Actor

Ray Teal

January 12, 1902 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Ray Elgin Teal (January 12, 1902 – April 2, 1976) was an American actor. His most famous role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on the television series Bonanza (1959–1972), which was only one of dozens of sheriffs on television and in movies that he played during his long and prolific career stretching from 1937 to 1970. He appeared in pictures such as Western Jamboree (1938) with Gene Autry, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Fredric March and Myrna Loy, The Black Arrow (1948), Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) with Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster. Teal was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Notable work

8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Mr. Franklin
8
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Curtiss Ives
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
as Admiral Tugwell
7.8
Ace in the Hole (1951)
as Sheriff
7.7
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Mr. Mollett
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
as Cop in Car Barn Slugged by Dix (uncredited)
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as Roy Coffee and as Sheriff Roy Coffee
7.7
Inherit the Wind (1960)
as Jessie H. Dunlap
7.3
Winchester '73 (1950)
as Marshall Noonan (uncredited)
6.6
The Wild One (1953)
as Frank Bleeker
7.4
Gun Crazy (1950)
as California Border Inspector (uncredited)

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