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name: "Ted Post"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-post"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "31 March 1918"
died: "20 August 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-16T16:08:59.298323+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ted Post

Director. Born 31 March 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 August 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 31 March 1918, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 20 August 2013
- **Active:** 1959–1971
- **Works often with:** Boris Sagal, Jack Smight, Robert Butler, Walter Grauman

## Biography

Ted Post (31 March 1918 – 20 August 2013) was an American film and television director. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began his career in the theatre before directing for television from the early 1950s.

He directed episodes of many series, including *The Twilight Zone* (1959), *Gunsmoke* (1955), *Perry Mason* (1957), *Rawhide*, *Columbo* (1971) and 178 episodes of *Peyton Place*.

Post's feature films include the Clint Eastwood western *Hang 'Em High* (1968), the *Planet of the Apes* sequel *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), the *Dirty Harry* sequel *Magnum Force* (1973) and *Go Tell the Spartans* (1978).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), Director
- *Magnum Force* (1973), Director
- *Hang 'em High* (1968), Director
- *Perry Mason* (1957), Director
- *Combat!* (1962), Director
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), Director
- *Good Guys Wear Black* (1978), Director
- *The Baby* (1973), Director

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