L. Ted Coneybeare

Leo Howard "Ted" Coneybeare (March 1925 — 16 January 2012) was a Canadian television producer and educational consultant for acclaimed Canadian TV series Polka Dot Door, which he produced for TV Ontario from 1972 to 1984.

Early life and education He was born in a farming family to Howard and Evelyn (Bloom) in March 1925 at Essex County, Canada . He studied at Essex High School and received teacher training at London Normal School. He graduated from University of Western Ontario, Assumption College and the Ontario Department of Education Summer Schools. In 1952, he received his Bachelor of Science in Education from Wayne State University, Detroit with a major in Art Education.

Personal life Coneybeare married Raymond Snell at Toronto's Metropolitan Community Church in October 2007, after they had lived almost 40 years together. Snell died in 2010. Conybeare died two years later in 2012 at 86, after a long battle with cancer.

Awards Coneybeare is a recipient of several awards including a Gemini Award in 2010.