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Ted Butcher(1929-2013)

  • Production Manager
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Ted Butcher was born on 3 October 1929 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for M*A*S*H (1972), Mannix (1967) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He died on 26 November 2013 in Escondido, California, USA.
BornOctober 3, 1929
DiedNovember 26, 2013(84)
BornOctober 3, 1929
DiedNovember 26, 2013(84)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins total

Known for

Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, and Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H (1972)
M*A*S*H
8.5
TV Series
  • Production Manager
Mannix (1967)
Mannix
7.4
TV Series
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
The Time Tunnel (1966)
The Time Tunnel
7.5
TV Series
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
Mission: Impossible
7.9
TV Series
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director

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Production Manager



  • Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991)
    Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • unit production manager
    • 1991
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)
    The Diary of Anne Frank
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • production manager
    • 1980
  • Shaun Cassidy and Linda Purl in Like Normal People (1979)
    Like Normal People
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • production manager
    • 1979
  • Ring of Passion (1978)
    Ring of Passion
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1978
  • Melissa Gilbert in Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977)
    Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • unit production manager
    • 1977
  • Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, and Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H (1972)
    M*A*S*H
    8.5
    TV Series
    • unit production manager
    • 1973–1977
  • Roger Moore in Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
    Sherlock Holmes in New York
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • unit production manager
    • 1976
  • Karen (1975)
    Karen
    7.4
    TV Series
    • unit production manager
    • 1975
  • The Trial of Chaplain Jensen (1975)
    The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • unit production manager
    • 1975
  • Stu Gilliam and Hilly Hicks in Roll Out (1973)
    Roll Out
    7.2
    TV Series
    • unit production manager
    • 1973–1974
  • Terror on the Beach (1973)
    Terror on the Beach
    5.3
    TV Movie
    • unit production manager
    • 1973
  • Stefan Arngrim, Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, and Heather Young in Land of the Giants (1968)
    Land of the Giants
    7.1
    TV Series
    • unit production manager
    • 1968–1970
  • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Dick Tufeld, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
    Lost in Space
    7.3
    TV Series
    • unit production manager
    • 1967

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Bill Bixby in The Magician (1973)
    The Magician
    7.5
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1973
  • Mannix (1967)
    Mannix
    7.4
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1970–1973
  • Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
    Mission: Impossible
    7.9
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1968–1972
  • The Time Tunnel (1966)
    The Time Tunnel
    7.5
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1966
  • Peyton Place (1964)
    Peyton Place
    7.3
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1966
  • The Long, Hot Summer (1965)
    The Long, Hot Summer
    7.2
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1965–1966
  • James Franciscus in Mr. Novak (1963)
    Mr. Novak
    7.4
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1963–1965
  • Sam Benedict (1962)
    Sam Benedict
    7.7
    TV Series
    • assistant director (as Ted Butcher Jr.)
    • 1962–1963
  • Dr. Kildare (1961)
    Dr. Kildare
    7.0
    TV Series
    • assistant director (as Ted Butcher Jr.)
    • 1962
  • Dean Martin, Judy Holliday, and Jean Stapleton in Bells Are Ringing (1960)
    Bells Are Ringing
    6.9
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1960

Script and Continuity Department



  • The Subterraneans (1960)
    The Subterraneans
    5.0
    • script supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Red Buttons, Glenn Ford, and Taina Elg in Imitation General (1958)
    Imitation General
    6.5
    • script supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
    The Brothers Karamazov
    6.7
    • script supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1958

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Edward W. Butcher Jr.
  • Born
    • October 3, 1929
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • November 26, 2013
    • Escondido, California, USA(Undisclosed)

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