Editing Ted Knight (section)

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{{Other people}}
{{Short description|American actor (1923–1986)}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Ted Knight
| image         = Ted Knight 1972.JPG
| alt           = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption       = Knight in 1972
| birth_name    = Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1923|12|07}}
| birth_place   = [[Terryville, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1986|08|26|1923|12|07}}
| death_place   = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]], [[Glendale, California]], U.S.
| awards        = [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
| occupation    = Actor
| years_active  = 1950–1986
| spouse        = {{Marriage|Dorothy Smith Knight|1948}}<!-- End of marriage coincided with death, therefore year is omitted per instructions of Template:Marriage -->
| children      = 3
}}
'''Ted Knight''' (born '''Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka'''; December 7, 1923{{spaced ndash}}August 26, 1986) was an American actor known for playing the [[Comedy|comedic]] roles of [[Ted Baxter]] in ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', Henry Rush in ''[[Too Close for Comfort]]'' and Judge Elihu Smails in ''[[Caddyshack]]''.