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ificandream

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4. I think he would have been a great Ted Baxter, but would he have been better than Ted Knight?

Reply to Auggie (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 11, 2022, 02:00 PM

Mar 2022

I'm not sure he would have. But here's Cassidy's guest spot on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." It's the closest we got to see him in the role. I looked for screen tests and I couldn't find any.

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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