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Ted Mapes (November 25, 1901 – September 9, 1984) was an American character actor, who was also a prolific stuntman and body double. Born on November 25, 1901, in St. Edward, Nebraska, he moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s, and entered the film industry in 1929, first as a grip, and then as a stuntman and actor.
Ted Mapes. Actor: The Monster and the Ape. Ted Mapes was born on a Nebraska wheat ranch. His father, John H. Mapes, also had cattle, horses, and mules. When Ted was in his 20s, he traveled west to California, where he worked driving a truck in the Signal Hills oil fields near Long Beach, then a moving van for a Los Angeles company.
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- St. Edward, Nebraska, USA
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- Burbank, California, USA
Ted Mapes. Actor: The Monster and the Ape. Ted Mapes was born on a Nebraska wheat ranch. His father, John H. Mapes, also had cattle, horses, and mules. When Ted was in his 20s, he traveled west to California, where he worked driving a truck in the Signal Hills oil fields near Long Beach, then a moving van for a Los Angeles company.
- November 25, 1901
- September 9, 1984
Ted Mapes was an American character actor, who was also a prolific stuntman and body double. Born on November 25, 1901, in St. Edward, Nebraska, he moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s, and entered the film industry in 1929, first as a grip, and then as a stuntman and actor.
Ted Mapes. by Neil Summers. Stuntman Ted Mapes worked in the halcyon days of Hollywood when film-making was fun and adventurous. Ted was born in St. Edward, NE, November 25, 1901, and grew up on his father's wheat farm where they also ran a small herd of 75 to 100 head of cattle.
Learn about Ted Mapes, a stuntman who doubled for stars like Charles Starrett, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper and James Stewart in hundreds of films and serials. He also worked as a grip, a monitor and a farmer in his long career.
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