Biography
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 Lum...
Known For
Complete Filmography
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
2008
as Self
Documentary on the making of 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' (1970).
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001
as Self - Filmmaker
A retrospective look at the five Dirty Harry films (1971-88), starring Clint Eastwood.
4 Faces
2001
Director, Producer
A southern pastor under fire, a father with an addicted son, an SS man in South America and a holocaust survivor in four tales, portrayed by the same ...
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
as Self
He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster — later B...
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self
A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, f...
The Human Shield
1992
Director
The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save...
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
Thanks
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.
Stagecoach
1986
Director
Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife, a prostitute with a broken heart, a Mar...
Nightkill
1980
Director
The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit. When she tries to e...
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979
Director
A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up...
The Girls in the Office
1979
Director
A romantic comedy about four women employed by an ultra-modern Houston department store who discover that they must choose between love and a career.
Go Tell the Spartans
1978
Director
A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement finds similarities between their helpless struggle against the Vie...
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
Director
The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is o...
Whiffs
1975
Director
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig in its ...
Magnum Force
1973
Director
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When sha...
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
1973
as Self
Behind the scenes look at 'Magnum Force'.
The Harrad Experiment
1973
Director
At fictional Harrad College students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1962 book of the same name by Robert Rimmer, t...
The Baby
1973
Director
A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them ...
Sand Castles
1972
Director
A young man who dies in an auto accident returns from the dead to meet up with the young woman who tried to save him.
The Bravos
1972
Director
The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
Director
Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a ...
Five Desperate Women
1971
Director
Five young women find themselves at the mercy of a mysterious killer while vacationing on an isolated island.
Yuma
1971
Director
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new marshal (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman'...
Dr. Cook's Garden
1971
Director
A young doctor returns to his New England home town after a long absence. He visits with the town's kindly old physician, Dr. Cook, a man he has admir...
Night Slaves
1970
Director
A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of town every night... he seems to be the only one un...
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
Director
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
Hang 'em High
1968
Director
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his...
The Legend of Tom Dooley
1959
Director
Tom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over. The Command refuses to give them some slack for ...
The Peacemaker
1956
Director
A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranc...
White Corridors
1956
Director
As her friend suffers from a violent appendicitis attack, Ellen takes her to a London hospital in the dead of night. Despite the night nurse's reticen...
The Great Merlini
1951
Director
A magician is hired to prevent a jewel heist but the diamonds still disappear despite him being near them.
Emergency
N/A
Director
An armed man breaks into a family's home during a terrible thunderstorm. Aired on Oct 15, 1953 as Season 2, Episode 3 of The Ford Television Theatre.