Education and early career

Wass was born in Lakewood, Ohio. He attended Glenbard West High School and graduated in 1970. He later graduated from DePaul University's Goodman School of Drama.

In 1976, Wass made his Broadway debut in the production Grease playing Danny Zuko.

Acting

He made his television debut as Danny Dallas on Soap opposite stage veteran Katherine Helmond from 1977-1981.

He starred in Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), one of the post-Peter Sellers films in the franchise, as a detective engaged by police chief Dreyfus to track down Inspector Clouseau.

He played struggling musician Bobby Shelton (who trades his soul - and his family - to become ill-fated rock star "Billy Wayne") in the black comedy film Oh, God! You Devil (1984).

He played a sports journalist caught up in a murder in female-Tarzan film Sheena (1984), which received five nominations in the Razzie Awards.

In 1986, he starred in TV movie Triplecross, directed by David Greene, in which he, Markie Post, and Gary Swanson are cops who receive a huge sum of money from a kidnap victim and become private detectives, competing against each other to solve cases. This was intended as a pilot but the series was never picked up.

He played the central character's father in Blossom (1991-1995), a sitcom about a teenage girl with two brothers being brought up by her single father, which was Ted's last acting role.

He appeared on Broadway with his Soap co-star Diana Canova in Neil Simon's They're Playing Our Song.

Personal life

Wass' first wife was actress Janet Margolin, who died in 1993 at age 50 from ovarian cancer; they had two children, Julian and Matilda. His second wife is producer Nina Wass.

Filmography

Filmography as actor
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990-1995	Blossom (TV series)	Nick Russo	Main cast role
1989	Fine Gold		Feature film
1986	The Canterville Ghost		TV movie
1986	The Longshot	Stump	Feature film
1984	Oh, God! You Devil	Bobby Shelton	Comedy film /w George Burns
	Sheena	Vic Casey	Feature film
1983	Curse of the Pink Panther	Sgt. Clifton Sleigh	Feature film
	Baby Sister	David Mitchell	Feature film
1982	I Was a Mail Order Bride	Robert Fitzgerald	Feature film
1979	The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal	Vinnie	Feature film
1977-1981	Soap (TV series)	Danny Dallas	Main cast role

Director filmography

• Undateable (2014-present)
• Sullivan & Son (2012-present)
• 2 Broke Girls (2011-present)
• State of Georgia (2011)
• Melissa & Joey (2010)
• Accidentally on Purpose (2010)
• Ruby & The Rockits (2009)
• Brothers (2009)
• The Big Bang Theory (2007)
• Two and a Half Men (2007)
• Everybody Hates Chris (2007-2008)
• Rules of Engagement (2007-2013)
• 'Til Death (2006)
• Crumbs (2006)
• Less than Perfect (2002-2006)
• Spin City (2000-2002)
• Two of a Kind (1999)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]