Maury Dexter

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 L. Lippert and American International Pictures.

Life and career Dexter was born in Paris, Arkansas, to William Henry and Emma (née Foster) Poindexter. He has three brothers, Foster, William Jr., and James.

A member of the Directors Guild of America since 1956, Dexter once directed 20 films in a year's time for 20th Century Fox. By the 1960s, he had his own production company, but the apex of his career came when he became a director for two highly successful NBC-TV series produced by actor Michael Landon, who co-created, starred in, and produced both Little House on the Prairie (1974–83) and Highway to Heaven (1984–89).

Death Dexter died in Simi Valley, California, at the age of 89.

Filmography Walk Tall (1960) The High Powered Rifle (1960) The Purple Hills (1961) Womanhunt (1962) Air Patrol (1962) The Firebrand (1962) Young Guns of Texas (1962) The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963) House of the Damned (1963) Police Nurse (1963) Harbor Lights (1963) The Young Swingers (1963) Surf Party (1964) Raiders from Beneath the Sea (1964) The Naked Brigade (1965) Wild on the Beach (1965) Django the Condemned (1965) Maryjane (1968) The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968) The Young Animals (1968) Hell's Belles (1969)