Ted Richards
Background
Ted Richards is an engineer.
During the events of Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, Season 1 Episode 1 Enemies of the Universe played by William Schallert
Joan Gilbert and Ted park their car and tell the Security Guard that they are there to see Commando Cody. Commando Cody isn't in, but they speak with Commissioner Henderson. He tells them that they are hired and that they will be adapting atomic power for rocket ship propulsion. He tells them that their work is Top Secret and even the people who work for Commando Cody do not know who he is due to his constant wearing of a mask. Commando Cody lands at headquarters and Henderson introduces him to Ted and Joan. Commando Cody and Henderson tell Joan and Ted that they will be investigating missiles that where fired into Earth from outer space and figuring out where they came from. The meeting ends and Commando Cody tells Joan and Ted that they will be constructing a rocket in an abandoned town named Graphite. They leave for the day and Ross and an alarm goes off in Commando Cody's car and he turns around and returns to the office with Ted. They get into a fight with Ross and Dr. Varney's Hood, but Dr. Varney's Hood and Ross get away.
Commando Cody gives Ted and Joan badges that also act as two-way radios. The alarm goes off and Commando Cody goes to the barn and gets into a fist fight with an Arsonist, while Ted gets into a shootout with Ross and Dr. Varney's Hood. The Arsonist, Ross and Dr. Varney's Hood run away and Joan and Ted help Commando Cody put out the fire that the Arsonist set. Commando Cody and Ted get inside the rocket ship and do a test run. Joan turns on her two-way radio badge and Commando Cody overhears Dr. Varney's Hood tell Joan about the bomb on the rocket ship. Ted starts to land the rocket, while Commando Cody puts on his fuel pack and flies back to Graphite. Henderson congratulates Commando Cody, Ted and Joan on their success as he rides in the rocket.
During the events of Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, Season 1 Episode 2 Atomic Peril played by William Schallert
Radar station G-3 notifies Commando Cody, Joan and Ted that a missile is heading towards Earth. The radar station gives the coordinates where the missile will land, which is near headquarters. Henderson asks about the missile and Commando Cody radios Station 84. Station 84 tells him the missile will land in the Crestline Hills. Commando Cody flies in his rocket suit towards the Crestline Hills. He finds the wreckage and radios to Ted about it.
Commando Cody contacts Clancy who clears them entering the area where his rocket ship is stored. He arrives at the rocket ship and has Clancy drive his car back to town as he, Ted, Dr. Varney and Lenato enter the rocket ship. They fly the rocket into the air and the venuscrine increases the rocket ship's speed. Commando Cody uses the dispersal ray to safely pass through the protective space dust. He notices the ejector valve for cooling the atomic pile system has been opened too much and the exhaust vapors have condensed and partially closed. He pulls the plug on the ejector to clear the vent and clears the system.
Lenato and Dr. Varney go to headquarters and kidnap Ted and Joan. They force Ted to radio Post Number 1 to let them into the area where the rocket ship-is stored. Lenato pulls a gun on Clancy and makes him get into the car. Joan turns on Ted's badge radio and Ted calls Commando Cody and tells him about Lenato and Dr. Varney stealing the rocket. One of the men who brought the uranium leaves in the car while Clancy, Joan and Ted are still inside of it. After they are rescued, Dr. Varney is arrested and Henderson tells Commando Cody, Joan and Ted that there will be plenty of more work for them.
During the events of Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, Season 1 Episode 3 Cosmic Vengeance played by William Schallert
Commando Cody, Joan, Ted, and Henderson listen to a transmission from The Ruler on the radio. Joan lists off coordinates to Commando Cody, who marks them on a map. Commando Cody tells Henderson that he believes The Ruler will increase his attacks. Henderson tells Commando Cody that he has been instructed by the Interplanetary Commission to assign Commando Cody the job of locating The Ruler and eliminating him. Commando Cody shows Ted and Joan an atomic ball that made it through the protective dust layer which would have paralyzed everyone in a 5 mile radius if not rendered harmless by radioactivity. He tells Joan to set up a triangulation station in the office, while Ted goes to high ground and Commando Cody flies around the area with a receiver in his fuel pack. Commando Cody triangulates the signal from the Grayburn Building at the corner of 8th and Main and Ted contacts the police.
Commando Cody tells Joan and Ted that they will join him in the rocket ship to Venus. Commando Cody, Joan and Ted take off in the rocket. As Ted is trying to disperse the cosmic dust, he notices something is wrong. The jet engines become plugged and Commando Cody and Ted go outside of the rocket to unplug the jet engines. They enter Venus' atmosphere and head for a mountain with metal contained in the Translubinal Berry Formula, Lubinium. They land the rocket near the mountain and Commando Cody puts on his fuel pack and flies to The Ruler's Lair. He contacts Ted and Joan and tells them to get the rocket ship ready. Commando Cody then uses the ray gun to melt the mountain where The Ruler is. A Venusian tank fires at the rocket ship, but Commando Cody manages to use his fuel pack to get back on the rocket ship and he, Joan and Ted escape. They then fly back to Earth.
During the events of Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, Season 1 Episode 4 Nightmare Typhoon played by William Schallert
Ted is said to have been transferred.