- In addition to being an actor/producer, Ted Hartley is a writer, director, philanthropist, artist.
- (1989-Present) Hartley and wife, Merrill, bought RKO Pictures, & produced the hit, Mighty Joe Young (1998).
- Served in the United States Navy as a jet carrier fighter pilot.
- Stepfather of his wife (Dina Merrill)'s three children.
- Has one son, Philippe Hartley.
- In May 1964, his F9F8 fighter crashed during a carrier landing accident. He was thrown from the jet, suffered a broken back, and was medically retired from the Navy.
- Trained at Shattuck Military School in Minnesota. By the age of 16, he won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.
- Following the premature end of his naval career, he studied at the Harvard Business School and pursued a career in investment banking, becoming Vice President for First Western Financial Corporation.
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