- Born
- Birth nameWalter Ted Ferguson
- Nicknames
- China Jones
- Teddy
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Ted is an American actor..with international flair. From Mooretown to Motown, Hollywood to Bollywood, Paris to Papeete, KarlMarxstadt to The Congo and back again
Ted Ferguson grew up in Shreveport's Mooretown, Louisiana's most deadly zip code. 40 years of broadcasting experience in Los Angeles, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Paris, New Zealand...and more...before becoming a Film, TV and Commercial Actor.
Ted retired from radio and work at the age of 50 in 1999, but decided, in 2005, to go back to LSU at the age of 57, full time, to fulfill a commitment. Ted flunked out in 68 in the middle of the Vietnam war. The purpose of returning at this late age was to get off scholastic probation (from 1968 to 2005, 40 years)...Other Alma Maters include: The Sorbonne in Paris, UCLA Westwood, Victoria University Wellington, NZ...and LSUS
Ted was a Missionary in the Congo in the war zone, building a Christian Radio station for the Church of Christ. and he taught English at a seminary in Vera Cruz, Southern Mexico.
Ted's acting career started in 2005 with an extra role...that turned into a Principal Role..Blonde Ambition starring Jessica Simpson, Luke Wilson and Willy Nelson. Ted was one of 4 Norwegian Priests. Ted called the Norwegian Embassy in New York...and got them to translate the scene into Norwegian so that when he arrived on set he told the Casting Director that he could do the scene in Norwegian...Good enough for Scott Marshall, the director..Ted was awarded a principal role and his acting career was born.
Ted is fluent in French and very proficient in German (Lived in Berlin when the wall came down) and Spanish...
A starring Series Regular role in Tropical Cops Tales on Adult Swim, A Mad Scientist in DC Comics' Doom Patrol, A Preacher role on AMC's Preacher and Astronaut Wives Club on ABC, Crooked Judge on NCIS New Orleans, Grandpa In Logan with Hugh Jackman, A Doctor on Tyler Perry's If Loving you is Wrong, a Matre'D working with Helen Mirren in Trumbo...and finally 2 Guest Star skits on the Jimmy Kimmel Show... Provides Ted with a wheel house chock full of Color and Variety...Most recently ted worked with Chuck Lorre productions in the HBO Max Series Bookie, MGM in the Hit Feature Film Bottoms, Legendary Entertainment in Brothers and in the camp Halloween Feature Carved. Written By: Jon St. Clair
- IMDb mini biography by: Jon St. Clair
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Ted worked in Detroit Mich. (Motown) as China Jones on the Bartell Broadcasting station WDRQ...This station was the first Detroit FM to beat a dominant AM Top 40 station...in that The Q beat CKLW....
- Ted speaks French fluently, very good Spanish, very good German, some Turkish, some Tahitian and a bit of Serbo-Croatian.
- In 2007 Ted built a Christian Radio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the war-torn province of Ituri. While there the tribal war continued and the area was hit by a 6.9 earthquake. In 2008 another project was started in Lagos, Nigeria, a city of 30 million.
- Louisiana State University was Ted's school of choice at the age of 58, where he first studied improvisation and drama...gaining a basis for a successful acting 2nd career. Ted spent 41 years in radio before retiring at the age of 50 in 1999.
- Ted lived for 6 Years in Paris, 3 Years in New Zealand, Several Missionary stints in The Democratic Republic of Congo and Vera Cruz in Southern Mexico, Abuja, Nigeria, Berlin and Papeete Tahiti. He was a broadcast consultant building commercial and religious radio station in each location.
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