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2. He was offered the role of Ted Baxter in the Mary Tyler Moore show but turned it down

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2022, 12:52 PM

Mar 2022

Shirley Jones, in her autobiography, wrote that Cassidy wanted to focus on stage and film, and considered a recurring role on television to be somewhat beneath his talents. He would soon regret the decision, and it haunted him until he passed. He did guest star in a MTM episode as Baxter's older brother. I think he would have been a great Ted Baxter and would have played him less clownish and with a more reasonable sense of hubris.

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Enjoyed him in sitcom He and She. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #1

He was offered the role of Ted Baxter in the Mary Tyler Moore show but turned it down Auggie Mar 2022 #2

I think he would have been a great Ted Baxter, but would he have been better than Ted Knight? ificandream Mar 2022 #4

I think he might have played it different Auggie Mar 2022 #5

I remember him from "He & She" ificandream Mar 2022 #3