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Ted Post
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ted Post (born March 31, 1918 – August 20, 2013) was an American TV and film director. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he started his career in…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ted Post (born March 31, 1918 – August 20, 2013) was an American TV and film director. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he started his career in show business in 1938 working as an usher at Loew's Pitkin Theater. He abandoned plans to become an actor after training with Tamara Daykarhanova, and turned to directing summer theater. Ted Post taught Acting and Drama at New York's well-known High School of Performing Arts in 1950. He persuaded his friend, Sidney Lumet,to do likewise. Success in the theater led to work in television from the early 1950s. Post directed episodes of many well-known series including Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Wagon Train, Rawhide, The Twilight Zone, Columbo and 178 episodes of Peyton Place. He has also directed TV movies (including the original Cagney and Lacey movie-of-the-week, and also feature films, including Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Go Tell the Spartans, and two Clint Eastwood films Hang 'Em High and Magnum Force. Post directed the 2001-2002 Festival of the Arts at Bel-Air's University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ted Post, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2008
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
Movie Self
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2001
Dirty Harry: The Original
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2001
4 Faces
Movie Director
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1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Movie Self
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1994
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Movie Self
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1992
The Human Shield
Movie Director
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1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie Self
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1986
Stagecoach
Movie Director
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1981
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Movie Director
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1980
Nightkill
Movie Director
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1980
Beyond Westworld
TV show Director
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1980
B.A.D. Cats
TV show Director
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1979
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Movie Director
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1979
The Girls in the Office
Movie Director
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1978
Go Tell the Spartans
Movie Director
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1978
Good Guys Wear Black
Movie Director
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1977
Future Cop
TV show Director
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1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV show Director
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1976
Ark II
TV show Director
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1975
Whiffs
Movie Director
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1975
Baretta
TV show Director
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1973
Magnum Force
Movie Director
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1973
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Movie Self
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1973
The Harrad Experiment
Movie Director
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1973
The Baby
Movie Director
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1972
Sandcastles
Movie Director
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1972
The Bravos
Movie Director
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1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Movie Director
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1971
Five Desperate Women
Movie Director
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1971
Monty Nash
TV show Director
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1971
Columbo
TV show Director
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1971
Yuma
Movie Director
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1971
Dr. Cook's Garden
Movie Director
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1970
Night Slaves
Movie Director
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1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Movie Director
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1969
Bracken's World
TV show Director
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1968
Hang 'em High
Movie Director
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1964
Peyton Place
TV show Director
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1963
Channing
TV show Director
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1962
Combat!
TV show Director
