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.^[1][2]

Leo Howard Coneybeare or L. Ted Coneybeare
Born	March 1925 Essex County, Canada
Died	16 January 2012 (aged 86)
Education	B.S. Education
Alma mater	Wayne State University, Detroit
Occupations	Producer Teacher Educational Consultant
Years active	1972–1984
Awards	Gemini Award

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.^[2][3][4]

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.^[1]

Career

He enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War before taking up his first teaching job in a rural school in Windsor, and later adopted television production as his full-time occupation. As an educational supervisor, educator, and producer, he made over 400 television episodes.

Coneybeare retired in 1982, but produced 30 more episodes of Polka Dot Door as a consultant before leaving the show for good. He also created two other series, Guess What? with Jan Rubeš and Tell Me a Story.^[2][3][5]

Awards

Coneybeare is a recipient of several awards including a Gemini Award in 2010.^[1][2]