Maury Dexter
Born: 1927-06-12 in Paris, Arkansas, USA
Died: 2017-05-28
Known For: Directing
Biography
Maury Dexter was an American film and television director and producer known for his work on low-budget films during the 1960s and his collaborations with television producer Michael Landon. He began his career as an actor, appearing in the Three Stooges short Uncivil War Birds (1946). Transitioning to directing and producing, Dexter worked on films such as The High Powered Rifle (1960) and Maryjane (1968). In television, he directed episodes of Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven, contributing significantly to their success.
Filmography
1991
- Us ... (Assistant Director)
1984
- Highway to Heaven ... (Assistant Director)
1976
- The Loneliest Runner ... (Assistant Director)
1974
- Little House on the Prairie ... (Director)
- Betrayal ... (Assistant Director)
1969
- Hell's Belles ... (Director)
1968
- The Mini-Skirt Mob ... (Director)
- Maryjane ... (Director)
- The Young Animals ... (Director)
1965
- Wild on the Beach ... (Director)
- Django the Condemned ... (Director)
- The Naked Brigade ... (Director)
1964
- Raiders from Beneath the Sea ... (Director)
- Surf Party ... (Producer)
1963
- House of the Damned ... (Director)
- Harbor Lights ... (Director)
- The Yellow Canary ... (Producer)
- The Day Mars Invaded Earth ... (Director)
- Police Nurse ... (Director)
- The Young Swingers ... (Director)
1962
- Young Guns of Texas ... (Director)
- Air Patrol ... (Director)
- The Firebrand ... (Director)
- Womanhunt ... (Director)
1961
- The Purple Hills ... (Director)
1960
- The High Powered Rifle ... (Director)
- The 3rd Voice ... (Producer)
- Walk Tall ... (Director)
1958
- Frontier Gun ... (Associate Producer)
1955
- A Life at Stake ... (Dialogue Coach)
1953
- I Led 3 Lives as Cpl. George Wharton
1946
- One Exciting Week as Jimmy Curtis