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Ted Shackelford [1946-0] American

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Actor

Theodore Tillman "Ted" Shackelford III is an American actor. He played Gary Ewing in the CBS television series Knots Landing; since 2006, he has appeared in a recurring role on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, portraying twin brothers William and Jeffrey Bardwell.

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On daytime they continue to revisit a lot of the same stuff while nighttime does move on and show development.		101
I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the first time I was on television was doing Daytime for Another World, which I started in December '75 and went until December '76.		102
I have German Shepherds that I train and have brought back to Germany. I love going there.		103
I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree.		104
In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.		105
It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.		106
Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.		107
Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.		108
Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.		109
The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.		110
What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.		111
My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.		112
But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.		113
And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.		114
The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.		115
I really wasn't on the Dallas set much. I did three or four episodes so I didn't see too much.		116
If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.		117
Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.		118
Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.		119
I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it for the process.		120
One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.		121
I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.		122

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