Ted Wilde

{{short description|American film director, screenwriter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}} thumb|200px|right|From a 1926 publication '''Ted Wilde''' ({{birth based on age as of date |36|1929|Dec|17|noage=1}} – December 17, 1929) was an American comedy writer and director during the era of silent movies, though he also directed two talkies released in 1930. He was born in New York City. His initial career was as a member of Harold Lloyd's writing staff. His final film as a director was ''Clancy in Wall Street''. 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Director Wilde finishes comedy, collapses, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-director-wilde-finishes-comed/127623170/ |work=Daily News |date=December 18, 1929 |pages=640|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rites for Ted Wilde, film director, held |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-rites-f/127624282/ |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=December 19, 1929 |pages=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Awards== At the 1st Academy Awards on May 16, 1929, Wilde was nominated as Best Director of a Comedy Picture for the film ''Speedy'' but lost to Lewis Milestone for ''Two Arabian Knights''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1929|title=1st Academy Awards|date=October 8, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography== * ''The Battling Orioles'' (1924) * ''The Goofy Age'' (1924) * ''A Sailor Papa'' (1925) * ''The Haunted Honeymoon'' (1925) * ''The Kid Brother'' (1927) * ''Babe Comes Home'' (1927) * ''Speedy'' (1928) * ''Loose Ankles'' (1930) * ''Clancy in Wall Street'' (1930)

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== External links == *{{Wikisource author-inline}} * {{IMDb name|id=0928514|name=Ted Wilde}}

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