Ted Shackelford
Ted Shackelford
Theodore Tillman "Ted" Shackelford IIIis an American actor. He played Gary Ewing in the CBS television series Knots Landing; since 2006, he has appeared in a recurring role on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, portraying twin brothers William and Jeffrey Bardwell...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth23 June 1946
CityOklahoma City, OK
CountryUnited States of America
knots landing
Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.
good
It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
years january has-beens
In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
play actors want
And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.
character years people
What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.
years theatre dinner
Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
real acting film
Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.
running long things-to-do
The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.
decision shows
The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.
relax knots glad
One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.
moving development stuff
On daytime they continue to revisit a lot of the same stuff while nighttime does move on and show development.
decision television quick-decisions
Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.
couple years wife
My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.
reality moments process
I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it for the process.