Ted Lange
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Theodore William "Ted" Lange (born January 5, 1948) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter best known for his role as the bartender in the television series The Love Boat.
Early life
Lange was born in Oakland, California, in 1948, the son of Geraldine and Theodore William Jr., who were both active in theatre and television. Lange graduated from Oakland Technical High School, where he served as both class and student body president. He earned an associate of arts degree at Merritt Junior College in Oakland before focusing on drama at San Francisco City College. Lange, a student at City College, was particularly involved on the theatre scene, receiving a scholarship to the University of Colorado Shakespearean Festival in 1968.
Personal life
Lange married Sheryl Thompson in 1978, and the pair divorced in 1989. Theodore William IV and Turner Wallace Lange are the couple's two children. Lange married Mary Ley in 2001. Geraldine Lange, his mother, served as personal secretary to a San Francisco mayor and was the public affairs director of KBHK-TV in San Francisco in the early 1970s. She has also hosted shows on KBHK-TV.
Career beginnings
Lange began performing in local Oakland productions and as the guest artist in residence at the University of Santa Clara after college. Later, he joined the New Shakespearan Company, performing in plays at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lange made his Broadway debut in the musical Hair and was included in the first national tour of that performance. In addition, he appeared in a one-man show, Behind the Mask: An Evening with Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Lange's first screen appearance was in the 1973 documentary film Wattstax. After appearing in the film Black Belt Jones in 1974, he played Junior on the television show That's My Mama before landing the role of the ship's bartender, Isaac, on The Love Boat in 1977, opposite Gavin MacLeod.
Lange attended a summer school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the early 1980s to develop his Shakespeare acting abilities.
Lange appeared on 227, The Cleveland Show, Glitch!, Evening Shade, Scrubs, Drake & Josh, The King of Queens, Boy Meets World, Psych, and Are We There Yet? Since leaving the show in 1987, he appeared on several films and guest appearances on 227.