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I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it for the process.

Ted Shackelford

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Ted Shackelford
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 23
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Theodore Tillman Shackelford III
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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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.
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My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.
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The reason that people say one line at junkets is that they've heard the same question 37 times. You get bored out of your mind.
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One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.
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Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.
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I really wasn't on the Dallas set much. I did three or four episodes so I didn't see too much.
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I have German Shepherds that I train and have brought back to Germany. I love going there.
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The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.
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Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.
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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.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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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.
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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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