Home People Ted Bessell Ted Bessell movies Ted Bessell movies Ted Bessell Movies (10) The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show (1990) As Producer. He was 55 years old The Acorn People (1981) As Jesse Hooten. He was 45 years old Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979) As Pete McCann. He was 44 years old What Are Best Friends For? (1973) As Paul Nesbitt. He was 38 years old Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) As Jeffrey Elliot. He was 38 years old Your Money Or Your Wife (1972) He was 37 years old Two on a Bench (1971) As Preston Albright. He was 36 years old Don't Drink the Water (1969) As Axel Magee. He was 34 years old McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965) As Lt. Wilbur Harkness. He was 30 years old Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) As Carrozzo - Patient (uncredited). He was 28 years old