John Chalmers Edwards Jr. (born September 16, 1944), known professionally as Michael Edwards, is an American actor and model. Edwards is the son of John Chalmers Edwards Sr. and Charlotte Caroline Anderson, a high school teacher. He has an older sister named Jeannie. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Pensacola, Florida. When he was six months old, his father left the family for a "buxom blonde Texas heiress". In 1962, Edwards enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and received his training at Parris Island. After his discharge from the service, he began his career as a model, appearing in TV commercials and magazine layouts. While modeling, he had a dialogue-free cameo in Play It as It Lays (1972) opposite Tuesday Weld. Edwards is pictured and interviewed in the book Male Model: The World Behind the Camera, published in 1979. Edwards' most prominent acting role was as Joan Crawford's lover Ted Gelber in the 1981 film Mommie Dearest with Faye Dunaway and Mara Hobel. He appeared briefly as "General John Connor" in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).