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Ted Otis plays an Optician circa 1800's/Lenscrafters

Ted Otis as 'Tom' in Prahala directed by Beni Adam

Ted Otis photographed on the Universal backlot

Ted Otis during a two hour makeup session/Alien Nation

Ted Otis in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege the Day Feat. Idris Elba

Ted Otis as a Hitman in 'Crossing Lines' (starring Donald Sutherland)

Ted Otis plays an Army Captain/DU Telecom 

Ted Otis with Udo Kier/Karlovy Vary Film Festival

Ted Otis in The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (2016)

Idris Elba and Ted Otis in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege the Day Feat. Idris Elba (2015)

Ted Otis with Curtis Matthew in The Poisoner's Handbook

Ted Otis with producer Rick McCallum (Star Wars) of FilmUnited.CZ

Ted Otis as 'Mr. Vegas'/Double Down Casino

Ted Otis as a Centrifuge Pilot/Volkswagen

Ted Otis as a Commandant/The Hidden Olympics/RAI

Ted Otis is an actor, writer, producer, and publisher. He's recently performed with Malcolm McDowell (Clockwork Orange), Paul Rudd (Antman), Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean), Emily Watson (Punch Drunk Love), and in productions with Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Irons, and director Francis Lawrence (Hunger Games).

From Santa Monica, California, and a family of industry veterans, Otis took up residence in Europe (Prague) for a decade working as an actor, voice-actor, location manager, and teacher. During that period he worked internationally in Iceland, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, and many regions of the Czech Republic.

Otis is a long-time member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (A.S.C.A.P) having composed original scores and sound effects for his and other's productions.

Otis has produced several documentaries including 'The Power Of Peace' hosted by Uma Thurman and Harry Belafonte as well as 'Secrets of the C.I.A.' for Turner Broadcasting System, which both aired internationally

His colleagues & friendships include industry veterans such as Richard Linklater, James Gunn, Tim Burton, Lisa Henson, David O. Russel, Candice Bergen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Schumacher, Neal Patrick Harris, Lewis John Carlino, Tarsem Singh, Stacy Keach, Peter Jason, Dorothy McGuire, Janet Leigh, Lucille Ball, David Bowie, Tony Curtis, Charlton Heston, Bruce Willis, and others.

Otis's love for the industry started in the 1970s when his Academy member step-father, Clifford David, (a veteran Broadway singer and acting protégé of Lee Strasberg's) brought Otis to various shooting locations. Mr. David starred in projects alongside Laurence Olivier, Paul Newman, Mel Gibson, Angela Lansbury, Oliver Reed, Keanu Reeves, and other notable actors and often escorted his son to productions.

Otis often visited his godfather, Lewis Milestone who won Oscars for Best Direction for both 'All Quiet On The Western Front' & 'Two Arabian Knights'. - All Quiet On The Western Front was praised by Steven Spielberg for inspiring 'Schindler's List' and was restored by Martin Scorsese's 'The Film Foundation' despite lost original footage.

Otis' father, Ted Otis, Sr., an actor, producer, and educator starred in feature films and episodic television shows such as 'Maverick', 'The Rifleman' 'Death Valley Days' and notably, an episode (15) from the first season of 'The Twilight Zone' which became adapted by creator/writer Rod Serling into the original 'Planet of the Apes' feature film.

Otis learned much from his grandfather Gordon Oliver, a veteran actor and producer known for his seasoned career performing as a contract player for RKO in films such as 'Jezebel', 'Brother Rat', 'Blondie', 'The Spiral Staircase', 'Stations West' and 'The Las Vegas Story'. He went on to produce television hits such as 'Peter Gunn', 'Mr. Lucky' and 'It Takes a Thief'. Oliver frequented live broadcasts and Oscar telecasts at the famed Cocoanut Grove and attended red-carpet premiers during the 30s & 40s at movie palaces such as Grauman's Chinese, Pantages, and Carthay Circle making him a fixture in the Hollywood press.

A conservationist at heart, Otis has renovated and redeveloped celebrity estates in Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Los Feliz Oaks, and Silverlake. He remains a long-time member of the Hollywood Heritage preservation organization and maintains a deep passion for Hollywood's historic infrastructure and film history. He encourages friends to visit their flagship location, 'The Hollywood Heritage Museum', housed in the original barn/structure which served as Cecil B. DeMille's location for Hollywood's first feature-length film, 'The Squaw Man'.

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