Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersSundance Film FestivalIndependent Spirit AwardsBlack History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Ted Ferguson(III)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Writer
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
Ted Ferguson
Watch Whitetail Official Trailer
Play trailer2:18
Whitetail (2021)
11 Videos
45 Photos
Ted is an American actor..with an international flavor. From Mooretown to Motown, Hollywood to Bollywood, Paris to Papeete, KarlMarxstadt to The Congo and back again

Ted Ferguson grew up in Shreveport's Mooretown, Louisiana's most deadly zip code. 40 years of broadcasting experience in Los Angeles, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Paris, New Zealand...and more...before becoming a Film, TV and Commercial Actor.

Ted retired from radio and work at the age of 50 in 1999, but decided, in 2005, to go back to LSU at the age of 57, full time, to fulfill a commitment. Ted flunked out in 68 in the middle of the Vietnam war. The purpose was to get off scholastic probation (from 1968 to 2005, 40 years)...Other Alma Maters include: The Sorbonne in Paris, UCLA Westwood, Victoria University Wellington, NZ...and LSUS

Ted was a Missionary in the Congo in the war zone building a Christian Radio station for the Church of Christ. and he taught English at a seminary in Vera Cruz, Southern Mexico.

Ted's acting career started in 2005 with an extra role...that turned into a Principal Role..Blonde Ambition starring Jessica Simpson, Luke Wilson and Willy Nelson. Ted was one of 4 Norwegian Priests. Ted called the Norwegian Embassy in New York...and got them to translate the scene into Norwegian so that when he arrived on set he told the Casting Director that he could do the scene in Norwegian...Good enough for Scott Marshall, the director..Ted was awarded a principal role and his acting career was born.

Ted is fluent in French and very proficient in German (Lived in Berlin when the wall came down) and Spanish...

A starring Series Regular role in Tropical Cops Tales on Adult Swim, A Mad Scientist in DC Comics' Doom Patrol, A Preacher role on AMC's Preacher and Astronaut Wives Club on ABC, Crooked Judge on NCIS New Orleans, Grandpa In Logan with Hugh Jackman, A Doctor on Tyler Perry's If Loving you is Wrong, a Matre'D working with Helen Mirren in Trumbo...and finally 2 Guest Star skits on the Jimmy Kimmel Show... Provides Ted with a wheel house chock full of Color and Variety... Written By: Jon St. Clair
BornAugust 12, 1948
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
BornAugust 12, 1948
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
  • Awards

Photos45

NCIS New Orleans - CBS TV
Ted Ferguson
From Film Martian American Los Angeles  2014
Ted Ferguson
Ted Ferguson
Ted Ferguson in Breaking the Loop (2022)
Ted Ferguson
Ted Ferguson
Ted Ferguson
Sparky And  Butch..
The Duel - Russian Film - Malibu
Wretched Spectacle - Ft Worth

Known for

Scott Bakula in NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
NCIS: New Orleans
6.8
TV Series
  • Honorable Judge Edwin J. Miller
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in George & Tammy (2022)
George & Tammy
7.5
TV Series
  • GI Doctor
Queen Sugar (2016)
Queen Sugar
7.8
TV Series
  • Councilman
Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, Michelle Gomez, April Bowlby, Matthew Zuk, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade, and Riley Shanahan in Doom Patrol (2019)
Doom Patrol
7.8
TV Series
  • Old Forsythe

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actor

  • Bottoms
    • Completed
  • Match Me If You Can
    • Completed
  • Prairie Dogs
    • In Production
  • GRQ the Movie
    • In Production
  • The Hopewell Haunting
    • Post-production
  • Fatal Crossroads
    • In Development
  • Brothers
    • Post-production
  • Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in George & Tammy (2022)
    George & Tammy
  • Queen Sugar (2016)
    Queen Sugar
  • Joel Moody in Breaking the Loop (2022)
    Breaking the Loop
  • Of Mermaids and Men (2021)
    Of Mermaids and Men
  • Promises of Snow (2021)
    Promises of Snow
  • Whitetail (2021)
    Whitetail
  • Allyn Carrell and Gail Cronauer in Baked Potato Night (2020)
    Baked Potato Night
  • Angela Bettis in 12 Hour Shift (2020)
    12 Hour Shift
  • Brittany Joyner in Priscilla (2019)
    Priscilla
  • Mike Norris in The End of Days: Global Catastrophe (2019)
    The End of Days: Global Catastrophe
  • Sean Patrick Flanery, Chad Michael Collins, and Chelsea Edmundson in Howlers (2019)
    Howlers
  • Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, Michelle Gomez, April Bowlby, Matthew Zuk, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade, and Riley Shanahan in Doom Patrol (2019)
    Doom Patrol
  • Carl Solomon in Tropical Cop Tales (2018)
    Tropical Cop Tales
  • Sleeping Dogs Lie (2018)
    Sleeping Dogs Lie
  • Karen Carlson, Richard Folmer, Marlyn Mason, Lukas Hassel, Lorraine Portman, Dodie Brown, Ted Ferguson, Eleanor Gautney, Anthony Gutierrez, Eric Gibson, Holly Rice, Kyle Kleinecke, and Chris Alan Evans in Sparky & Butch (2018)
    Sparky & Butch

Producer

  • God vs. Science (2009)
    God vs. Science
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos11

Ted Ferguson Theatrical Demo Feb 2023
Demo Reel 3:00
Ted Ferguson Theatrical Demo Feb 2023
Ted Ferguson Comedy Demo 2021
Demo Reel 4:22
Ted Ferguson Comedy Demo 2021
Stunt Demo Ted Ferguson  Aug 2021
Demo Reel 2:16
Stunt Demo Ted Ferguson Aug 2021
Red Neck Demo Ted Ferguson 2021
Demo Reel 3:11
Red Neck Demo Ted Ferguson 2021
Baked Potato Night
Demo Reel 1:05
Baked Potato Night
Tropical Cop Tales Demo
Demo Reel 4:52
Tropical Cop Tales Demo
Doom Patrol  Episode 12  Cyborg Patrol
Demo Reel 1:48
Doom Patrol Episode 12 Cyborg Patrol
Preacher on AMC...Ted Ferguson Clip
Demo Reel 0:49
Preacher on AMC...Ted Ferguson Clip
NCIS New Orleans
Demo Reel 1:52
NCIS New Orleans
Whitetail Official Trailer
Trailer 2:18
Whitetail Official Trailer
Enemies Among Us
Trailer 1:55
Enemies Among Us

Personal details

Edit
  • Official sites
    • Actor Web Site
    • Official Besty List
    • August 12, 1948
    • Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
  • Other works
    In 1975, using the air name China Jones, he was the 6pm to 10pm air personality at WDRQ in Detroit. The Q was targeted at the inner city, urban Detroit market. In the first 3 months DRQ's night time ratings jumped from number 12 to number 1. In 76 and 77 Ted was the Program Director of WDRQ - Detroit.

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Ted worked in Detroit Mich. (Motown) as China Jones on the Bartell Broadcasting station WDRQ...This station was the first Detroit FM to beat a dominant AM Top 40 station...in that The Q beat CKLW....

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.