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This site is dedicated to Lee Tergesen and to helping fellow fans satisfy their curiosity about this terrific actor.

I "discovered" Lee sometime around November of 2003. Admittedly, that was a little late in the game. "Oz" had officially ended, but it was still being re-run on HBO.

I channel-surfed into what is probably one of the most violent and emotionally devastating episodes -- "Escape from Oz." But there was Christopher Meloni, who I've admired for quite a while, and J.K. Simmons, who I recognized from "Law & Order." And there was this other guy...

Lee Tergesen.

With his performance as Tobias Beecher, Lee compelled me to keep watching a series I ordinarily wouldn't have watched. Too violent, mostly. But his was the character and the storyline that hooked me. There's something magnetic about him. And I wanted to see what else he's done.

That curiosity has led me into great friendships, a chance to meet Lee (see pic, from November 2004 after seeing "The Foreigner"), and a growing video and DVD library.

Lee is lucky to have an official Web site and a dynamite Webmistress. He's also lucky to have my friend Anne as his No. 1 fan and booster. They have been invaluable resources to me.

My aim in creating "The Annotated Lee Tergesen Site" is not to duplicate efforts already on the Web, but to supplement and organize pieces of information from many sources in the hope that it will satisfy a lot of questions fans might have (I know I wondered these things): What else has Lee been in? What kind of character did he play? How much airtime did he have? What did he look like? What was up with Chett?

Stuff like that.

In 2001, I started a Web site for the actor Rod Taylor, chronicling a half-century of his performances. Fortunately, I don't have quite that much catching up to do with Lee, but it will take a while to make this site as complete as The Complete Rod Taylor Site. And like that site, it will be a labor of love.

I hope you like it and find it useful and entertaining.

Feedback is welcome!

Contact me, Diane, at fanfromfla@yahoo.com

This site launched
Feb. 19, 2005
(Always a work
in progress!)

+ Visit the Lee Credits page to launch you to the heart of this site. Not just a list, but an annotated, illustrated look at Lee's career.

+ Most of the individual movies and shows have been filled in to varying degrees. A few need screen caps added or the write-up expanded.

+ Express Thumbnail Creator, which I discovered in June 2005, has enabled the creation of bigger and better galleries. I am working on re-doing some of the galleries done previously.

+ Oz is a work in progress. I have uploaded screen captures for all seasons. Summaries will come along eventually. It's a big job!

About screen caps
Each page includes screen-capped images from the particular show or movie described. The quality and size or the screen caps vary because the source material varies -- from crisp, commercially made DVDs to blurry VHS tapes that have been recorded a few times. I'll try to upgrade the fuzzy images whenever possible.

About the rarities

Collecting the TV shows and movies in the Lee Credits section has been quite a treasure hunt! Many could be recorded from TV, bought from Amazon.com, or borrowed from fellow fans. But some required striking trades and combing the Internet for collectors who have copies of obscure titles.

TEAM TERGESEN RULES!

Several Lee Tergesen fans walked in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Sept. 25, 2005, in memory of Lee's mother, who died of breast cancer in 1989.

Dozens more supporters sponsored Team Tergesen, raising more than $2,500 for breast cancer research.

Thank you everyone!