Ted Gehring

Gehring was born in Bisbee, Arizona. Gehring began his career in 1965, where he first appeared in The Big Valley, playing Larsh.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=33lZAAAAMAAJ|title=Joseph H. Lewis: Overview, Interview, and Filmography|page=112|date=1998|publisher=Scarecrow Press|first=Francis|last=Nevins|isbn=9780810834071|via=Google Books}} He continued his career, mainly appearing in film and television,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRQbAQAAIAAJ|title=Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies|page=202|first=Jack|last=Ward|publisher=McFarland|date=1993|isbn=9780899508078|via=Google Books}} often cast as a policeman, bad guy or anonymous roles, over the years.

Later in his career, Gehring guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke, Battlestar Galactica (and its spin-off Galactica 1980), M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Original Series, Get Smart, Bonanza, The Rockford Files, Three's Company, Emergency!,{{Cite book|last1=Yokley|first1=Richard|last2=Sutherland|first2=Rozane|title=Emergency!: Behind the Scene|year=2007|publisher=Jones and Bartlett Learning|isbn=9780763748968|page=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cixPyu5pCaUC&pg=PA41|via=Google Books}} Little House on the Prairie, Quincy, M.E., Daniel Boone, Death Valley Days, Adam-12 and Mission: Impossible.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ted-gehring/credits/3000353993/|title=Ted Gehring List of Movies and TV Shows|work=TV Guide|access-date=August 13, 2021}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQGNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA234|title=The 12 O'Clock High Logbook: The Unofficial History of the Novel, Motion Picture, and TV Series|page=234|first1=Allan|last1=Duffin|first2=Paul|last2=Matheis|publisher=BearManor Media|year= 2005|isbn= 9781593930332|via=Google Books}} He also appeared in films such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Nickelodeon, Bound for Glory, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, When Time Ran Out..., The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Domino Principle and Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins. Gehring has also played the role as "Sydney Forbes" in the soap opera television series Days of Our Lives, from 1980.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwI5PzDiIKcC|title=Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera|page=189|first=Maureen|last=Russell|year= 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486519|via=Google Books}}

Gehring also starred and co-starred in other films and television programs, as it includes, The Family Holvak, playing Chester Purdle,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ty21CgAAQBAJ|title=Short-Lived Television Series, 1948–1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops|page=240|first=Wesley|last=Hyatt|publisher=McFarland|year= 2015|isbn=9781476605159|via=Google Books}} The Police Connection, playing the role of "Police Chief Marc C. Forester" and On the Air Live with Captain Midnight, playing Father. His last film appearance, was from the television film Leave Her to Heaven, in 1988. In 1989, Gehring retired his career in film and television, last appearing in the television series 1st & Ten, where he played the recurring role as "Ned Lassiter".

Gehring died in September 2000 in Steelville, Missouri, at the age of 71.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tc1HDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA144|title=The Lone Ranger on Radio, Film and Television|page=144|first=Ed|last=Andreychuk|year= 2018|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786499724|via=Google Books}}

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• [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ted_gehring/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]

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