Ted Post
Born
Theodore Ian Post

(1918-03-31)March 31, 1918
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 20, 2013(2013-08-20) (aged 95)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film director
Television director
Spouse
Thelma Fiefel
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(m. 1940⁠–⁠2013)​
(his death)
Children2, including Robert C. Post

Theodore Ian Post (March 31, 1918 – August 20, 2013) was an American director of film and television.[1] Highly prolific, Post directed numerous episodes of well-known television series including Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and The Twilight Zone as well as blockbuster films such as Hang 'Em High, Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Magnum Force.

Biography

Early life and career

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Post started his career 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 theatre, where Post began his lengthy association in the director's chair. Upon returning home from his service with the U.S. Army's Special Services division in Italy during World War II,[2] he resumed his experience in theater and when the new medium of television was born, his career took off.

Post taught acting and drama at New York's High School of Performing Arts in 1950. He persuaded his friend Sidney Lumet to do likewise.

Television series

Success in the theater led to directorial work in television from the early 1950s, beginning with The Ford Television Theatre. Post directed episodes of many series, including Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Wagon Train, Rawhide, The Twilight Zone, Combat!, Columbo and 178 episodes of Peyton Place. He also directed TV films (including the original Cagney & Lacey film-of-the-week).

Films

He also directed feature films, including the second installment of the Planet of the Apes film series, Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Go Tell the Spartans (1978), Good Guys Wear Black (1978), starring Chuck Norris, and two Clint Eastwood films, Hang 'Em High, the movie which launched Clint Eastwood's career as a leading man in American pictures, and Magnum Force.[3]

Post directed the 2001–02 Festival of the Arts at the University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University).

Personal/Family life

Post married the former Thelma Fiefel in 1940. They had two children, one of whom is the law scholar and professor Robert Post.

Death

Post died at the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, California on August 20, 2013.[4]

Selected filmography

Film

TV movies

Television

Short films

  • The Return of Phileas Fogg (1957)

References

  1. ↑ "Ted Post". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14.
  2. ↑ Vitello, Paul (25 August 2013). "Ted Post, Director for Film and Television, Dies at 95". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Sayre, Nora (1973-12-26). "'Magnum Force': Police Story Is Sequel to 'Dirty Harry'". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ McLellan, Dennis (August 20, 2013). "Ted Post dies at 95; veteran TV and movie director". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
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