:Ted Danson

On December 29, 1947, Danson was born in San Diego to Edward Bridge "Ned" Danson Jr.,{{Cite web |last=Downey |first=Paul |date=2024-12-11 |title=Opinion: Ted Danson Helps Us Laugh While Rejecting Ageism in 'A Man On The Inside' |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2024/12/10/ted-danson-helps-us-laugh-while-rejecting-ageism-in-a-man-on-the-inside/ |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Megan Cartwright Deputy Entertainment |date=2024-09-11 |title=Ted Danson "faked" his way into Stanford—"I'm not very bright" |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ted-danson-faked-stanford-university-smartless-podcast-1951864 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} an archaeologist and curator of the Museum of Northern Arizona from 1959 to 1975, and Jessica Harriet (née MacMaster).{{Cite web |date=2006-01-12 |title=Jessica Danson |url=https://azdailysun.com/jessica-danson/article_6f70e4f8-d71f-5897-8b72-1da403b839ce.html |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Arizona Daily Sun |language=en}}Obituaries: Edward Bridge Danson (1916–2000) by Raymond H. Thompson in American Anthropologist, Vol. 103, Issue 4, Dec 2001, pp. 1136–1138 He has an older sister, Jessica Ann "Jan" Haury. Danson was primarily raised in Flagstaff, Arizona.{{cite magazine|last=Danson|first=Ted|title=Ted Danson: My Favorite Mistake|date=March 20, 2011|magazine=Newsweek|url=https://www.newsweek.com/ted-danson-my-favorite-mistake-66035?amp=1|accessdate=December 8, 2021|quote=I grew up in Flagstaff, Ariz...}} He has Scottish and English heritage. Their ancestors lived in colonial New England and are descended from historical figures such as Anne Hutchinson.He has publicly renounced and apologized for their actions on a number of occasions. Danson stated in an interview with Craig Ferguson that he has Scottish ancestry; {{YouTube|GJiLZrOPsOc}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.pbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/ |title=Finding Your Roots |language=en |access-date=2025-05-26 |via=www.pbs.org}}

In 1961, at age 14, Danson enrolled at the Kent School, a university-preparatory school in Connecticut; he was a star player on the basketball team. He became interested in drama while later attending Stanford University. In his search for a better acting program, he transferred to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated with a B.F.A. in Drama in 1972.{{Cite web|url=https://www.drama.cmu.edu/2020/02/15/ted-danson-returns/|title=Ted Danson Returns|website=Carnegie Mellon News|date=February 15, 2020 }}

Danson began his television career as a contract player on the daytime soap opera Somerset.{{cite web | url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-09-11-9909100800-story.html | title=Ted Danson Appeared on Somerset in '70S | date=September 11, 1999 }} He played the role of Tom Conway from 1975 to 1976. In 1977, he played Dr. Mitchell Pierson on the daytime soap opera The Doctors, having also appeared earlier in 1975 as another character, Dr. Chuck Weldon.{{cite web | url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/ted-danson | title=Ted Danson | Soap Opera Network | date=August 28, 2014 }} He was also in a number of commercials, most notably as the "Aramis man".{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/AramisCommericalCompilationFeaturingTedDanson | title=Aramis {{sic|nolink=y|Commer|ical}} Compilation Featuring Ted Danson | date=March 9, 2019 }} His guest appearances on television in the late 1970s and early 1980s include being on Laverne & Shirley, B. J. and the Bear, Family, Benson, Taxi, Magnum, P.I., The Amazing Spider-Man, Tucker's Witch, and Mrs. Columbo. He also appeared in the films The Onion Field (his first film, as the bagpipe-playing Officer Ian Campbell) and Body Heat.

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In 1982, Danson was cast in the role of Sam Malone, a former local-legend baseball player and bartender, for the NBC sitcom Cheers. On the show, he has an on-again-off-again relationship with the college-educated, sophisticated Diane Chambers. Although the show finished last in ratings in its first season, it was well-received by critics. Ratings gradually improved by 1983, and by 1986, Cheers was among the top ten most-viewed shows on television. The series ran for 11 seasons (1982–1993), with the series finale (May 20, 1993) being watched by 80 million people, the second-most watched series finale in television history (in 1993). Cheers won four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, plus a Golden Globe for Best Series–Musical or Comedy. During his time on the show, Danson won two of his 11 consecutive Emmy nominations for the role of Sam Malone, and won two of his nine Golden Globe nominations. In 2002, TV Guide magazine named Cheers the 18th "Greatest Show of All Time". It was included in Time's "100 Greatest Shows of All Time".{{cite web |title=All-time 100 TV shows |url=https://time.com/collection/all-time-100-tv-shows/ |access-date=12 June 2024}} On December 15, 1988, Danson got into a minor car accident in which he got a bloody nose; he was in some pain, but his nose wasn't broken. The bloody nose was written into the Cheers episode "How to Win Friends and Electrocute People". Danson reprised the role of Sam Malone in a second-season episode of Frasier, and did the voiceover for his character in an episode of The Simpsons, "Fear of Flying".

Danson also appeared in numerous films during his time on the series. His most notable film appearances included Three Men and a Baby with Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg, its sequel Three Men and a Little Lady, and Cousins with Isabella Rossellini. He also appeared in Creepshow, Little Treasure, Just Between Friends (with Mary Tyler Moore), A Fine Mess, and Dad. Although he was best known for his work in comedy, he also appeared in a television drama, Something About Amelia, about a family devastated by the repercussions of incest, which co-starred his later co-star on Damages, Glenn Close. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie and was nominated for an Emmy Award.

After Cheers ended, Danson appeared in films such as Made in America, Getting Even with Dad, Loch Ness, and Saving Private Ryan. In 1996, three years after Cheers concluded, Danson starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom Ink with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen. In the same year, they starred as Lemuel Gulliver and his wife in an acclaimed television miniseries of Gulliver's Travels. Danson went on to star in the successful CBS sitcom Becker (produced by Paramount Television which also produced Cheers), which ran from 1998 to 2004. Danson also plays a fictionalized version of himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 1999, Danson was presented with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

Danson returned to series television in 2006, playing a psychiatrist in the ABC sitcom Help Me Help You, which was canceled at midseason due to low ratings. Also in 2006, Danson received a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for his role in Knights of the South Bronx. In 2007, Danson starred in the FX Network drama Damages as a corrupt billionaire, Arthur Frobisher. The role earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, but he lost to co-star Željko Ivanek. During the second season Danson became a recurring character instead of one of the principal cast. He received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series but lost to Michael J. Fox for Fox's guest appearance in Rescue Me. In 2011, Danson appeared in the music video for "Make Some Noise" by the Beastie Boys. He is also mentioned in the song's lyrics.

Danson starred in the HBO sitcom Bored to Death as George Christopher, the laconic and sometime downright infantile editor of Edition magazine. Critics often praised Danson as being the highlight of the program, calling his character a "scene stealer."{{cite magazine |title=TV Weekend: Private Eye-rony; Also, Curb's Return |first=James |last=Poniewozik |author-link=James Poniewozik |url= https://entertainment.time.com/2009/09/18/tv-weekend-private-eye-rony-also-curbs-return/ |magazine=TIME |date=September 18, 2009}}{{Cite news |last=Franklin |first=Nancy |date=2009-09-20 |title=Brooklyn Dodger |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/28/brooklyn-dodger |access-date=2025-05-26 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}} From 2011 to 2015, Danson starred in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He played D.B. Russell, a new graveyard-shift supervisor who previously headed a crime lab in Seattle. Tony Shalhoub, Robin Williams, and John Lithgow were also considered for the role.{{cite magazine |last1=Rice |first1=Lynette |last2=Hibberd |first2=James |title=Laurence Fishburne replaced on CSI by Ted Danson|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 12, 2011 |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/07/12/csi-ted-danson/|access-date=July 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714085133/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/12/csi-ted-danson/ |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}{{cite news|last=McEvoy |first=Colin |title=Ted Danson to join the cast of 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' |newspaper=The Express-Times |date=July 13, 2011 |url=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/tv/index.ssf/2011/07/ted_danson_to_join_the_cast_of.html |access-date=July 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809231450/http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/tv/index.ssf/2011/07/ted_danson_to_join_the_cast_of.html |archive-date=August 9, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal |title=Ted Danson moves to 'CSI' |journal=Variety |date=July 12, 2011 |url= https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/ted-danson-moves-to-csi-1118039806/ |access-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714101222/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039806 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }} He reprised his role in the third CSI spin-off, CSI: Cyber, which was canceled after two seasons.

=== 2015–present ===

In 2015, Danson appeared in the second season of the TV show Fargo, portraying Sheriff Hank Larsson.{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2015/12/14/fargo-ends-season-of-bloodshed-with-a-quieter-finale/ |title='Fargo' ends season of bloodshed with a quieter finale |first=Andrea |last=Morabito |date=December 14, 2015 |newspaper=New York Post |access-date=December 17, 2015}} From 2016 to 2020 Danson appeared opposite Kristen Bell as the character Michael in the NBC sitcom The Good Place. He was nominated for and won numerous awards for his performance as Michael. Danson had the main role on the NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor (2021–2022), in which he plays a wealthy businessman who runs for mayor of Los Angeles for all the wrong reasons. Episode 109 of the Beef and Dairy Network Podcast, entitled "Ted Danson", features Danson playing an alternate version of himself (referred to as "The Actor Ted Danson") seeking to collect on a debt of 460 million tons of grain. In 2024, he starred as the leading role of Charles in the Netflix comedy series, A Man on the Inside, based on the 2020 Academy Award-nominee documentary The Mole Agent.{{cite web|title=Netflix Orders Mike Schur Comedy Starring Ted Danson Based on Oscar-Nominated Docu The Mole Agent|url=https://tvline.com/2023/03/07/ted-danson-mike-schur-comedy-series-order-mole-agent-netflix/|website=TVLine|last=Caruso|first=Nick|date=March 7, 2023|accessdate=December 4, 2024}} As of 2024, Danson has appeared as a regular in twelve television shows, reportedly the most any actor has done historically.{{cite magazine|last=Berman|first=Marc|title=Ted Danson Breaks The Record Books With Comedy 'A Man On The Inside'|date=August 25, 2024|magazine=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2024/08/25/ted-danson-adds-comedy-a-man-on-the-inside-to-his-growing-acting-resume/|accessdate=December 29, 2024}} currently as of 2024, he became the official (one of them) spokesperson for Consumer Cellular Inc, an MVNO ATT(reseller) telephone company. In 2024 Danson and Woody Harrelson started a podcast called Where Everybody Knows Your Name where they interview celebrities about their lives and careers.{{Cite web |title=Where Everybody Knows Your Name |url=https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/where-everybody-knows-your-name |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=teamcoco.com |language=en}}

=== Marriage and relationships ===

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Danson and his first wife, actress Randall "Randy" Gosch (known as Randy Danson), were married in 1970 and divorced in 1975.{{cite book|first=Dennis|last=Bjorklund|title=Cheers TV Show: A Comprehensive Reference|year=2018|publisher=Praetorian Publishing|isbn=9780967985237}}

Danson's second wife was producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, whom he married in 1977. On December 24, 1979, while giving birth to their first daughter, Kate, Coates suffered a stroke. Danson spent several years caring for her and helping her recuperate. They later adopted a second daughter, Alexis.{{Cite web |last=Raphael |first=Shannon |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Does Ted Danson have children? His stepson is engaged to Lily Collins |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/does-ted-danson-have-children |website=www.distractify.com |access-date=May 2, 2022 |language=en-US}} His affair with actress Whoopi Goldberg contributed to their divorce in 1993.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ka9YAAAAIBAJ&dq=whoopi%20goldberg%20ted%20danson%20casey&pg=6508%2C962890 |title=Ted, Whoopi rumored to have split |newspaper=The Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Oregon |page=2A |date=November 6, 1993}} At the time, it was known as one of Hollywood's costliest divorces and reportedly cost Danson $30 million.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5153802/Mel-Gibson-to-top-list-of-biggest-celebrity-divorce-payouts.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502023213/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5153802/Mel-Gibson-to-top-list-of-biggest-celebrity-divorce-payouts.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2009 |title=Mel Gibson to top the list of biggest celebrity payouts |location=London |first=Anita |last=Singh |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=April 14, 2009 |access-date=July 10, 2010}}

While a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show in late 1988, he met actress Whoopi Goldberg; he describes her as "a sexy, funny woman".{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-05-23/features/9305230087_1_ted-danson-whoopi-goldberg-black |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024182251/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-05-23/features/9305230087_1_ted-danson-whoopi-goldberg-black |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |title=Sparks Fly As Whoopi (and Ted) Talk About Family, Race, Comedy |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=May 23, 1993 |first=Jeff |last=Hayward |access-date=June 9, 2016}} They became friends and were in Help Save Planet Earth in 1990 which is about saving the environment (Danson played himself, Goldberg portrayed Mother Earth).Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/v6RmLuu7fwo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190820224700/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6RmLuu7fwo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6RmLuu7fwo |title=Help Save Planet Earth [x264] [VHS] [1990] |author=Occult Demon Cassette |date=January 14, 2016 |access-date=June 9, 2016 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} While making Made in America in April 1992, the two became romantically involved, a pairing that was heavily featured in gossip tabloids such as the National Enquirer. The couple also appeared on the Rock the Vote TV special in the same year;{{cite web |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=rebecca&p=5&item=T:29341 |title=Rock The Vote (TV) |work=The Paley Center for Media |access-date=June 9, 2016}} they were set to star in a Paramount-produced version of Neal Barrett Jr.'s Pink Vodka Blues,{{cite journal |url=https://variety.com/1993/voices/columns/nicholson-gets-big-offer-for-little-job-1117862146/ |title=Nicholson gets big offer for little job |first=Army |last=Archerd |date=March 17, 1993 |journal=Variety |access-date=June 9, 2016}} written by Marshall Brickman.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Danson received negative press attention October 8, 1993, after his appearance wearing blackface at a Friars Club comedy roast in honor of Goldberg, and for using many racist slurs. Later, Goldberg defended the sketch, explaining that she had helped write much of the material and referred Danson to the makeup artist who painted his face as a societal critique.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOgCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43 |title=Whoopi, Frankly |first=Nancy Jo |last=Sales |journal=New York |page=43 |date=February 17, 1997 |issn=0028-7369 |access-date=February 15, 2012 |via=Google Books}}

On October 7, 1995, Danson married actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he met on the set of Pontiac Moon in 1993, and became the stepfather to Steenburgen's children, Lilly and Charlie, from her previous marriage to actor Malcolm McDowell.{{cite web |last1=Mattern |first1=Jessica |title=Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen's Marriage Will Make You Believe in Long Lasting Love |url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a45459/ted-danson-mary-steenburgen-marriage/ |website=Country Living |publisher=Hearst Digital Media |access-date=August 5, 2019}} Danson has been on a plant-based diet multiple times,{{cite web |last=Runkle |first=Nathan |url=http://www.mfablog.org/2012/02/cheers-to-ted-danson-for-going-vegan.html |title="Cheers" to Ted Danson for Going Vegan |work=Mercy For Animals |date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601230908/http://www.mfablog.org/2012/02/cheers-to-ted-danson-for-going-vegan.html |archive-date=June 1, 2012 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2009/03/tonights-guest-ted-danson/ |title=Tonights Guest Ted Danson |work=Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |date=March 27, 2007 |access-date=July 10, 2010}} but as of 2016, he is on a pescetarian diet.{{cite journal

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 |title=Cheers to Becker |first=Jill |last=Daniel |journal=Orange Coast |date=May 2000 |page=36 |issn=0279-0483 |access-date=June 9, 2016 |via=Google Books}} Danson is Episcopalian.{{cite web | url=https://people.com/health/ted-danson-talks-meditation-love-and-death-its-a-great-invention-life/ | title=Ted Danson Talks Meditation, Love and Death: 'It's a Great Invention, Life' }}

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Danson's interest in environmental concerns began when he was 12 years old. Bill Breed, then curator of geology at the Museum of Northern Arizona, introduced Danson and their friend Marc Gaede to a "game" he referred to as "billboarding". Armed with axes and saws, Breed, Gaede, and Danson destroyed over 500 outdoor advertising signs.{{cite book |last=Chase |first=Alston |title=In A Dark Wood |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |year=1995 |pages=xvii |isbn=0-395-60837-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/indarkwood00alst }}{{cite news |title=Excerpt: The mysterious billboard incident |url=https://azdailysun.com/excerpt-the-mysterious-billboard-incident/article_46a9e4a9-37cc-5282-aed1-287c8eb7afef.html |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=Arizona Daily Sun |date=November 6, 2011}}

Danson's interest in environmentalism continued over the years, and he began to be concerned with the state of the world's oceans. He was a contributing founder of the American Oceans Campaigns in the 1980s; it merged with Oceana in 2001 and he is a board member.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ted+Danson%3a+acting+for+the+oceans.-a020417682 |title=Ted Danson: acting for the oceans |magazine=E–The Environmental Magazine |first=Campbell |last=Wood |date=January 1, 1998 |via=thefreelibrary}} His commitment to the environment led him to host the A&E television series "Challenge of the Seas" in 1991, filming 26 one-hour episodes.{{Cite news |last=Lyttle |first=Zoey |date=December 29, 2022 |title=Ted Danson's Life in Photos |url=https://people.com/tv/ted-danson-life-in-photos/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |work=People}}

In March 2011, Danson published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do To Save Them which was written with journalist Michael D'Orso.{{cite news|last1=Kellogg|first1=Carolyn|title=Ted Danson dives into 'Oceana'|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2011-apr-26-la-et-ted-danson-20110426-story.html |access-date=December 3, 2015 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 26, 2011}}{{cite web|title=Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10228546-oceana |website=Good Reads |access-date=December 3, 2015}} On October 25, 2019, Danson was arrested and charged along with actress Jane Fonda at a climate-change protest outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/ted-danson-arrested-alongside-jane-fonda-at-d-c-climate-change-protest-904002/|title=Ted Danson Arrested Alongside Jane Fonda at D.C. Climate Change Protest|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 25, 2019|access-date=October 27, 2019}}

Danson is a friend of former President Bill Clinton, who attended Danson and Steenburgen's wedding. Danson has donated over $177,000 as of June 2024 to Democratic candidates and PACs, including Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Al Gore, John Edwards, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, John Kerry, and the Jane Fonda Climate PAC.{{cite web |title=Donor Lookup |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=ted+danson |website=OpenSecrets.org |access-date=October 4, 2024}} He has also donated to the Democratic Party of Arkansas and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Danson and Steenburgen campaigned for Senator Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign.{{cite news |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/02/danson-to-hit-the-road-for-cli.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905141304/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/02/danson-to-hit-the-road-for-cli.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |title=Danson to Hit the Road for Clinton Again |first=Juliet |last=Eilperin |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 15, 2008 |access-date=July 10, 2010}} He attended the wedding of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton's daughter Chelsea on July 31, 2010.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20406677,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803001828/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20406677,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2010 |title=Chelsea Clinton Marries Marc Mezvinsky |first=Ramin |last=Setoodeh |magazine=People |date=July 31, 2010 |access-date=August 1, 2010}} He appeared with Steenburgen at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. On October 3, 2016, he attended the opening of Hillary Clinton's new campaign office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at the old Queen Pharmacy on King Street.{{cite web |url=http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/ted-danson-opens-hillary-clinton-campaign-office-in-lancaster/article_5b22a38e-89cf-11e6-885e-7781bd1a0a18.html |title=Ted Danson opens Hillary Clinton campaign office in Lancaster |first=Tim |last=Stuhldreher |work=Lancaster Online |date=October 3, 2016 |access-date=January 22, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wgal.com/news/clinton-in-pennsylvania-tuesday-surrogate-ted-danson-monday/41931532 |title=Actor Ted Danson opening Lancaster campaign office for Clinton |date=October 3, 2016 |work=WGAL News |access-date=January 22, 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2016/10/02/actor-ted-danson-stump-clinton-lancaster/91450494/ |title=Actor Ted Danson to stump for Clinton in Lancaster |first=Anthony J. |last=Machcinski |date=October 2, 2016 |newspaper=Hanover Evening Sun |access-date=January 22, 2017}}

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• Danson, Ted (with Michael D'Orso). (March 15, 2011) Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them. New York: Rodale Books. {{ISBN|978-1605292625}}

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• {{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112884242 |first=David |last=Bianculli |title=Ted Danson, On Life (And 'Death') After 'Cheers' |work=Fresh Air |publisher=NPR |date=September 17, 2009}}

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