From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Theodore Edwin Gehring Jr. (April 6, 1929 – September 28, 2000) was an American film and television actor. He is known for playing the recurring role as Charlie on 16 episodes of the American sitcom television series Alice. Life and career Gehring was born in Bisbee, Arizona. Gehring began his career in 1965, where he first appeared in The Big Valley, playing Larsh. He continued his career, mainly appearing in film and television, often cast as a policeman, bad guy or anonymous roles, over the years. Later in his career, Gehring guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke, Battlestar Galactica (and its spin-off Galactica 1980), M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Original Series, Get Smart, Bonanza, The Rockford Files, Three's Company, Emergency!, Little House on the Prairie, Quincy, M.E., Daniel Boone, Death Valley Days, Adam-12 and Mission: Impossible. He also appeared in films such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Nickelodeon, Bound for Glory, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, When Time Ran Out..., The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Domino Principle and Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins. Gehring has also played the role as "Sydney Forbes" in the soap opera television series Days of Our Lives, from 1980. Gehring also starred and co-starred in other films and television programs, as it includes, The Family Holvak, playing Chester Purdle, The Police Connection, playing the role of "Police Chief Marc C. Forester" and On the Air Live with Captain Midnight, playing Father. His last film appearance, was from the television film Leave Her to Heaven, in 1988. In 1989, Gehring retired his career in film and television, last appearing in the television series 1st & Ten, where he played the recurring role as "Ned Lassiter". Death Gehring died in September 2000 in Steelville, Missouri, at the age of 71. CLR

Filmography

• 1987U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart — Truck Stop Manager
• Matlock — Impound Officer
• 1986Out of Bounds — Mr. Cage
• Starman — Mike
• 1985Murphy's Romance — Auctioneer
• 1st & Ten — Ned Lassiter
• Crazy Dan — Ice Cream Vendor
• 1984Gone Are the Dayes — Cook
• Hunter — Dr. Jessup
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King — J.C. Granger
• The A-Team — Deputy Jack Harmson
• Trauma Center — Baxter
• Cassie & Co. — Jack Salmone
• 1982Help Wanted: Male — Dr. Merten
• T. J. Hooker — Mackey
• 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — Sheriff Chapman
• Hill Street Blues — Bobbin
• Simon & Simon — Driver of County Truck
• The Fall Guy — Logan
• The Greatest American Hero — Lutz
• 1981The Legend of the Lone Ranger — Dale Wesley Stillwell, Dale Wesley Stillwell (Cavendish gang)
• Galactica 1980 — Sheriff
• Magnum, P.I. — Herm Dunbar
• 1980The Memory of Eva Ryker — Lt. Galbraith
• 1980The Night the Bridge Fell Down — Police Chief
• Hanging by a Thread — Jim Croft
• 1979Jennifer: A Woman’s Story — Wells
• 1979On the Air Live with Captain Midnight — Father
• Roots: The Next Generations — Road Boss
• Supertrain — Tex
• Tales of the Unexpected — Bartender
• 1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again — Hank Starrett
• The Rebels — Tom Shaw
• 1978Are You in the House Alone? — Billy
• 1978B.J. and the Bear — First Sheriff
• Battlestar Galactica — Croad
• Dallas — Brady York
• 1978Gray Lady Down
• Code R — Jerome Popkin
• Lou Grant — Chief Rankin
• 1977The Domino Principle — Schnaible
• Alice — Charlie
• 1976Bound for Glory — Connors
• 1976Nickelodeon — Stoneman
• Quincy, M.E. — Motel Manager
• 1976Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours — Irv
• 1976The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper — Officer Jim Moody
• 1975Cop on the Beat — Patrol Lieutenant
• 1975Farewell, My Lovely — Roy
• 1975Long Way Home — Chester Purdle (uncredited)
• 1975Mackintosh and T.J. — Donkin
• 1975Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins — Gas Station Owner
• 1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
• The Family Holvak
• 1975The Hindenburg — Knorr
• The Invisible Man — Gate Guard
• 1975Who Is the Black Dahlia? — A. Redfield
• 1974Airport 1975 — Mechanic (uncredited)
• 1974Betrayal — Police Sergeant
• Happy Days
• 1974Hog Wild — Jud
• Little House on the Prairie — Ebenezer Sprague
• Movin' On
• 1974Return of the Big Cat — Hunk Purdy
• 1974Senior Year — Laski
• 1974The Parallax View — Schecter - Hotel Clerk
• The Rockford Files — Walt Chalco, Johnny Lo Salvo, Warden Futrell
• 1974The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter — Norm Mitchell
• 1974The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd — Decker
• 1974The Strange and Deadly Occurrence — Dr. David Gillgreen
• 1974The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton — Doyle Reager
• 1973Oklahoma Crude — Wobbly
• Police Story — Agee
• 1973The Boy and the Bronc Buster — Brewster
• 1973The Mad Bomber — Police Chief Marc C. Forester
• 1972Bad Company
• 1972Deadhead Miles — 1st Scale House Cop
• Delphi Bureau — Bernhart
• Emergency! — Roy Nelson, Peter Euben, Barney McMillian, Construction Foreman
• 1972Jigsaw — Deputy Sheriff Coley
• Kung Fu — Fuller
• M*A*S*H — Major Arnold Morris
• 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co. — Tascosa Bartender
• The Streets of San Francisco — Bert
• Columbo — Security Guard
• 1971Honky
• Nichols — Henry, Railroad Executive
• 1971Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? — Lucas, Coyle's Crony
• 1971Wild Rovers — Tucson Sheriff
• 1970Monte Walsh — Skimpy Eagans
• 1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs! — Inspector Deutsch
• 1969Ride a Northbound Horse — Macklin
• 1969Then Came Bronson — Diner Owner
• 1969Viva Max! — Customs Guard Collins
• 1969Wake Me When the War Is Over — German Soldier
• Adam-12 — Conrad Short
• Mayberry R.F.D. — Employer #1, Foreman
• 1968The Thomas Crown Affair — Marvin
• 196740 Guns to Apache Pass — Barrett
• Ironside — Decker, Mr. Willard (uncredited)
• The Invaders — Cab Driver
• Star Trek — Second Policeman
• Get Smart — Mace
• The F.B.I. — Ed Sheldon
• 12 O'Clock High — Sergeant Fazio, Willie
• Daniel Boone — Brooking
• The Fugitive — Bar patron, Truck driver, Fogarty, Sergeant Weber
• The Virginian — Edgar Wood
• Bonanza — Arch Tremayne, Jim Fischer, Grifty, Griffin
• Gunsmoke — Boyd, Lemuel, Keno, Sheriff Bradley
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Doyle Reager, Jud, Hunk Purdy, Officer Jim Moody, Macklin

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall — Self