# Ted Wilde

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{{short description|American film director, screenwriter}}
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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](/source/silent_movies), though he also directed two talkies released in 1930. He was born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). His initial career was as a member of [Harold Lloyd](/source/Harold_Lloyd)'s writing staff. His final film as a director was ''[Clancy in Wall Street](/source/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](/source/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Glendale)) 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](/source/1st_Academy_Awards) on May 16, 1929, Wilde was nominated as [Best Director of a Comedy Picture](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Directing) for the film ''[Speedy](/source/Speedy_(film))'' but lost to [Lewis Milestone](/source/Lewis_Milestone) for ''[Two Arabian Knights](/source/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](/source/The_Battling_Orioles)'' (1924)
* ''The Goofy Age'' (1924)
* ''A Sailor Papa'' (1925)
* ''[The Haunted Honeymoon](/source/The_Haunted_Honeymoon)'' (1925)
* ''[The Kid Brother](/source/The_Kid_Brother)'' (1927)
* ''[Babe Comes Home](/source/Babe_Comes_Home)'' (1927)
* ''[Speedy](/source/Speedy_(film))'' (1928)
* ''[Loose Ankles](/source/Loose_Ankles)'' (1930)
* ''[Clancy in Wall Street](/source/Clancy_in_Wall_Street)'' (1930)

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0928514|name=Ted Wilde}}

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