelford joined the cast of the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless as Genoa City district attorney William Bardwell.
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However, on August 7,2007, Ted Shackelford returned to the show as Bardwell's identical twin brother, Jeffrey Bardwell.
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Ted Shackelford last appeared in the series on January 9,2015.
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In 2013, Ted Shackelford reprised the role of Gary Ewing in three episodes during the second season of Dallas series on TNT, including the episode for JR's funeral.