Ted Koppel
Birthday: 8 February 1940, Lancashire, England, UK
Birth Name: Edward James Martin Koppel
Height: 163 cm
Ted Koppel was born on February 8, 1940 in Lancashire, England as Edward James Martin Koppel. He is known for his work on America Held Hostage (1979), Petra: A Quest for Hope (2006) and ABC News Night ...Show More
When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal des Show more
When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal describes him as "the pre-eminent TV interviewer in America", while The Los Angeles Times refers to him as "the undisputed reigning lion of tough TV interview journalism." Hide
Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.
Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.
I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]
I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]
(Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1980) off the air in 2002:) "Th Show more
(Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1980) off the air in 2002:) "There's nothing more invigorating in life than getting shot at and missed" (tho he misquoted Churchill who used the final phrase "shot at without result"). Hide
Ted Koppel's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (63)
