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 ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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1960
| Christopher Robin | TV series, episode: "Winnie-the-Pooh" |
1962
| Bobby Ainsworth | TV series, episode: "No Horses Allowed" |
1964
| Wilbur Ramsey | TV series, episode: "Herman the Great" |
1967
| Johnny Kilbain (Son of Jack Kilbain) | TV series, episode: "The Price of Victory" |
1967
| Dorno (voice) | Animated TV series |
1967
| Milby Drysdale (Nephew of banker Milburn Drysdale) | TV series, episode: "Little Monster" |
1968
| Aaron (voice) | TV special |
1969
| Anderson and Company | Ansford Anderson | TV movie |
1969
| Jason | TV series, episode: "Hannah Comes Home" |
1969
|Frankie (Son of Harry Palmer) |TV series, S9 Ep25: "The Matchmakers" |
1969
| Sam Gribley | Feature film |
1970
| Wee Johnny Wilson | Feature film |
1970
| Davey Scott | TV movie/series pilot |
1972
| Bobby Lathrop | Feature Film |
1974
| 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
| Michael West | TV series, episodes: "The Ring" and "The First Day" |
1976
| Franklin Roosevelt (age 16) | TV movie |
1976
| Brad Fulton | Part of Krofft Supershow |
1977
| 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.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0248334}}
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Category:American male child actors
Category:Male actors from California
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:Male actors from Los Angeles County, California
Category:20th-century American male actors
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