Ingster was born in 1903 in Riga of what is now Latvia. He worked with Sergei Eisenstein in Russia before arriving in the United States in 1930. In the 1930's, he worked as a writer for several movies, among them The Story of Alexander Graham Bell. His directorial debut was in the 1940 classic "Stranger on the Third Floor," in which he was also a writer. Two of his other efforts were as contributing writer of the controversial 1943 propaganda film "Song of Russia" and writer-director of the 1949 comedy "The Judge Steps Out."

In the 1950's and 1960's, Ingster gravitated to television, where he produced episodes of various series, including 25 episodes of "Wagon Train," 18 episodes of "The Roaring 20's," 11 episodes of "Cheyenne," and 38 episodes of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."

Ingster was married at least four times: to Leni Stengel (m.1930), Wilma (m. 1938), Zita Perczel (m.1944 - d. 1954), and Christiane (nee Deleval, later Oshay) (m.1955-his death). By the latter marriage, he had a son, Michael (c.1962-). Ingster died in Woodland Hills California on August 7, 1978.

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Boris Ingster

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