Ted Hartley is an American retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot, investment banker, actor, film and stage producer, and CEO of RKO Pictures.

As a Navy officer, Hartley had tours as a congressional liaison for the Pentagon, as a Presidential aide, as well as a carrier-based fighter pilot.

Hartley had featured roles in films with Cary Grant, Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood, and then in the late 1970s was cast in the series Chopper One (on ABC), about helicopter flying police officers.

The series was short lived, and thereafter Hartley moved to Aspen, Colorado, where he volunteered as the Managing Artistic Director at a local theater, and then turned to commodity trading full-time.

[2] In 2013, Hartley was elected chairman of the board of Orbis International, a nonprofit eye-healthcare organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide that he has been involved with since 2010.