Theodore Edward Eccles (born June 9, 1955) is an American actor.

Career

Eccles performed much of his best known roles as a

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. He appeared in several television series and feature films in the 1960s and 1970s. Eccles may be best known for his starring role in the 1969 film ''

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'' and the voice of Aaron in the television holiday special ''

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''. In his twenties, he was one of the shrunken protagonists in the fantasy adventure series '' Dr. Shrinker'', a segment on the children's television series ''

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'' which was broadcast on Saturday mornings. Later as an older adult, Eccles moved behind the camera, as an

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of the TV show ''Flip My Food''.

Filmography

References

Bibliography

* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 309-310.

External links

* * 1955 births American male child actors Male actors from California Living people American male television actors American male film actors People from Los Angeles County, California 20th-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub