Ted Bessell
Overview
Ted Bessell was an American
television
actor
and director
.
Born in Flushing, New York, Bessell grew up in Manhasset on Long Island
, New York. He was originally gearing up for a career as a classical musician. As a 12-year-old child prodigy
, he performed a piano recital at Carnegie Hall
.
However, after graduating from college in 1958, Bessell focused on acting. He studied with Sandford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse, studied dance and dramatic movement with Martha Graham
and Louis Horst
, was a member of a professional acting class under Meisner, and worked with Wynn Handman
in another professional acting group.
He acted and directed in stock where he appeared in a wide spectrum of theatre works ranging from Shakespeare to Jule Styne
.
United States
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television
Television
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actor
Actor
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and director
Television director
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.
Born in Flushing, New York, Bessell grew up in Manhasset on Long Island
Long Island
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, New York. He was originally gearing up for a career as a classical musician. As a 12-year-old child prodigy
Child prodigy
A child prodigy is someone who, at an early age, masters one or more skills far beyond his or her level of maturity. One criterion for classifying prodigies is: a prodigy is a child, typically younger than 18 years old, who is performing at the level of a highly trained adult in a very demanding...
, he performed a piano recital at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
.
However, after graduating from college in 1958, Bessell focused on acting. He studied with Sandford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse, studied dance and dramatic movement with Martha Graham
Martha Graham
Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.She danced and choreographed for over seventy years...
and Louis Horst
Louis Horst
Louis Horst was a choreographer, composer, and pianist...
, was a member of a professional acting class under Meisner, and worked with Wynn Handman
Wynn Handman
Wynn Handman, is the Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre, which he co-founded with Sidney Lanier and Michael Tolan in 1963. His role in the theatre has been to seek out, encourage, train, and present new and exciting writing and acting talent and to develop and produce new plays by...
in another professional acting group.
He acted and directed in stock where he appeared in a wide spectrum of theatre works ranging from Shakespeare to Jule Styne
Jule Styne
Jule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...
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