Ted Post

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Ted Post (born March 31, 1918 in Brooklyn , New York , † August 20, 2013 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American theater, film and television director.

Life

Post was born the son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine . From 1938 he worked in the theater sector. During the Second World War he served in the army, but also remained active here in the theater sector.

As a successful theater director, Ted Post switched to television in the early 1950s and, as a busy television director, staged numerous episodes of various television series such as the Armstrong Circle Theater and Waterfront . For the latter, Ted Post was nominated for an Emmy in 1955 .

He has also directed many of the Rauchende Colts and The Twilight Zone . One of Post's best-known films is Hang Him Up from 1968. In 1970 he directed Return to the Planet of the Apes , the first sequel to the classic Planet of the Apes . In 1973 he directed Dirty Harry II - Calahan was released. Despite these films, he always remained loyal to television and staged two episodes in the crime series Columbo : Columbo: Murder in the Embassy and Columbo: Blood Red Dust . His last directed film was released in 1999. His work includes participation in around 90 film and television productions.

Post taught acting and theatrical arts in the High School of Performing Arts (later known as Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Art) in the 1950s. In later years he also taught at the University of California, Los Angeles .

Post was married until the end of his life and had two children.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Ted Post in: Los Angeles Times