Charles Stapley obituary

Actor known for his role as Ted Hope in CrossroadsAn actor with a military bearing, Charles Stapley, who has died aged 85, was best known to television viewers as Ted Hope in the soap opera Crossroads. Ted was the retiring navy captain who arrived in the fictional village of Kings Oak in 1970, then wooed and married his namesake, Tish Hope (Joy Andrews). Together, they ran the antiques shop The Hope Chest, but Ted's philandering ways led him to have numerous affairs. Stapley remained in the seri...

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