Ted Lange best known for his role as 'nice guy' bartender Isaac on TV's The Love Boat, Ted invariably played a heavy in earlier blaxploitation film roles. Severely typecast in his long-running, rather featherweight role, he played it low-keyed for many years and found renewed respect on stage as a writer/director/producer/actor. He earned several stage awards for his efforts, including the Renaissance Man Theatre Award from the NAACP and the Paul Robeson Award from AFI.