Ted Wilde ( – December 17, 1929) was a comedy writer and director during the era of

silent movies A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

, though he also directed two talkies released in 1930. He was born in

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. His initial career was as a member of

Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many Silent film, silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55. One of the most influent ...

's writing staff. His final film as a director was ''

Clancy in Wall Street ''Clancy in Wall Street'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film. It stars Charles Murray, who had made a number of films for Edward Small. It was also known as ''Clancy Caught Short'' and was described as the first comedy about the stock mar ...

''. He died of a stroke in Hollywood at the age of 36 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Awards

At the

1st Academy Awards The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and hosted by AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks, honored the best 1927 in film, films from 1 August 1927 to 1928 in film, 31 July 1928 a ...

on May 16, 1929, Wilde was nominated as Best Director of a Comedy Picture for the film ''

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'' but lost to

Lewis Milestone Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein (Russian: Лейб Мильштейн); September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was an American film director. Milestone directed '' Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) and '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1 ...

for ''

Two Arabian Knights ''Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) is an American silent comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring William Boyd, Mary Astor, and Louis Wolheim. The film was produced by Howard Hughes and was distributed by United Artists. The screenwr ...

''.

Filmography

* ''

The Battling Orioles ''Battling Orioles'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde and starring Glenn Tryon, Blanche Mehaffey, and John T. Prince.Munden p. 444 Plot When a young barber's girlfriend is effectively kidnapped by dis ...

'' (1924) * ''The Goofy Age'' (1924) * ''A Sailor Papa'' (1925) * ''

The Haunted Honeymoon ''The Haunted Honeymoon'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde, starring Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey, with Janet Gaynor in one of her first films. One of the first comedies to parody horror films, it w ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Kid Brother ''The Kid Brother'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent comedy film, comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It was successful and popular upon release and today is considered by critics and fans to be one of Lloyd's best films, integrating e ...

'' (1927) * ''

Babe Comes Home ''Babe Comes Home'' is a 1927 American silent sports comedy film produced and distributed through First National and directed by Ted Wilde. The film is a baseball-styled sports film centering on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson and was based on t ...

'' (1927) * ''

'' (1928) * ''

Loose Ankles ''Loose Ankles'' is a 1930 pre-Code romantic comedy with songs, produced and released by First National Pictures, which had become a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film was directed by Ted Wilde and stars Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., L ...

'' (1930) * ''

'' (1930)

References

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