Ted Haworth
Ted Haworth (born September 26, 1917 in Cleveland , Ohio , † February 18, 1993 in Provo , Utah ; actually Edward S. Haworth ) was an American production designer for films.
Life
Ted Haworth was born in Cleveland in 1917 and grew up in Willoughby, Ohio, with his brother Joe and sister Cathy. He attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and then worked in Hollywood , where he initially worked as an outfitter and assistant production designer at Warner Brothers . In Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Stranger on the Train (1951) he was first used as a so-called art director . In the following years he worked for various, mostly small production companies under the direction of other important directors such as William Wyler , John Huston , Billy Wilder and Sam Peckinpah as a film architect. Over the years he and other production designers have been nominated a total of six times for an Oscar in the Best Production Design category, including Delbert Mann's social study Marty (1955) and Wilder's legendary comedy Some Like It Hot (1959). He won the award for Joshua Logan's Sayonara (1957) with Marlon Brando in the lead role. The New York Times critic Bosley Crowther praised the “wonderful Japanese flair” of the film, whose “gardens, paneled buildings and filigree teahouses are shown in extremely tasteful colors”.
Haworth's marriages to Miriam Severy, Hallie Stagner and Anna Wackevitch each ended in divorce. His son Sean Haworth (* 1966) also works as a production designer. Daughter Maria Haworth is an actress, daughter Jann works as a painter and sculptor in England . Ted Haworth spent his final years at Sundance . He died of heart failure in a car accident in 1993 at the Utah Valley Regional Hospital in Provo , Utah . His grave is in the local East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery. In 2009 he was inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame.
Filmography (selection)
- 1951: Strangers on a train ( Strangers on a Train ) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1952: Mutiny on the Pirate Ship ( Mutiny ) - Director: Edward Dmytryk
- 1953: Ich confess ( I Confess ) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1954: White Ruler of Tonga ( His Majesty O'Keefe ) - Directed by Byron Haskin
- 1955: Marty - Director: Delbert Mann
- 1955: The Kentuckian ( The Kentuckian ) - Director: Burt Lancaster
- 1956: The Demonischen ( Invasion of the Body Snatchers ) - Director: Don Siegel
- 1956: Persuasion ( Friendly Persuasion ) - Director: William Wyler
- 1957: Whom the Stars Shine ( Four Girls in Town ) - Director: Jack Sher
- 1957: The bachelor party ( The Bachelor Party ) - Director: Delbert Mann
- 1957: Sayonara - Director: Joshua Logan
- 1958: The Goddess ( The Goddess ) - Director: John Cromwell
- 1958: The Naked and the Dead ( The Naked and the Dead ) - Director: Raoul Walsh
- 1959: Some Like It Hot ( Some Like It Hot ) - Director: Billy Wilder
- 1959: In the middle of the night ( Middle of the Night ) - Director: Delbert Mann
- 1960: who was the lady? ( Who Was That Lady? ) - Director: George Sidney
- 1960: Pepe - What can the world cost ( Pepe ) - Director: George Sidney
- 1961: The Outsider - Director: Delbert Mann
- 1962: The Longest Day ( The Longest Day ) - Director: u. a. Ken Annakin
- 1962: Tunnel 28 - Director: Robert Siodmak
- 1964: Monsieur Cognac ( Wild and Wonderful ) - Director: Michael Anderson
- 1964: Always with someone else ( What a Way to Go! ) - Director: J. Lee Thompson
- 1965: The Glory Guys ( The Glory Guys ) - Director: Arnold Laven
- 1966: Danger in the Valley of the Tigers ( Maya ) - Director: John Berry
- 1966: The Man Who Lived Twice ( Seconds ) - Director: John Frankenheimer
- 1966: The Feared Four ( The Professionals ) - Director: Richard Brooks
- 1967: The Way West ( The Way West ) - Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
- 1968: Pancho Villa Rides ( Villa Rides ) - Director: Buzz Kulik
- 1970: The letter to the Kremlin ( The Kremlin Letter ) - Director: John Huston
- 1971: Betrayed ( The Beguiled ) - Director: Don Siegel
- 1972: Jeremiah Johnson - Director: Sydney Pollack
- 1972: Junior Bonner - Director: Sam Peckinpah
- 1972: Getaway ( The Getaway ) - Director: Sam Peckinpah
- 1973: Pat Garrett chases Billy the Kid ( Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ) - directed by Sam Peckinpah
- 1974: Harry and Tonto ( Harry and Tonto ) - Director: Paul Mazursky
- 1975: The Killer Elite ( The Killer Elite ) - Director: Sam Peckinpah
- 1976: The Way of All Flesh ( The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea ) - Director: Lewis John Carlino
- 1977: Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz ( Cross of Iron ) - Director: Sam Peckinpah
- 1977: Telephone - Director: Don Siegel
- 1979: blood trail ( Bloodline ) - Director: Terence Young
- 1981: A Man Becomes a Beast ( Death Hunt ) - Director: Peter R. Hunt
- 1985: The Legend of Billie ( The Legend of Billie Jean ) - Director: Matthew Robbins
- 1986: Poltergeist II - The Other Side ( Poltergeist II: The Other Side ) - Director: Brian Gibson
- 1987: The Miracle on 8th Street ( * batteries not included ) - Director: Matthew Robbins
- 1992: Mr. Baseball - Director: Fred Schepisi
Awards
Oscar
Nominated:
- 1956: Marty (with Walter M. Simonds , Robert Priestley )
- 1960: Some like it hot (with Edward G. Boyle )
- 1961: Pepe - What can the world cost (together with William Kiernan )
- 1963: The longest day (together with Léon Barsacq , Vincent Korda , Gabriel Béchir )
- 1965: Always with someone else (together with Jack Martin Smith , Walter M. Scott , Stuart A. Reiss )
Won:
- 1958: Sayonara (with Robert Priestley)
Web links
- Ted Haworth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ted Haworth on adg.org (Art Directors Guild)
- Ted Haworth in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c See Ted Haworth, 75, to Oscar-winning art director . In: The New York Times , February 22, 1993.
- ↑ "[...] handsome Japanese surroundings - outdoor gardens, graceful, sliding-paneled homes and delicate teahouses, shown in colors of exceptional taste." Bosley Crowther cited. after Ted Haworth, 75, to Oscar-winning art director . In: The New York Times , February 22, 1993.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Haworth, Ted |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haworth, Edward S. (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American production designer for a film |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1917 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio |
DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1993 |
Place of death | Provo , Utah |