Knight, Ted
From Astro-Databank
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| Birthname | Konopka, Tadewurz | ||
| born on | 7 December 1923 at 00:30 (= 12:30 AM ) | ||
| Place | Terryville CT, USA, 41n40, 73w01 | ||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   14°05'  02°15 Asc. 25°38'
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Biography
American actor, disk jockey, singer, puppeteer, ventriloquist and radio actor. He moved to New York to do TV and radio plays before reaching Hollywood in the mid-'50s. Knight starred in more than 300 TV roles and won two Emmy's as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy series. "The Mary Tyler Moore" show played in 1977 and the sitcom "Too Close for Comfort," in 1982; two other pilots aborted in 1978.
Born a son of Polish immigrants, he attended drama school and began to build a local reputation in live gigs and radio. Married in 1949 with three children, he was known as a homebody.
A cancerous growth of the urinary tract was diagnosed in 1985; Knight died of a heart attack 8/26/1986, Hollywood, CA.
Events
- Death by Heart Attack 26 August 1986 (Age 62)
Source Notes
Steinbrecher quotes a letter from him; he gives the birth name of Waddic Konopka. His obituary gives the name of Tadewurz Wladzui Konopka.
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (39 years)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Rags to riches
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Urinary Tract)
- Notable : Awards : Emmy (1973 and 1976)
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Family (Homebody)
