Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Ted graduated from Tisbury High School in 1958. His parents were Edward Elliot Mayhew of Chilmark and Mildred Cushman Mayhew, originally of Bridgewater. He was born on July 20, 1940, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs. (“Ted,” “Ed,” or “Teddy”) passed away at his home in Chilmark on June 28, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, at the age of 82. Edward's survived by his wife, Kate, and their daughter, Thais, a singer-songwriter for the rock band Sugar in Wartime.Edward Elliott Mayhew Jr. He was surrounded by his immediate family and a few close friends, including a Chumash medicine woman, who performed a traditional ceremony.Įdward devoted the last decade of his life to caring for his father, who had Alzheimer's disease and died in 2005 at age 99. Since 1980, he and his actress wife Kate Woodville operated an equestrian training/boarding facility, Hawks Ranch Sport Horses, at their seaside ranch in Malibu, which is where Edward died in his sleep after a battle with lung cancer. He was Native American Commissioner and California State Coastal Commissioner, appointed by both Republican and Democratic Governors of California.Įdward lived with his family in a home he helped build with his own hands. He was honored and commended by the United Nations,and the U.S.
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He worked successfully with gang members, making a series of videos for LAUSD and starting the ELA film school in the heart of the barrio with world-class lecturers and teachers.ĭuring his lifetime commitment to public service and political activism, Edward created extensive legislation and shepherded bills to law in the areas of children's education, environmental protection and Native American Indian rights.
Latino on his mother's side, Edward also taught at Plaza de la Raza, a community arts center for Latino children that he helped co-found in 1974.
More >Įducated at UCLA (psychology and art majors) and at Oxford University in England (Shakespeare, Russian poetry), Edward was a 'Distinguished Visiting Professor' and 'Guest Lecturer' who taught at notable universities. He has traveled extensively as a photojournalist and has had his work published (National Geographic, PACE, etc.) and shown internationally ( Lisson Gallery, London). He directed feature films ( Forbidden Planet, The House, etc.) and public service shorts (California State Parks), worked successfully as a screenwriter ( Icerunner, Accidents, Okavango, etc.) and as an award-winning poet and newspaper columnist ( The Dolphin's EYE). On television, Edward starred as a regular in several series ( Time Force, Beauty and the Beast, etc.) and guest starred on a number of others. He won numerous awards from his fans and his peers (Golden Globe winner and multiple nominee, two Golden Eagles, the Broadcast Media Award, etc.). He had nearly ninety feature films to his credit. His London debut was directed by Orson Welles ( A Terribly Strange Bed). His stage debut in Los Angeles was at the Mark Taper Forum in Gordon Davidson's Hamlet. And he traveled with Muhammad Ali and Buckminster Fuller.Įdward starred in his first film in 1961 at the age of eleven ( Fool Killer) though his first appearance was on television at the age of one. His godfather and namesake is Lord Laurence Olivier ( Hamlet, etc.).
He grew up surrounded by some of the most remarkable people of our times and many of the greats of stage and the Golden Era of screen. "No Regrets" was one of his last starring roles and teamed him with the love of his youth, Kate Jackson, whom he hadn't seen in thirty years.Įdward Laurence Albert was born in Hollywood, California on February 20, 1951, the son of Eddie Albert ( Green Acres, Heartbreak Kid, Roman Holiday, etc.). Edward Albert, the actor-son of the late screen veteran Eddie Albert who first gained fame starring opposite Goldie Hawn in the 1970s film "Butterflies Are Free" and later became an outspoken environmental activist, passed away on September 22, 2006.
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