Ted Koppel

Birthday: 8 February 1940, Lancashire, England, UK

Birth Name: Edward James Martin Koppel

Height: 163 cm

Ted Koppel was born on February 8, 1940 in Lancashire, England as Edward James Martin Koppel. He is known for his work on America Held Hostage (1979), Petra: A Quest for Hope (2006) and ABC News Nightline (1980). He has been married to Grace Anne Koppel since May 17, 1963. They have four children.

I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]

"I think we're glazing eyes all across America" [Interrupting a long-winded guest, ABC News Nightlin...Show more »

"I think we're glazing eyes all across America" [Interrupting a long-winded guest, ABC News Nightline (1980), 13 Feb 1987]. Show less «

Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.

When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal des...Show more »

When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal describes him as "the pre-eminent TV interviewer in America", while The Los Angeles Times refers to him as "the undisputed reigning lion of tough TV interview journalism." Show less «

(Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1980) off the air in 2002:) "Th...Show more »

(Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1980) off the air in 2002:) "There's nothing more invigorating in life than getting shot at and missed" (tho he misquoted Churchill who used the final phrase "shot at without result"). Show less «

Ted Koppel

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