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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. A saxophone player, he worked his way through the University of California, Los Angeles as a bandleader before becoming an actor. His longest-running role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee, a law-enforcing sheriff on Bonanza. Teal...
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Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
LassieSeries • 1954
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
MaverickSeries • 1957
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
I Dream of JeannieSeries • 1965
CheyenneSeries • 1955
Green AcresSeries • 1965
RawhideSeries • 1959
Route 66Series • 1960
Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958
LawmanSeries • 1958
The Lone RangerSeries • 1949
The Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietSeries • 1952
ZorroSeries • 1957
The Doris Day ShowSeries • 1968
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
ThrillerSeries • 1960
Bat MastersonSeries • 1958