About

Known credits:
25
Birthday:
1917-12-22
Place of birth:
Plymouth, Iowa
Website:
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Ted Peshak

Overview

Ted Peshak was born Theodore Joseph Peshak on Dec. 22, 1917, in Plymouth, Iowa. He was the house director for Coronet Instructional Media, a major producer of the genre known as "classroom training films", in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the actors appearing in his films were his family, friends and neighbors from Libertyville, IL, where he lived.

He was trained as a journalist at the University of Iowa and was a photographer during his Army service during World War II, and also photographed and directed training films during his army hitch. After working at a variety of jobs, including an advertising agency, he went to work for Coronet as a director, his debut there being Shy Guy (1947) (its leading man was future Bewitched (1964) star Dick York). He eventually left Coronet and started his own company, Peshak Films, and directed industrial films for a variety of clients, including McDonald's and the American Health Care Association. He left the filmmaking business in the 1960s and became a successful real-estate developer in Illinois.

He died in Lake Forest, IL, on Oct. 9, 2006, of colon cancer.

Known for

Acting
1949 Our Living Constitution Actor Mr. Herndon N/A
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Directing
1952 Choosing Your Marriage Partner Directing Director N/A
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1952 Date Etiquette Directing Director N/A
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1951 Good Table Manners Directing Director 58
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1951 Make Your Own Decisions Directing Director N/A
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1951 What to Do on a Date Directing Director 58
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1951 Going Steady? Directing Director 58
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1951 Improve Your Personality Directing Director N/A
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1950 The Fun of Making Friends Directing Director N/A
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1950 How Do You Know It's Love? Directing Director 58
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1950 Good Sportsmanship Directing Director N/A
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1950 Understand Your Emotions Directing Director N/A
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1950 Developing Friendships Directing Director N/A
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1950 Appreciating Our Parents Directing Director 58
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1950 Earning Money While Going to School Directing Director N/A
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1950 Control Your Emotions Directing Director N/A
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1949 Act Your Age (Emotional Maturity) Directing Director 58
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1949 Choosing Your Occupation Directing Director N/A
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1949 Are You a Good Citizen? Directing Director N/A
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1949 Exercise and Health Directing Director N/A
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1948 Everyday Courtesy Directing Director 59
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1947 Shy Guy Directing Director 58
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1947 Are You Popular? Directing Director 58
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How Billy Keeps Clean Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1947 Are You Popular? Writing Writer 58
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