- Born
- Birth nameTheodore Tillman Shackelford III
- Height6′ 0¾″ (1.85 m)
- Ted Shackelford was born on June 23, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Knots Landing (1979), Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997) and Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002). He has been married to Annett Wolf since October 5, 1991. He was previously married to Janis Leverenz.
- SpousesAnnett Wolf(October 5, 1991 - present)Janis Leverenz(April 24, 1976 - 1987) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- Blond/white-blond hair
- Square jaw/chin
- Thick gravelly voice
- Very muscular physique
- He appeared in 330 of the 344 episodes of Knots Landing (1979), more than anyone other than Michele Lee who appeared in every episode.
- He has played the same character (Gary Ewing) on three different series: Dallas (1978), Knots Landing (1979) and Dallas (2012).
- Along with Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Charlene Tilton and Joan Van Ark, he is one of only five actors to play the same character (Gary Ewing) in all three series in the "Dallas" franchise: Dallas (1978), Knots Landing (1979) and Dallas (2012).
- He has appeared with Joan Van Ark in episodes of four different series: Wonder Woman (1975), Dallas (1978) series, Knots Landing (1979) and Dallas (2012).
- Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, where his father was stationed with the military.
- [Of his Knots Landing (1979) character]: Gary's just a schmuck most of the time. He's manipulated by women.
- [When he was worried he'd be typecasted]: People have always scared the hell out of me. You think, 'My God, there's something about me. I allow myself to be pushed around.' You have to tell yourself it's fiction.
- Sexual arousal is an emotion, we deal in emotions. It happens to all of us. I object to this whole Calvinist approach to life. It's tits jumping up and down, and little girls' butts going back and forth. It's voyeuristic pap.
- [When he organized the Sierra Club in the early 1980s]: It seems as if there ought to be something to accomplish with celebrity other than stroking my ego. I think President Reagan and Interior Secretary Watt care, but they care about the wrong things, the whole ecological chain is going down the tubes. Instead of developing new resources, Reagan and Watt are trying to squeeze every ounce of oil and coal out of the earth. It's as if you were dying of hunger and started eating your foot and working your way up.
- I just get interested in what pisses me off.
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