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Peter Tewksbury | |
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| Born | (1923-03-21)March 21, 1923 |
| Died | February 20, 2003(2003-02-20) (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1954–1977 |
Henry Peter Tewksbury (March 21, 1923 – February 20, 2003) was an Americanfilm andtelevision director.
Born in Cleveland, he attendedDartmouth College but left to serve as aU.S. Armycaptain in thePacific duringWorld War II.[1]
Following the war, he then worked for radioKTIP inPorterville, California where he did almost every job at the station during a five-year stint. He also founded the Porterville Barn Theater in 1947 and becoming its director, and his reputation spread to Hollywood.[citation needed]
WhenFather Knows Best moved from radio to TV in 1954, he was hired to direct where he was awarded anEmmy Award about five years into the run of the program. He also produced and directed episodes of theJackie Cooper seriesThe People’s Choice.
In 1960 he directedMy Three Sons. He left after the first season and together with a writer of the show's episodes, James Leighton, created, produced and directedIt's a Man's World, a TV series aired from September 1962 to January 1963 that attracted a loyal following, but not sponsors.[2]
He directedSunday in New York withJane Fonda in 1963,Walt Disney'sEmil and the Detectives in 1964 and a pair ofElvis Presley movies ("Stay Away Joe" and "Trouble with Girls". Tewksbury collaborated withJ.D. Salinger on a film adaptation of the author's "For Esmé—with Love and Squalor", which was never produced after a casting dispute between the two men.[3]
Tewksbury directed severaltelevision pilots that morphed intomade for TV movies; many were directed by aMy Three Sons writer,A.J. Carothers.
He moved between Vermont and California, where he managed a ranch nearCambria, California. In Vermont, he worked as a farmer, a miller of wheat and the founding teacher of an alternative school in an abandoned one-room schoolhouse before becoming a cheese expert where he authoredThe Cheeses of Vermont: A Gourmet Guide to Vermont's Artisanal Cheesemakers[4] and became known as "Henry the Cheeseman", a legendary figure at the Brattleboro Food Co-op.
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