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Ted Danson (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor, most notable for his
television work. 

He was born Edward Bridge Danson III in San Diego,
California, the son of an archaeologist. He was
raised outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. In 1961 he
was sent to Kent School where he was a basketball
star.  He became interested in drama while
attending Stanford University. He transferred to
the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as
Carnegie Mellon University), where he received his
Bachelor's degree.

He is most famous for his role as bartender Sam
Malone on the hit sitcom Cheers from 1982-1993. 
During this time he also made several movies, the
most popular of which was Three Men and a Baby
with Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg.

After Cheers, Danson starred in the sitcom Ink
with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen. In the
same year, they starred as Lemuel Gulliver and his
wife in an acclaimed television series of
Gulliver's Travels. After Ink was cancelled,
Danson starred in the CBS sitcom Becker. Danson
also plays himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Danson was married to Casey Coates from 1977 to
1993. He is currently married to actor|actress
Mary Steenburgen whom he wed on October 7, 1995.
He is stepfather to her daughter and son.

Danson, while still married to his first wife, was
involved with Whoopi Goldberg. She broke off the
romance soon after he appeared at a Friar's Club
roast in blackface and proposed to her.


==TV Work==
*Somerset (TV series)|Somerset (cast member from
1975-1976)
*Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979)
*The French Atlantic Affair (1979) (miniseries)
*The Women's Room (1980)
*Once Upon a Spy (1980)
*Dear Teacher (1981)
*Our Family Business (1981)
*Cheers (1982-1993)
*Cowboy (movie)|Cowboy (1983)
*Something About Amelia (1984)
*When the Bough Breaks (1986 movie)|When the Bough
Breaks (1986) (also executive producer)
*We Are the Children (1987)
*Ink (TV series)|Ink (1996-1997) (also executive
producer)
*Gulliver's Travels (1996)
*Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
*Becker (1998-2004)
*Living with the Dead (2002) (miniseries)
*It Must Be Love (2004)
*Our Fathers (2005)

==Filmography==
*The Onion Field (1979)
*Body Heat (1981)
*Creepshow (1982)
*Little Treasure (1985)
*Just Between Friends (1986)
*A Fine Mess (1986)
*Three Men and a Baby (1987)
*She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
*Cousins (1989)
*Dad (1989)
*Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
*Made in America (1993)
*Getting Even with Dad (1994)
*Pontiac Moon (1994) (also executive producer)
*Loch Ness (1996)
*Jerry and Tom (1998)
*Homegrown (1998)
*Saving Private Ryan (1998)
*Mumford (1999)
*Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of
Cool (2001) (documentary)
*Fronterz (2004) 
*The Moguls (2005)

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Ted Danson (born December 29, 1947) is an United
States|American actor, most notable for his
television work. 

He was born Edward Bridge Danson III in San Diego,
California, the son of an archaeologist. He was
raised outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. In 1961 he
was sent to Kent School where he was a basketball
star.  He became interested in drama while
attending Stanford University. He transferred to
the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania), where he received his Bachelor's
degree.

He is most famous for his role as bartender Sam
Malone on the hit sitcom Cheers from 1982-1993. 
During this time he also made several movies, the
most popular of which was Three Men and a Baby
with Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg.

After Cheers, Danson starred in the sitcom Ink
with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen. In the
same year, they starred as Lemuel Gulliver and his
wife in an acclaimed television series of
Gulliver's Travels. After Ink was cancelled,
Danson starred in the CBS sitcom Becker. Danson
also plays himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Danson was married to Casey Coates from 1977 to
1993. He is currently married to actor|actress
Mary Steenburgen whom he wed on October 7, 1995.
He is stepfather to her daughter and son.

Danson, while still married to his first wife, was
involved with Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi broke off
the romance soon after he appeared at a Friar's
Club roast in blackface and proposed to her. 
However, credible reports state that Whoopi
acknowledges that she wrote some of Ted's
blackface skit (see
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is
_n9_v27/ai_18974891 Essence Jan 1997), so this was
most likely not the cause of their separation.

Before Danson was a famous actor, he was known to
dabble in the monkeywrenching sport of billboard
toppling with childhood friend Marc Gaede along
the highway between Flagstaff and the Grand
Canyon.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0816
521859?v=glance

==TV Work==
*Somerset (TV series)|Somerset (cast member from
1975-1976)
*Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979)
*The French Atlantic Affair (1979) (miniseries)
*The Women's Room (1980)
*Once Upon a Spy (1980)
*Dear Teacher (1981)
*Our Family Business (1981)
*Cheers (1982-1993)
*Cowboy (movie)|Cowboy (1983)
*Something About Amelia (1984)
*When the Bough Breaks (1986 movie)|When the Bough
Breaks (1986) (also executive producer)
*We Are the Children (1987)
*Ink (TV series)|Ink (1996-1997) (also executive
producer)
*Gulliver's Travels (1996)
*Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
*Becker (1998-2004)
*Living with the Dead (2002) (miniseries)
*It Must Be Love (2004)
*Our Fathers (2005)

==Filmography==
*The Onion Field (1979)
*Body Heat (1981)
*Creepshow (1982)
*Little Treasure (1985)
*Just Between Friends (1986)
*A Fine Mess (1986)
*Three Men and a Baby (1987)
*She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
*Cousins (1989)
*Dad (1989)
*Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
*Made in America (1993)
*Getting Even with Dad (1994)
*Pontiac Moon (1994) (also executive producer)
*Loch Ness (1996)
*Jerry and Tom (1998)
*Homegrown (1998)
*Saving Private Ryan (1998)
*Mumford (1999)
*Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of
Cool (2001) (documentary)
*Fronterz (2004) 
*The Moguls (2005)


==External links==
* imdb name|id=0001101|name=Ted Danson
*
http://www.cmu.edu/cmnews/extra/031017_tdanson.htm
l Danson receives the Distinguished Achievement
Award from his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon
University, in 2003
*
http://www.fluffybacon.co.uk/teddanson/index.html
Ted Danson fan club