Ted Haworth

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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)

Awards

Oscar

Best production design

Nominated:

Won:

  • 1958: Sayonara (with Robert Priestley)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c See Ted Haworth, 75, to Oscar-winning art director . In: The New York Times , February 22, 1993.
  2. ↑ "[...] 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
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