- Born
- Died
- Birth nameTheodore Ian Post
- Ted Post first began thinking about a career in show business in 1938, when he was working as a weekend usher at the Loew's Pitkin Theater in Brooklyn, New York, and getting so caught up in the movies that he would sometimes forget to escort the patrons to their seats. He received some acting training at the workshop of Tamara Daykarhanova, but later set aside the dream of becoming a performer and segued into directing summer theater. In the mid- to late 1940s, Post made a name for himself in the theater and then moved into the adventurous arena of early television.
He has since directed numerous segments of TV's top series (Gunsmoke (1955), Perry Mason (1957), The Twilight Zone (1959), Columbo (1971), and many more) and feature films ranging from Clint Eastwood's Hang 'Em High (1968) and Magnum Force (1973) to Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970). Returning to his theater roots, Post recently directed the 2001-02 Festival of the Arts at Bel-Air's University of Judaism.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tom Weaver <tomweavr@aol.com>
- SpouseThelma Feifel(1940 - August 20, 2013) (his death, 2 children)
- RelativesJosh Margolin(Grandchild)
- He frequently cast Tod Andrews.
- While in the army he wrote, produced and directed a popular musical revue show.
- Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Eye on Science Fiction" (McFarland & Co., 2003).
- Prior to his death, Ted Post was married to Thelma Fiefel for 72 years. Their grandson Josh Margolin became an actor, writer and director, helming the senior citizen action comedy Thelma (2024), starring June Squibb. In the film. Squibb plays Thelma Post, widowed wife of Ted Post, her husband of 71 years. Photos of the real-life Ted Post appear in the film as Squibb's late husband.
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