birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
long beach , california dick christie 21 october 1948 dick christie
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dick christie

dick christie -lrb- born october 21 , 1948 -rrb- is an american actor .
he is best known for portraying ted lawson on the 1980s situation comedy `` small wonder '' .
his other television credits include `` who 's the boss ? ''
, `` days of our lives '' , `` hunter '' , `` mama 's family '' , `` knots landing '' , `` newhart '' , `` hart to hart '' , `` the waltons '' and `` the ropers '' .
he also wrote the 1998 film `` molly '' .
as of october 2013 , he is playing the recurring role of charlie webber on the cbs daytime drama `` the bold and the beautiful '' .
