Actor, director, screenwriter
Best known for his role as nice guy bartender Isaac on TVs "The Love Boat" , Ted invariably played a heavy in earlier blaxploitation film roles.
Severely typecast in his long-running, rather featherweight role, he played it low-keyed for many years and found renewed respect on stage as a writer/director/producer/actor. He earned several stage awards for his efforts, including the Renaissance Man Theatre Award from the NAACP and the Paul Robeson Award from AFI.
Teds mother, Gerri Lange, hosted her own television show on the PBS station in San Francisco, KQED, during the late 1970s.
His acting mentor is Gavin MacLeod.
He has played the same character (Isaac Washington) in five different series: "The Love Boat" , "Charlies Angels" , "Martin" , "Weird Science" and "Love Boat: The Next Wave" .
(June 2009) Appearing on Broadway in "Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe".
(December 2005) Ted is currently writing a relationship column, with Jenna Jameson , in Maxim Magazine.
(Spring 2000) Directing the original play, "The Marriage" at Stage 52 in Los Angeles.
Best friend of Gavin MacLeod. Whenever Lange has plays, he frequently invites MacLeod to them.
Revealed that he had a wonderful working relationship with Gavin MacLeod , on "The Love Boat" .
Credits Gavin MacLeod as his acting mentor/best friend.
Surrogate son of Gavin MacLeod.
Lives not too far from his acting mentor Gavin MacLeod , in Palm Springs, California. Lange lives in Torrance, California.
As an actor, he was highly influenced by Gavin MacLeod.
[When he was promoted from actor to director]: I started out to be an,actor. Out of necessity, I found myself becoming a director, writer and,screenplay writer to stay involved in the industry and in the,exploration of the art.
[When asked if all "The Love Boat" (1977) cast members, esp.
