Ted Jordan

For the professional baseball player with a similar sounding name, see Ted Jourdan.

Ted Jordan
Jordan in The Andy Griffith Show, 1966
Born
Edgar Harrison Friedman Jr.

(1924-05-23)May 23, 1924
Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMarch 30, 2005(2005-03-30) (aged 80)
Palm Desert, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1944–1981
Spouse
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(m. 1955; div. 1959)​
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Edgar Harrison Friedman Jr. (May 23, 1924 – March 30, 2005) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing freight agent Nathan Burke on 108 episodes of the American Western television series Gunsmoke from 1966 to 1975.[2]

Jordan was born in Lancaster, Ohio,[3] He guest-starred in numerous television programs, including The Virginian, The Andy Griffith Show, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Land of the Giants. He died on March 30, 2005 in Palm Desert, California, at the age of 80.[4][5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1944 Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X Gunner uncredited
1945 Circumstantial Evidence Prisoner uncredited
1945 A Bell for Adano Soldier uncredited
1945 Doll Face Sailor uncredited
1946 Behind Green Lights Man uncredited
1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home Mechanic uncredited
1946 Dragonwyck Man uncredited
1946 Three Little Girls in Blue Bell Captain uncredited
1947 Mother Wore Tights Sailor uncredited
1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me Sailor uncredited
1949 The Undercover Man Hoodlum uncredited
1949 Slattery's Hurricane Radarman uncredited
1949 Thieves' Highway Slate Highway Policeman uncredited
1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond Hood uncredited
1949 Tokyo Joe Military Policeman uncredited
1949 Tell It to the Judge Cab Driver uncredited
1950 Whirlpool Harry – Parking Attendant uncredited
1950 Francis General's Aide uncredited
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home Gunner No. 1 uncredited
1950 A Woman of Distinction Reporter uncredited
1950 Cargo to Capetown Sailor uncredited
1950 Kill the Umpire Minor Role uncredited
1950 Sierra Jim Coulter
1950 David Harding, Counterspy Sailor uncredited
1950 Rookie Fireman Hanover
1950 Between Midnight and Dawn Carr uncredited
1950 Emergency Wedding Ordely uncredited
1950 Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard Brown
1951 Call Me Mister Soldier uncredited
1951 Up Front MP uncredited
1951 Air Cadet Cadet uncredited
1951 Lorna Doone Gurney uncredited
1951 Mask of the Avenger Sergeant uncredited
1951 Bonanza Town Bob Dillon uncredited
1951 Little Egypt Sailor uncredited
1952 The Bushwackers Soldier uncredited
1952 The Las Vegas Story Man uncredited
1952 Hold That Line Player uncredited
1952 No Room for the Groom Soldier uncredited
1952 Down Among the Sheltering Palms Soldier uncredited
1952 The Brigand Undetermined Role uncredited
1952 Francis Goes to West Point Minor Role uncredited
1952 Lure of the Wilderness Young Man uncredited
1952 Something for the Birds Reporter uncredited
1952 Back at the Front Military Policeman uncredited
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful Assistant director uncredited
1953 Battle Circus Casualty uncredited
1953 The Juggler Police Official uncredited
1953 The Girl Next Door Photographer uncredited
1953 Law and Order Lynch Mob Member uncredited
1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife Driver uncredited
1953 The Marshal's Daughter Henchman uncredited
1953 The Band Wagon Chorus Member in Hotel Suite uncredited
1953 Conquest of Cochise Soldier uncredited
1953 Miss Sadie Thompson Marine uncredited
1959 Beloved Infidel Radio Director uncredited
1961 Return to Peyton Place Waiter uncredited
1966 The Silencers Man uncredited
1968 The Wrecking Crew Guard
1971 The Million Dollar Duck Mr. Forbes
1973 Walking Tall Virgil Button
1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Citizen No. 2
1980 The Kids Who Knew Too Much Ambulance Driver TV movie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1952 Sky King Telephone Man 1 episode
1958 The Walter Winchell File Arthur Stein 1 episode
1960 Coronado 9 Band Member/Mako Dorsett 2 episodes
1961–1975 Gunsmoke Del/Kearny/Cheater/Foreman/Lounger/Gus Thompson/Peter/Bo/Policia Jailhouse Guard/Chad/Jake Cooper/Outla/Hank Wheeler/Indian Policeman/Leemer/Townsman/Shiloh/Nathan Burke 129 episodes
1961 The Tom Ewell Show Mr. Brubaker 1 episode
1963 The Great Adventure First Guard 1 episode
1963–1967 The Virginian Committee Member/Poker Player/Billy/Cowhand/Bank Teller 5 episodes
1963 The New Phil Silvers Show Oscar 1 episode
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre Baliff 1 episode
1965–1967 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Astronaut #2/Crewman/Burns 3 episodes
1965–1966 Branded Sgt. Mayhew/Smoky 2 episodes
1966 The Andy Griffith Show Gerald Whitfield 1 episode
1966 Combat! Pvt. Brand 1 episode
1966 Mission: Impossible Gunman 1 episode
1966–1967 The Road West Trooper/Blacksmith 2 episodes
1967 T.H.E. Cat Frankie Wells 1 episode
1967 Hondo Horton/Gruder 2 episodes
1968 The High Chaparral Bayliss 1 episode
1968–1970 Land of the Giants Museum Policeman/SID Man/Toy 3 episodes
1973 Shaft Pit Boss 1 episode
1974 Apple's Way Ed Peyser 1 episode
1975 Kung Fu Head Guard 1 episode
1975 ABC Afterschool Specials Sheriff 1 episode
1976–1981 The Waltons Carpenter/Sturgeon Conners/Man at Bar 3 episodes
1976 The Blue Knight Contact Man 1 episode
1977–1980 Eight Is Enough First Man/Van Driver 3 episodes
1978–1979 How the West Was Won Willie/Charlie 4 episodes
1979–1981 Dallas Bus Boy 3 episodes
1980 The Magical World of Disney Ambulance Driver 1 episode

References

  1. ^ "Ted Jordan Weds Lili St. Cyr". The New York Times. February 23, 1955. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Greenland, David (August 2013). The Gunsmoke Chronicles: A New History of Television's Greatest Western. BearManor Media. p. 67. ISBN 9781593937331 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Lentz, Harris (May 4, 2006). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005. McFarland. pp. 192–193. ISBN 9780786424894 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Ted Jordan Obituary (1924 –2005)". The Columbus Dispatch. April 6, 2005. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ "Ted Jordan". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. Lancaster, Ohio. April 7, 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon