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Ted McCord is a Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 2 august 1900 at Sullivan County (USA)

Ted McCord

Ted McCord
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Birth name Thamer McCord
Nationality USA
Birth 2 august 1900 at Sullivan County (USA)
Death 19 january 1976 (at 75 years) at Glendale (USA)

Ted McCord (souvent crédité Ted D. McCord), né Thamer McCord le 2 août 1900 à Sullivan (Indiana), mort d'un cancer le 19 janvier 1976 à Glendale (Californie), est un directeur de la photographie américain, membre de l'ASC.

Biography

Au cinéma, Ted McCord débute comme chef opérateur sur Sacred and Profane Love (avec Conrad Nagel) de William Desmond Taylor, sorti en 1921. Au total, il dirige les prises de vues de cent-cinquante films américains (dont une quinzaine muets), le dernier sorti en 1966. L'avant-dernier, l'un de ses plus connus, est le film musical La Mélodie du bonheur (1965, avec Julie Andrews et Christopher Plummer) de Robert Wise, qu'il retrouve après Deux sur la balançoire (1962, avec Robert Mitchum et Shirley MacLaine). Ces deux réalisations de Robert Wise lui valent chacune une nomination à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie. Précédemment, il avait obtenu une autre nomination à cet Oscar, pour Johnny Belinda (1948, avec Jane Wyman et Lew Ayres) de Jean Negulesco — en tout, il travaille aux côtés de ce dernier sur treize films, à partir de 1940, dont dix courts métrages —.

Au cours de sa carrière, Ted McCord contribue à de nombreuses reprises au genre du western (dès la période du muet). Mentionnons Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre de John Huston (1948, avec Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt et Walter Huston), et La Colline des potences de Delmer Daves (1959, avec Gary Cooper et Maria Schell). Citons aussi Tombstone Canyon d'Alan James (1932), avec Ken Maynard, et L'Homme de Monterey de Mack V. Wright (1933), avec John Wayne, deux acteurs qu'il photographie dans d'autres westerns, le premier de 1928 à 1934, le second en 1932-1933.

Il collabore également avec les réalisateurs Michael Curtiz (dix films, dont La Femme aux chimères en 1950, avec Kirk Douglas et Lauren Bacall), Vincent Sherman (deux films, dont La Flamme du passé en 1951, avec Joan Crawford et Robert Young), Stuart Heisler (deux films, dont La Peur au ventre en 1955, avec Jack Palance et Shelley Winters), ou encore Elia Kazan (À l'est d'Éden en 1955, avec James Dean et Julie Harris), entre autres.

Signalons encore la participation de Ted McCord à Smog, film italien de Franco Rossi, tourné à Los Angeles et sorti en 1962, avec Enrico Maria Salerno, Annie Girardot et Renato Salvatori.

À la télévision enfin, il est directeur de la photographie sur cinq séries, entre 1956 et 1962.

Best films

The Sound of Music (1965)
(Director of Photography)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
(Director of Photography)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
(Director of Photography)
East of Eden (1955)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(17 films)
Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard
(6 films)
Jack Mower
Jack Mower
(15 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(13 films)
Slim Whitaker
Slim Whitaker
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ted McCord (74 films)

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Cameraman

A Fine Madness, 1h44
Directed by Irvin Kershner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about psychiatry
Actors Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal, Colleen Dewhurst, Clive Revill
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8000352.8000352.8000352.8000352.800035
Samson Shillitoe, a poet, lives in Greenwich Village with Rhoda, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles.
The Sound of Music, 2h54
Directed by Robert Wise, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Bill Lee, Bill Lee, Richard Haydn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating80% 4.047524.047524.047524.047524.04752
Maria is a free-spirited young Austrian woman studying to become a nun at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg in 1938. Her love of music and the mountains, her youthful enthusiasm and imagination, and her lack of discipline cause some concern among the nuns. The Mother Abbess, believing Maria would be happier outside the abbey, sends her to the villa of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp to be governess to his seven children—Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl. The Captain has been raising his children alone using strict military discipline following the death of his first wife. At first, the children treat Maria as they did their former governesses—playing tricks on her as a way of gaining their father's attention. Maria responds with kindness and patience, and soon the children come to trust and respect her.
Smog
Smog (1962)

Directed by Franco Rossi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Enrico Maria Salerno, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Len Lesser, Max Showalter, Howard Koch
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.656733.656733.656733.656733.65673
Two for the Seesaw, 1h59
Directed by Robert Wise, John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Elisabeth Fraser, Edmon Ryan, Eddie Firestone, Billy Gray
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2964553.2964553.2964553.2964553.296455
Jerry Ryan (Mitchum) is a lawyer from Nebraska who has recently separated from his wife. To get away from it all, he has moved to a shabby apartment in New York. He is struggling with the divorce, which has been filed but is not final, and takes long walks at night.
War Hunt
War Hunt (1962)
, 1h30
Directed by Denis Sanders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors John Saxon, Sydney Pollack, Tom Skerritt, Robert Redford, Gavin MacLeod, Charles Aidman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.100893.100893.100893.100893.10089
Near the end of the Korean War a new replacement, Private Loomis (Robert Redford) is assigned to an infantry company in the front line. He notices a quiet Private Endore (John Saxon) and is warned by others in the company not to speak to him. Once night falls, Loomis notices Endore in black face and dark clothing infiltrating enemy lines to gather information and spread terror amongst the enemy by killing enemy soldiers with his knife. Endore's odd ritual of drawing a circle around the body with his knife may indicate that he is, in fact, a serial killer. Company Commander Captain Pratt (Charles Aidman) lets Endore act independently.
Hero's Island, 1h34
Directed by Leslie Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors James Mason, Neville Brand, Rip Torn, Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Sampson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.7596152.7596152.7596152.7596152.759615
This script must be run from the command line
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1h47
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Eddie Hodges, Tony Randall, Neville Brand, Patty McCormack, Mickey Shaughnessy, Andy Devine
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.096243.096243.096243.096243.09624
In the pre-Civil War South Huck escapes his brutal, criminal father by taking to the Mississippi River with a fugitive slave Jim. They have several adventures on their way to attempt to gain Jim's freedom.
Private Property
Directed by Leslie Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Warren Oates, Corey Allen, Jerome Cowan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.338773.338773.338773.338773.33877
Duke et Boots, deux amis vagabonds, errent sur la côté californienne. Ils volent quelques boissons dans une station service et obligent un automobiliste à les prendre en stop. Duke propose alors à Boots, qui est vierge, de séduire pour lui une belle femme blonde qui conduit une autre voiture. Ils la suivent jusque chez elle et occupent la maison voisine, vide, afin de l'espionner.
The Hanging Tree, 1h47
Directed by Delmer Daves, Karl Malden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, George C. Scott, Virginia Gregg, Karl Swenson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5443153.5443153.5443153.5443153.544315
Joseph Frail—doctor (Gary Cooper), gambler, gunslinger—rides into small town of Skull Creek, Montana, with miners in a gold rush, looking to set up a doctor's office. He passes by the "hanging tree," an old oak with a thick branch over which has been slung a rope with a frayed end, presumably a former noose.
The Proud Rebel, 1h39
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance, Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger, David Ladd, Cecil Kellaway, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.4405053.4405053.4405053.4405053.440505
A former Confederate soldier, John Chandler (Alan Ladd) has come to an Illinois town with his 10-year-old son David (David Ladd) to see Dr. Enos Davis (Cecil Kellaway). The boy was struck mute after witnessing his mother's death in a fire, and hasn't spoken a word since. Davis recommends a doctor he knows in Minnesota.
The Helen Morgan Story, 1h58
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson, Gene Evans, Alan King, Cara Williams
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1468953.1468953.1468953.1468953.146895
Helen Morgan begins her career as a Chicago carnival dancer. She catches the eye of fast-talking, double-dealing Larry Maddux, whose promotion catapults her to fame as a Broadway performer in Show Boat and a headliner in her own nightclub.
The Girl He Left Behind, 1h43
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus, Murray Hamilton, Fredd Wayne
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.6081652.6081652.6081652.6081652.608165
Andy Schaeffer is a spoiled mama's boy who usually gets his way. He breezes through college while girlfriend Susan Daniels studies hard while also working at a job to pay for her education.
The Burning Hills, 1h34
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Skip Homeier, Eduard Franz, Claude Akins, Earl Holliman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.9035452.9035452.9035452.9035452.903545
When Trace Jordan's brother is murdered and several of their horses stolen, Trace sees by the tracks that three men are involved. One man was wearing Mexican spurs, one walked with a limp, and one smokes cheroots. Upon arriving in the town of Esperanza, Trace sees a destroyed sheriff's office and discovers the only law in Esperanza is Joe Sutton. He also discovers that the stolen horses have been rebranded with the Sutton brand, and their riders who match the description of their tracks work for Sutton. Trace enters Joe Sutton's (Ray Teal) ranch and wounds him in a shooting.
East of Eden, 1h55
Directed by Elia Kazan, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77% 3.8982053.8982053.8982053.8982053.898205
The story is set during 1917 and 1918, leading into American involvement in World War I, in the central California coastal towns of Monterey and Salinas. Cal (James Dean) and Aron (Richard Davalos) are the sons of a modestly successful farmer and wartime draft board chairman, Adam Trask (Raymond Massey). Cal is moody and embittered by his belief that his father favors Aron. Although both Cal and Aron had long been led to believe that their mother had died "and gone to heaven," the opening scene reveals Cal has apparently learned that his mother is still alive, owning and running a successful brothel in nearby Monterey.
I Died a Thousand Times, 1h35
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1965053.1965053.1965053.1965053.196505
Roy "Mad Dog" Earle (Jack Palance), an aging bank robber, intends to pull off one last heist before retiring.