RIP Maury Dexter

Ventura County Star

June 2, 2017

Maury Dexter died on 5/28/2017. Born Morris Gene Poindexter 6/12/1927 in Paris, Arkansas. Preceded in death by his mother Emma Foster Poindexter, father William Henry Poindexter and brothers Foster , William and James. He is survived by his niece Constance Durkin of Arkansas. A member of the Director's Guild since 1936, he once directed 20 films in a year's time for 20th Century Fox. By the 60's , he had his own production company, but the apex of his career came when he became a director for Michael Landon's "Little House on the Prairie" and " Highway to Heaven"

DEXTER, Maury (Morris Gene Poindexter)

Born: 6/12/1928, Paris, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Died: 5/28/2017, Simi Valley, California, U.S.A.

Maury Dexter’s westerns – producer, production manager, director, assistant director:

Frontier Gun – 1958 [assistant producer]

Lone Texas – 1959 [production manager]

Walk Tall – 1960 [producer]

The Purple Hills – 1961 [producer, director]

The Firebrand – 1962 [producer, director]

Young Guns of Texas – 1962 [producer, director]

The Outlaw of Red River – 1965 [director]

Little House on the Prairie (TV) – 1979-1983 [assistant director

Father Murphy (TV) – 1981-1983 [assistant director]

Little House: The Last Farewell (TV) – 1984 [assistant director]