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Maury Dexter (born Morris Gene Poindexter; June 12, 1927 – May 28, 2017) was an American producer and director of film and TV. He worked several times for Robert Lippert and American International Pictures.
Maury Dexter. Director: The High Powered Rifle. Maury Dexter first entered the business as a teenage actor in The Three Stooges short, Uncivil War Birds (1946).
An unpretentious man who wanted to do things right when producing or directing a film, and who used to call himself a «farm boy from California», Maury Dexter was the most reliable man producer Robert L. Lippert had in his film company during the 1950s and 1960s.
Jun 16, 2023 · Maury Dexter was a film and television director and producer perhaps best remembered for his work on low-budget horror films during the early 1960s, as well as his long professional association with television legend Michael Landon.
May 28, 2017 · Maury Dexter June 12, 1927 — May 28, 2017 • 89 y.o. (97) Director Director
An interview with Maury appears in The Three Stooges Journal # 136 (Winter 2010). Turning to a career behind the camera, Maury was friends with Michael Landon and was the Asst. Director and Director for his TV series LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE and HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN.
Dexter directed a variety of independent films in his early directing career, including such titles as "The Purple Hills" (1961) with Gene Nelson, the Willard Parker crime...
