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Ted McCord, A.S.C.
McCord (left) filming Deep Valley, 1947
Born	Thamer D. McCord (1900-08-02)August 2, 1900 Sullivan County, Indiana, U.S.
Died	January 19, 1976(1976-01-19) (aged 75) Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1921–1966

Ted McCord, A.S.C. (August 2, 1900 – January 19, 1976) was an American cinematographer.

Biography

Born in Sullivan County, Indiana, McCord received three Academy Award nominations. The first two Johnny Belinda (1948) and Two for the Seesaw (1962) were for black-and white cinematography, and the third The Sound of Music (1965) was for color.

McCord died of cancer in Glendale, California at the age of 75. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Selected filmography

• Man From 1997 (1956 television anthology episode)

Oscar nominations

• 1966: Best Cinematography, Color for The Sound of Music
• 1963: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for Two for the Seesaw
• 1948: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for Johnny Belinda

References

1. Leemann, Sérgio. "Photographs of Ted McCord". A Certain Cinema. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
2. "Screenshots from The Sound of Music". Cinema Squid. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
3. "Ted McCord Biography". Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
4. Latimer, William (November 6, 1949). "Bogart—Sans Bacall". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 4.
5. "Ted McCord, Cameraman, Was Nominated for 3 Oscars" (PDF). The New York Times. January 26, 1976. p. 26.

External links

• Ted McCord at IMDb
• Ted McCord at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Ted McCord at the TCM Movie Database
• Ted McCord at AllMovie
• Ted McCord at Find a Grave

• 1900 births
• 1976 deaths
• People from Sullivan County, Indiana
• American cinematographers
• Deaths from cancer in California
• Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)