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The Famous Teddy Z

Created by Hugh Wilson

1989–1990

A mailroom clerk becomes a top agent at a Hollywood talent agency after he impresses a notoriously self-centered client. The series was inspired by an actual 1940s encounter involving Marlon Brando.

First aired
18 Sep 1989
Episode length
30 min
Also known as
El Famoso Teddy Z, Teddy Z
Country
United States
Language
English
Writers
Craig Nelson, Hugh Wilson, Marylinn Marko-Sanders and 4 others
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 20 episodes

  • Season 1

    1989

    Theodore "Teddy" Zakalokis, a young man working in a Hollywood talent agency in order to avoid being stuck in his Greek-American family's bakery. When Hollywood star Harland Keyvo (a caricature of Marlon Brando) meets Teddy Z, he is so impressed by his honesty that he makes him his new agent.

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