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Ted Peshak
Plymouth, Iowa
Ted Peshak was born Theodore Joseph Peshak on Dec. 22, 1917, in Plymouth, Iowa. He was the house director for Coronet Instructional Media, a major producer of the genre known as "…
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Ted Peshak was born Theodore Joseph Peshak on Dec. 22, 1917, in Plymouth, Iowa. He was the house director for Coronet Instructional Media, a major producer of the genre known as "classroom training films", in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the actors appearing in his films were his family, friends and neighbors from Libertyville, IL, where he lived. He was trained as a journalist at the University of Iowa and was a photographer during his Army service during World War II, and also photographed and directed training films during his army hitch. After working at a variety of jobs, including an advertising agency, he went to work for Coronet as a director, his debut there being Shy Guy (1947) (its leading man was future Bewitched (1964) star Dick York). He eventually left Coronet and started his own company, Peshak Films, and directed industrial films for a variety of clients, including McDonald's and the American Health Care Association. He left the filmmaking business in the 1960s and became a successful real-estate developer in Illinois. He died in Lake Forest, IL, on Oct. 9, 2006, of colon cancer.
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1952
Date Etiquette
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1952
Choosing Your Marriage Partner
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1951
Good Table Manners
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1951
Make Your Own Decisions
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1951
What to Do on a Date
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1951
Going Steady?
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1951
Improve Your Personality
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1950
How Do You Know It's Love?
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1950
Good Sportsmanship
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1950
The Fun of Making Friends
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1950
Understand Your Emotions
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1950
Developing Friendships
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1950
Appreciating Our Parents
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1950
Earning Money While Going to School
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1950
Control Your Emotions
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1949
Act Your Age (Emotional Maturity)
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1949
Choosing Your Occupation
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1949
Are You a Good Citizen?
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1949
Our Living Constitution
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1949
Exercise and Health
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1949
Family Life
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1948
Everyday Courtesy
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1947
Shy Guy
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1947
Are You Popular?
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How Billy Keeps Clean
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