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John Peyser

 
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Birth Name: John H. Peyser
Date Of Birth: August 10, 1916 (Age 86)
Country Of Birth: USA
Birth Place: New York, New York
Date Of Death: August 16, 2002
Cause Of Death: natural causes

Mr. Peyser was considered one of the pioneers of television, although he excelled as a director and producer for the big screen, too. He got involved with TV in its early stages before World War II, he directed programs for the peacock network, NBC.
Mr Peyser graduated from Colgate University, he was born in New York and joined the army where he was commissioned to the Office of War Information.
When the war was over, John Peyser returned to the U.S. and entered CBS to direct some television programs of what somehow it is still considered the Golden Age of TV, obviously most of this work was live television. Among those programs he directed were "Studio One," "Prudential Theater," "The Frank Sinatra Show," "Danger," "Suspense," "Starlight Theater," "Crime Syndicate" and "Man Behind the Badge."
During the fifties, Mr. Peyser moved to California and there he worked as a contract director for several studios, supplying his art to great shows like "The Untouchables," "Perry

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Show: B.J. and the Bear (1979)• Supervising Producer
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Show: CHiPs (1977) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Finders Keepers 05x09 Nov/29/1981 As: Director
Show: 240-Robert (1979) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• First Loss 02x02 Mar/14/1981 As: Director
Show: Charlie's Angels (1976) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Taxi Angels 05x10 Feb/07/1981 As: Director
Show: Quincy, M.E. (1976) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• New Blood 05x18 Feb/28/1980 As: Director
Show: The American Girls (1978) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• A Crash Course in Survival 01x05 Oct/21/1978 As: Director
Show: Switch (1975) (Credited in 13 episodes from this show) 
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• The Siege at the Bouziki Bar 03x20 Aug/13/1978 As: Story
• Legend of the Macunas (2) 03x05 Oct/21/1977 As: Director
• Legend of the Macunas (1) 03x04 Oct/21/1977 As: Director
• Heritage of Death 02x24 Apr/03/1977 As: Director
• Portraits of Death 02x14 Jan/04/1977 As: Director
• The Argonaut Special 02x04 Oct/12/1976 As: Director
• Death Squad 01x24 Apr/06/1976 As: Director
• The Girl on the Golden Strip 01x22 Mar/16/1976 As: Director
• The Case of the Purloined Case 01x21 Mar/02/1976 As: Director
• Come Die with Me 01x17 Jan/27/1976 As: Director
• The Walking Bomb 01x15 Jan/06/1976 As: Director
• The Cold War Con 01x12 Dec/09/1975 As: Director
• The Cruise Ship Murders 01x09 Nov/11/1975 As: Director
Show: Black Sheep Squadron (1976) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• The Meatball Circus 01x08 Nov/09/1976 As: Director
• High Jinx 01x05 Oct/05/1976 As: Director
Show: Delvecchio (1976) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Thicker Than Water 01x08 Nov/07/1976 As: Director
Show: Shazam! (1974) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Sound of a Different Drummer 03x05 Oct/09/1976 As: Director
Show: Bronk (1975) (Credited in 4 episodes from this show) 
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• Crackback 01x11 Nov/30/1975 As: Director
• Bargain in Blood 01x09 Nov/16/1975 As: Director
• Terror 01x05 Oct/19/1975 As: Director
• The Gauntlet 01x03 Oct/05/1975 As: Director
Show: Swiss Family Robinson (US) (1975) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 

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• The Tiki 01x07 Oct/26/1975 As: Director
Show: Kate McShane (1975) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Publish or Perish 01x06 Oct/22/1975 As: Director
Show: Hawaii Five-O (1968) (Credited in 5 episodes from this show) 
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• 6,000 Deadly Tickets 07x24 Mar/25/1975 As: Director
• Hit Gun for Sale 07x21 Feb/25/1975 As: Director
• Ring of Life 07x18 Feb/04/1975 As: Director
• Steal Now -- Pay Later 07x04 Oct/01/1974 As: Director
• ... And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin 01x07 Nov/07/1968 As: Director
Show: Mannix (1967) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• Design for Dying 08x22 Mar/23/1975 As: Director
• Edge of the Web 08x16 Feb/02/1975 As: Director
Show: Movin' On (1974) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• Lifeline 01x04 Oct/03/1974 As: Director
• Roadblock 01x02 Sep/19/1974 As: Director
Show: Garrison's Gorillas (1967) (Credited in 3 episodes from this show) 
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• The Frame-Up 01x24 Feb/27/1968 As: Director
• The Death Sentence 01x19 Jan/16/1968 As: Director
• Thieves' Holiday 01x10 Nov/07/1967 As: Director
Show: The Rat Patrol (1966) (Credited in 10 episodes from this show) 
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• The Last Harbor Raid (3) 01x17 Jan/02/1967 As: Director, Story
• The Last Harbor Raid (2) 01x16 Dec/26/1966 As: Director, Story
• The Last Harbor Raid (1) 01x15 Dec/19/1966 As: Director, Story
• The Daredevil Rescue Raid 01x14 Dec/12/1966 As: Director
• The Lighthouse Raid 01x13 Dec/05/1966 As: Director
• The Moment of Truce Raid 01x10 Nov/14/1966 As: Director
• The Fatal Chase Raid 01x08 Oct/31/1966 As: Director
• The Do or Die Raid 01x06 Oct/17/1966 As: Director
• The Chain of Death Raid 01x05 Oct/10/1966 As: Director
• The Wildest Raid of All 01x03 Sep/26/1966 As: Director
Show: The Legend of Jesse James (1965) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Hunted and the Hunters 01x30 Apr/11/1966 As: Director
Show: The Long Hot Summer (1965) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Intruders 01x19 Feb/02/1966 As: Director
Show: Combat! (1962) (Credited in 27 episodes from this show) 
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• The Mockingbird 04x17 Jan/04/1966 As: Director
• The Raider 04x16 Dec/28/1965 As: Director
• Breakout 04x14 Dec/14/1965 As: Director
• Evasion 04x06 Oct/19/1965 As: Director
• The Farmer 04x05 Oct/12/1965 As: Director
• S.I.W. 04x03 Sep/28/1965 As: Director
• Beneath the Ashes 03x32 Apr/27/1965 As: Director
• Heritage 03x30 Apr/13/1965 As: Director
• The Hell Machine 03x28 Mar/30/1965 As: Director
• The Long Wait 03x25 Mar/09/1965 As: Director
• A Walk With an Eagle 03x24 Mar/02/1965 As: Director
• The Steeple 03x21 Feb/09/1965 As: Director
• The Enemy 03x16 Jan/05/1965 As: Director
• Birthday Cake 03x15 Dec/29/1964 As: Director
• Operation Fly Trap 03x07 Oct/27/1964 As: Director
• The Duel 03x04 Oct/06/1964 As: Director
• Vendetta 03x02 Sep/22/1964 As: Director
• Infant of Prague 02x31 Apr/14/1964 As: Director
• What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (2) 02x26 Mar/10/1964 As: Director
• What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (1) 02x25 Mar/03/1964 As: Director
• Counter-Punch 02x22 Feb/11/1964 As: Director
• Gideon's Army 02x16 Dec/31/1963 As: Director
• The Party 02x15 Dec/24/1963 As: Director
• Thunder from the Hill 02x14 Dec/17/1963 As: Director
• A Distant Drum 02x10 Nov/19/1963 As: Director
• The Little Jewel 02x09 Nov/12/1963 As: Director
• Masquerade 02x03 Oct/01/1963 As: Director
Show: Honey West (1965) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• A Stitch in Crime 01x11 Nov/26/1965 As: Director
• Whatever Lola Wants.... 01x06 Oct/22/1965 As: Director
Show: Burke's Law (1963) (1963) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• Deadlier Than the Male 03x10 Nov/17/1965 As: Director
• The Prisoners of Mr. Sin 03x07 Oct/27/1965 As: Director
Show: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• The Dove Affair 01x12 Dec/15/1964 As: Director
• The Green Opal Affair 01x06 Oct/27/1964 As: Director
Show: Route 66 (1960) (1960) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Is it True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake? 04x14 Jan/10/1964 As: Director
Show: The Virginian (1962) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Ride a Dark Trail 02x01 Sep/18/1963 As: Director
Show: The Eleventh Hour (US) (1962) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• A Medicine Man in This Day and Age? 01x29 May/01/1963 As: Director
Show: General Electric True (1962) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Nitro 01x29 Apr/28/1963 As: Director
Show: The Wide Country (1962) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Girl from Nob Hill 01x25 Mar/28/1963 As: Director
Show: The Nurses (1962) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Perfect Nurse 01x21 Feb/28/1963 As: Director
Show: Saints and Sinners (1962) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Home-Coming Bit 01x14 Jan/07/1963 As: Director
Show: The Dick Powell Show (1961) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Sea Witch 02x05 Oct/23/1962 As: Director
Show: Naked City (1958) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Idylls of a Running Back 04x02 Sep/26/1962 As: Director
Show: Cain's Hundred (1961) (Credited in 11 episodes from this show) 
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• The Quick Brown Fox 01x30 May/15/1962 As: Director
• Woman of Silure 01x28 Apr/24/1962 As: Director
• Inside Track 01x26 Apr/10/1962 As: Director
• Savage in Darkness 01x24 Mar/27/1962 As: Director
• The Cost of Living 01x23 Mar/20/1962 As: Director
• Blues for a Junkman 01x21 Feb/20/1962 As: Director
• The Manipulator 01x18 Jan/30/1962 As: Director
• The Debasers 01x16 Jan/16/1962 As: Director
• Cain's Final Judgement 01x13 Dec/19/1961 As: Director
• In the Balance 01x10 Nov/28/1961 As: Director
• Blue Water, White Beach 01x03 Oct/03/1961 As: Director
Show: Bonanza (1959) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Lady from Baltimore 03x17 Jan/14/1962 As: Director
Show: Target: The Corruptors (1961) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• A Man is Waiting to Be Murdered 01x15 Jan/05/1962 As: Director
• The Poppy Vendor 01x05 Oct/27/1961 As: Director
Show: Perry Mason (1957) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• The Case of the Misguided Missile 04x25 May/06/1961 As: Director
• The Case of the Difficult Detour 04x21 Mar/25/1961 As: Director
Show: The Untouchables (1959) (1959) (Credited in 9 episodes from this show) 
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• The Jamaica Ginger Story 02x16 Feb/02/1961 As: Director
• The Big Train (2) 02x13 Jan/12/1961 As: Director
• The Big Train (1) 02x12 Jan/05/1961 As: Director
• The Otto Frick Story 02x10 Dec/22/1960 As: Director
• Kiss of Death Girl 02x08 Dec/08/1960 As: Director
• The Waxey Gordon Story 02x04 Nov/10/1960 As: Director
• Three Thousand Suspects 01x23 Mar/24/1960 As: Director
• Little Egypt 01x18 Feb/11/1960 As: Director
• The Empty Chair 01x01 Oct/15/1959 As: Director
Show: Adventures in Paradise (1959) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• The Good Killing 02x16 Jan/30/1961 As: Director
Show: Hong Kong (1960) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• To Catch a Star 01x10 Nov/30/1960 As: Director
Show: Law of the Plainsman (1959) (Credited in 5 episodes from this show) 
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• The Show-Off 01x24 Mar/17/1960 As: Director
• Common Ground 01x20 Feb/11/1960 As: Director
• The Comet 01x17 Jan/21/1960 As: Director
• Clear Title 01x12 Dec/17/1959 As: Director
• Appointment in Santa Fe 01x08 Nov/19/1959 As: Director
Show: The Rifleman (1958) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• A Case of Identity 02x17 Jan/19/1960 As: Director
Show: The Millionaire (1955) (Credited in 10 episodes from this show) 
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• Millionaire Lorraine Daggett 06x03 Sep/30/1959 As: Director
• Millionaire Emily Baker 05x20 Feb/04/1959 As: Director
• Ralph the Cat 05x09 Oct/29/1958 As: Director
• Millionaire Martin Scott 05x06 Oct/08/1958 As: Director
• Millionaire Betty Hawley 05x01 Sep/03/1958 As: Director
• Millionaire Jack Garrison 04x33 May/14/1958 As: Director
• The Story of the Thorne Sisters 04x29 Apr/16/1958 As: Director
• Millionaire John Richards 04x22 Feb/26/1958 As: Director
• Millionaire Michael Holm 04x20 Feb/05/1958 As: Director
• Millionaire Ruth Ferris 04x07 Oct/30/1957 As: Director
Show: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) (Credited in 3 episodes from this show) 
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• Two for Paradise 03x10 Apr/19/1959 As: Director
• Marineland Mystery 03x08 Apr/05/1959 As: Director
• Pack Rat 03x02 Feb/22/1959 As: Director
Show: Behind Closed Doors (1958) (Credited in 16 episodes from this show) 
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• Assignment Prague 01x26 Apr/09/1959 As: Director
• The Antidote 01x25 Apr/02/1959 As: Director
• Double Agent 01x24 Mar/26/1959 As: Director
• The Gamble 01x23 Mar/19/1959 As: Director
• Mightier Than the Sword 01x22 Mar/12/1959 As: Director
• The Meeting 01x21 Mar/05/1959 As: Director
• The Geneva Story 01x20 Feb/26/1959 As: Director
• The Quemoy Story 01x18 Feb/12/1959 As: Director
• The Alkaloid Angle 01x15 Jan/22/1959 As: Director
• The Germany Story 01x14 Jan/08/1959 As: Director
• The Middle East Story 01x11 Dec/18/1958 As: Director
• The Enemy on the Flank 01x09 Dec/04/1958 As: Director
• It Was Learned on High Authority 01x08 Nov/27/1958 As: Director
• The Nike Story 01x07 Nov/13/1958 As: Director
• Man in the Moon 01x06 Nov/06/1958 As: Director
• Trouble in Test Cell 10 01x05 Oct/30/1958 As: Director
Show: M Squad (1957) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Family Portrait 01x13 Dec/20/1957 As: Director
Show: The Crusader (1955) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
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• Innocent Bystander 02x03 Oct/19/1956 As: Director
Show: Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• One Good Turn 01x24 Mar/08/1956 As: Director
• Justice at Goneaway Creek 01x20 Feb/09/1956 As: Director
Show: Casablanca (1955) (1955) (Credited in 2 episodes from this show) 
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• Fateful Night 01x06 Jan/10/1956 As: Director
• Hand of Fate 01x04 Nov/29/1955 As: Director
Show: The Man Behind The Badge (1953) (Credited in 3 episodes from this show) 
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• The Case of the Hunted Hobo 02x33 Aug/20/1955 As: Director
• The Case of the Capital Crime 02x17 Apr/30/1955 As: Director
• The Case of the Priceless Passport 02x08 Feb/26/1955 As: Director
Show: Danger (1950) (Credited in 3 episodes from this show) 
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• Five Minutes to Die 03x48 Sep/15/1953 As: Director
• Death Is My Neighbor 03x45 Aug/25/1953 As: Director
• Cokkle's Tour 03x43 Aug/11/1953 As: Director
Show: Studio One (1948) (Credited in 8 episodes from this show) 
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• Summer Had Better Be Good 03x53 Aug/27/1951 As: Director
• The Rabbit 03x51 Aug/13/1951 As: Director
• Tremolo 03x48 Jul/23/1951 As: Director
• Nightfall 03x46 Jul/09/1951 As: Director
• Lonely Boy 03x44 Jun/25/1951 As: Director
• The Spectre of Alexander Wolff 03x07 Oct/09/1950 As: Director
• Away from It All 03x05 Sep/25/1950 As: Director
• Mist with the Tamara Geba 03x03 Sep/11/1950 As: Director
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John Peyser worked in 176 episodes from 51 different TV shows
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