Ted Tetzlaff
American cinematographer

Ted Tetzlaff

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American cinematographer
A.K.A.
Dale H. Tetzlaff
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
Film directorCinematographerFilm producer
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
3 June 1903(Los Angeles)
Death:
7 January 1995(Fort Baker)
Star sign:
Gemini
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Dale H. "Ted" Tetzlaff (3 June 1903, Los Angeles, California – 7 January 1995, Sausalito, California) was a noted Academy Award-nominated Hollywood cinematographer active in the 1930s and 1940s. He was particularly favored by the actress Carole Lombard, whom he photographed in 10 films.
After World War II service as a US Army Major he became a film director, and directed about a dozen films from 1947 to 1957, most notably the film noir classic The Window (1949).
His father was racecar driver and film stuntman Teddy Tetzlaff (1883–1929).

Selected filmography

As cinematographer
  • The Masked Angel (1928)
  • The Power of the Press (1928)
  • The Donovan Affair (1929)
  • Hurricane (1929)
  • The Younger Generation (1929)
  • Mexicali Rose (1929)
  • Soldiers and Women (1930)
  • Tol'able David (1930)
  • Men in Her Life (1931)
  • The Night Club Lady (1932)
  • Brief Moment (1933)
  • Child of Manhattan (1933)
  • Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
  • Fugitive Lovers (1934)
  • Rumba (1935)
  • Hands Across the Table (1935)
  • Paris in Spring (1935)
  • The Princess Comes Across (1936)
  • My Man Godfrey (1936)
  • Easy Living (1937)
  • Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
  • True Confession (1937)
  • Fools for Scandal (1938)
  • Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
  • Remember the Night (1940)
  • The Road to Zanzibar (1941)
  • I Married a Witch (1942)
  • The Lady is Willing (1942)
  • The Talk of the Town (1942) – Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography
  • You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
  • The More the Merrier (1943)
  • The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
  • Notorious (1946)
As director
  • World Premiere (1941)
  • Riffraff (1947)
  • Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
  • A Dangerous Profession (1949)
  • Johnny Allegro (1949)
  • The Window (1949)
  • The White Tower (1950)
  • The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1951)
  • Gambling House (1951)
  • Under the Gun (1951)
  • Terror on a Train (1952) (aka Time Bomb)
  • Son of Sinbad (1955)
  • Seven Wonders of the World (1956)
  • The Young Land (1959)