Teddy Eccles

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| birth_name = Theodore Edward Eccles

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1955|6|9}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1960–1977

| alias = Ted Eccles

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| occupation = Actor
Executive producer

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Theodore Edward Eccles{{cite web |title=Theodore Edward Eccles |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/theodore_edward_eccles_born_1955_5502329 |website=www.californiabirthindex.org |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421115457/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/theodore_edward_eccles_born_1955_5502329 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live}} (born June 9, 1955) is an American former child actor and executive producer.

Career

Eccles performed many of his best known roles as a child actor. He appeared in several television series and feature films in the 1960s and 1970s. Eccles may be best known for his starring role in the 1969 film My Side of the Mountain and the voice of Aaron in the television holiday special The Little Drummer Boy.{{cite web| url= http://www.tv.com/people/ted-eccles/ | website= TV.com | title= Teddy Eccles| publisher= | date= }} In his twenties, he was one of the shrunken protagonists, or "Shrinkees", in the fantasy adventure series Dr. Shrinker, a segment on the children's television series The Krofft Supershow which was broadcast on Saturday mornings.

He later became executive producer of the TV show Flip My Food.{{cite web| url= http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2014/11/fix_it_finish_it_and_flip_my_f.html | title='Fix It & Finish It' and 'Flip My Food With Chef Jeff' launch with lots of Louisiana flavor | year=2014 | publisher=NOLA.com}}

Filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

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1960

| Shirley Temple's Storybook

| Christopher Robin

| TV series, episode: "Winnie-the-Pooh"

1962

| Mister Ed

| Bobby Ainsworth

| TV series, episode: "No Horses Allowed"

1964

| The Munsters

| Wilbur Ramsey

| TV series, episode: "Herman the Great"

1967

| The Big Valley

| Johnny Kilbain (Son of Jack Kilbain)

| TV series, episode: "The Price of Victory"

1967

| The Herculoids

| Dorno (voice)

| Animated TV series

1967

| The Beverly Hillbillies

| Milby Drysdale (Nephew of banker Milburn Drysdale)

| TV series, episode: "Little Monster"

1968

| The Little Drummer Boy

| Aaron (voice)

| TV special

1969

| Anderson and Company

| Ansford Anderson

| TV movie

1969

| Daniel Boone

| Jason

| TV series, episode: "Hannah Comes Home"

1969

|My Three Sons

|Frankie (Son of Harry Palmer)

|TV series, S9 Ep25: "The Matchmakers"

1969

| My Side of the Mountain

| Sam Gribley

| Feature film

1970

| The Phynx

| Wee Johnny Wilson

| Feature film

1970

| San Francisco International

| Davey Scott

| TV movie/series pilot

1972

| The Honkers

| Bobby Lathrop

| Feature Film

1974

| Bad Ronald

| Duane Matthews

| TV movie

1974

| If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?

| Alan Bennett

| TV movie

1974

| M*A*S*H

| Private Chapman

| TV series, episode: "Private Charles Lamb"

1974

| The Waltons

| Michael West

| TV series, episodes: "The Ring" and "The First Day"

1976

| Eleanor and Franklin

| Franklin Roosevelt (age 16)

| TV movie

1976

| Dr. Shrinker

| Brad Fulton

| Part of Krofft Supershow

1977

| Quincy, M.E.

| Chris Davis

| TV series, episode: "The Deadly Connection"

References

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Bibliography

  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 309-310.