Dean Teaster

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Producer
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Dean Teaster was born on 31 August 1957 in Waynesville, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Wild Faith (2018), Best Years Gone (2021) and Ghost Town. He has been married to Dawn Marie since 11 July 2014.

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Awards
- 8 wins & 10 nominations

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Dean Teaster in Wild Faith as Preacher Collins. October 2016

The poor man cries with Jesus in "40 Nights".

Production Still - Death Scene of Digger the Undertaker

Dean Teaster in Figure in the Forest (2002)

Dean Teaster confronts Bill McKinney in Ghost Town the Movie

Preacher learns a life lesson in general store

Known for

Wild Faith

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Preacher Collins

2018

Jim Greulich, Anthony Hornus, Victoria Jackson, Terence Knox, Greg Mason, DJ Perry, Dean Teaster, Lana Wood, Dennis Therrian, Zoie Dye, Tessa Dye, Ian Griffin, Randy Spence, Shane Hagedorn, Nathaniel Nose, Robert Bradley, Melissa Anschutz, Erika Hoveland, Travis Hayward, and Karl Manke in Best Years Gone (2021)

Best Years Gone

4.3

Tinker

2021

Ghost Town

Director

Chasing the Star

3.2

Producer

2017

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Actor

Silent Night in Algona
- Kurt
- 2022
Best Years Gone
- Tinker
- 2021
Bigfoot, UFOs and Jesus
- Harrison Howard
- 2021
Lost Heart
- Harrison Howard
- 2020
MBF: Man's Best Friend
- Quinn Sawyer
- 2019
The Christ Slayer
- Felix
- 2019
Wild Faith
- Preacher Collins
- 2018
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- Burnham
- 2017
40 Nights
- The Poor Man
- 2016
Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys: Pedal to the Floor
- Video
- 2015
LeLe XO: Power
- Agent Cassio
- Music Video
- 2014
Ashes of Eden
- Pastor Roberts
- 2014
Standing Post
- Dying Man
- Short
- 2014
Donors
- Paul Mason
- 2014
Approaching Midnight
- Sheriff Thompson
- 2013

Producer

Silent Night in Algona
- associate producer
- 2022
Bestseller
- associate producer
- 2022
Best Years Gone
- associate producer
- 2021
Bigfoot, UFOs and Jesus
- associate producer
- 2021
Lost Heart
- associate producer
- 2020
MBF: Man's Best Friend
- associate producer
- 2019
The Christ Slayer
- associate producer
- 2019
Wild Faith
- associate producer
- 2018
Chasing the Star
- associate producer
- 2017
40 Nights
- associate producer
- 2016
Bestseller
- associate producer
- 2015
Ashes of Eden
- co-producer
- 2014
Outside the Wire: The Forgotten Children of Afghanistan
- associate producer (as Dean West)
- 2011
Right Next Door: Creating the World of Heaven's Neighbors
- executive producer
- Video
- 2010
Interviews Ghost Town: The Movie
- supervising producer (as Dean West)
- Video
- 2008

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Official site
- Dean Teaster Website
Alternative name
- Dean West
Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Born
- August 31, 1957
- Waynesville, North Carolina, USA
Spouse
- Dawn MarieJuly 11, 2014 - present
Other works
Appeared in an independent film by Arron Russman and Sarah Reck called "The Captain", as the Captain.
Publicity listings

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Gender / Gender identity
- Male

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Trivia
His father, Doyle Teaster, was one of the original famed gunfighters of "Ghost Town in the Sky" Wild West Show in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, from 1961 through 1967. He played the first "Digger the Undertaker," with Dan Blocker, Clu Gulager, Paul Fix, Burt Reynolds, Tony Dow, Gig Young, Frank McGrath, Donald May, and Peter Brown. Doyle also acted with a local named 'Herbert "Cowboy' Coward' who played "Grandpappy" in the same Wild West Show. In 1967, Dean (West) Teaster moved to Michigan with his family and immediately met and became friends with James O'Barr, who later created the The Crow (1994).

Dean Teaster's Ghost Town the Movie was made as a tribute to his father and his association with Ghost Town in the Sky in the early '60s. The movie is somewhat based on the legendary Smoky Mountain settler "Harmon Teaster", who is Dean's great,great, grandfather.