Dudley Moore him an unprecedented status as a romantic leading man. Moore followed up with the comedy film "Wholly Moses!", which was not a major success. In 1981 Moore appeared in the title role of the comedy "Arthur", an even bigger hit than "10". Co-starring Liza Minnelli and Sir John Gielgud, it was both commercially and critically successful, Moore receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, whilst Gielgud won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Arthur's stern but compassionate manservant. Moore lost to Henry Fonda (for "On Golden Pond"). He did, however, win a Golden Globe award for Best
Ted Ross moved to New York City in 1968. He starred in "The Wiz" and other Broadway productions, such as "Purlie", "Ain't Misbehavin", and "Raisin in the Sun". His first film was "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings", a baseball movie starring James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor. Films that followed included "Ragtime", "", "Police Academy", "Stealing Home", and "The Fisher King". One of the roles he is most fondly remembered for is that of Bitterman, Arthur Bach's long suffering chauffeur in the 1981 Dudley Moore hit, "Arthur". In 1990, Ross played Troy Maxson in a Cincinnati production of August