Ted Haworth

Ted Haworth ( born September 26, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, † 18 February 1993 in Provo, Utah; actually Edward S. Haworth ) was an American production designer in film.

Life

Ted Haworth came in 1917 in Cleveland and grew up with his brother Joe and his sister Cathy in Willoughby, Ohio, on. He attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and worked in Hollywood, where he first worked as Setdekorateur and assistive Designer at Warner Brothers. In Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a train ( Strangers on a Train, 1951) he was first a so-called art director used. The following years he worked at various, mostly small production companies under the management of other important directors like William Wyler, John Huston, Billy Wilder and Sam Peckinpah. Over the years he has been a total of six nominations with other scene formers for the Oscar in the category Best Art Direction, among other things, for Delbert Mann's social study Marty (1955) and Wilder's legendary comedy Some Like it Hot ( Some Like It Hot, 1959). For Joshua Logan's Sayonara (1957 ) with Marlon Brando in the lead role, he was able to win the prize. The New York Times critic Bosley Crowther praised the " wonderful Japanese flavor " of the film, whose " gardens, paneled building and delicate tea houses are shown in very tasteful colors ".

Haworth marriages with Miriam Severy, Hallie and Anna Stagner Wackevitch each ended in divorce. His son Sean Haworth ( b. 1966 ) is also working as a Production Designer. Daughter Mary Haworth is an actress, daughter Jann acts as a painter and sculptor in England. Ted Haworth spent his last years in Sundance. He died in 1993 as a result of a car accident due to heart failure at Utah Valley Regional Hospital in Provo, Utah. His grave is located on the East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery local. In 2009, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Art Directors Guild.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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