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March 31, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY
Biography:"Ted Post" started out as a stage director before turning to television, TV movies, and occasional feature films. Although not a stylist in any identifiable sense, Post has a way of choosing projects that occasionally allow him a notable flourish or two on screen, and has gotten to work with several notable actors at the outsets of their careers. His feature film debut, "The Peacemaker" (1956), was an unusual programmer about a gunslinger-turned-minister who tries to bring peace to a western town. "The Legend of Tom Dooley" (1959), which seems to have been built around the hit song by the Kingston Trio, was a post-Civil War drama about a rebel unwittingly turned outlaw, notable for its star, "Michael Landon", who was about to burst on the small screen as the star of "Bonanza". Post's next feature film nine years later, "Hang 'Em High", is probably his best movie, a western drama starring "Clint... Full Biography
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