Ray Teal Net Worth

Ray Teal was a versatile character actor who had a career spanning almost 40 years. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was a musician who worked his way through college playing the saxophone in local bands. He appeared in many films and television shows, playing a variety of roles from cops to gunfighters to sheriffs to gangsters to a judge at the Nuremberg War Crimes trials. He was most well-known for his role as Sheriff Roy Coffee on the long-running western series Bonanza (1959). He passed away in 1976 due to natural causes.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day January 12, 1902
Birth Place  Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Ray Teal age 118 YEARS OLD
Died On April 2, 1976(1976-04-02) (aged 74)\nSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Aquarius
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation Actor
Years active 1937–1974

💰 Net worth

Ray Teal's net worth is estimated to be between $100,000 and $1 million in 2024. Hailing from the United States, Teal is widely recognized as an actor and soundtrack contributor. Throughout his career, he has showcased his talents in the entertainment industry, leaving a lasting impression on audiences. With his expertise and numerous appearances on screen, it comes as no surprise that his net worth is estimated to reach such heights.

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Biography/Timeline

1940

Teal was a bit-part player in Western films for several years before landing a substantial role in Northwest Passage (1940). Another of his roles was as Little John in The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946). Notable film roles include playing one of the judges in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) with Spencer Tracy and an indulgent bar owner to Marlon Brando's motorcycle gang in The Wild One (1953). This was the second of three times that Teal appeared with Brando, having done so already as a drunk in Brando's debut in The Men (1950) and later in Brando's only directorial effort, One-Eyed Jacks (1961), as a bartender.

1953

He had a recurring role as a police officer in the 1953–1955 ABC sitcom with a variety show theme, Where's Raymond?, renamed The Ray Bolger Show. Ray Bolger played Raymond Wallace, a song-and-dance man who was repeatedly barely on time for his performances. Others on the series were Richard Erdman, Allyn Joslyn, Betty Lynn, Sylvia Lewis, Gloria Winters, and Verna Felton.

1955

Teal appeared in three episodes of the 1955–1957 anthology series, Crossroads, a study of clergymen from different denominations.

1957

In 1957, Teal played a lawman, Captain McNelly, in the episode "Sam Bass" of NBC's Tales of Wells Fargo, with Dale Robertson as agent Jim Hardie and Chuck Connors in the role of the outlaw Sam Bass. Teal was cast as Fenster in "The Bounty Hunters" (1957) on the ABC Western series, Broken Arrow, starring John Lupton and Michael Ansara.

1958

In 1958, Teal guest-starred with Beverly Washburn in "No Tears for the Dead" on the CBS Western series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun. He appeared too in the CBS sitcom, Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North. Also in 1958, Teal was cast as Yotts Meyer in the episode "Hangtown" of the NBC Western series, The Californians, and played a crooked sheriff in the episode "The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick" opposite James Garner in the Warner Bros. series Maverick.

1960

In 1960, he was cast as Sheriff Clay, along with other guest-stars Charles Bronson, william Fawcett, and Stella Stevens, in the episode "Zigzag" of Darren McGavin's NBC Western series, Riverboat, with Darren McGavin.

1962

In 1962, Teal portrayed Mr. Todd in the episode entitled "The Tall Shadow" of the NBC modern Western drama, Empire, starring Richard Egan as New Mexico rancher Jim Redigo. That same year, he was cast as Sam Thorpe in the episode "Step Forward" of the NBC police drama set in New York City, 87th Precinct. He portrayed in 1962 the character Alvin Greaves in "Unwanted: Dead or Alive" of the syndicated adventure series The Everglades, starring Ron Hayes. In 1962 and 1963, he was cast four times, three as the character Frank Higgins, on the Earl Holliman Western series about the rodeo, Wide Country.

1963

In 1963, Teal appeared as murder victim Joe Downing in the CBS courtroom drama series Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Shifty Shoebox".