Ted Ross

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Ted Ross June 30 1934 September 3 2002 was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in The Wiz an allAfrican American reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz He won a Tony Award for the original 1975 Broadway production and went on to recreate the role in the 1978 film version which also starred Diana Ross and Michael Jackson Ross went on to appear in the films Arthur and Police Academy and on the television sitcoms The Jeffersons Benson The Cosby Show and its spinoff A Different World His final role was in the 1991 film The Fisher King Ross was born Theodore Ross Roberts in Zanesville Ohio but he moved with his family to Dayton at age seven He died from complications of a stroke he suffered in 1998 He was cremated and his ashes were scattered Description above from the Wikipedia article Ted Ross licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia