Ted Jordan

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

(1924-05-23)May 23, 1924
DiedMarch 30, 2005(2005-03-30) (aged 80)
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1944–1981
Spouse
(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]

  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