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Ted D. McCord

Highest Rated: 100% The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Lowest Rated: 33% Two for the Seesaw (1962)

Birthday: Aug 2, 1900

Birthplace: Sullivan County, Indiana, USA

A 50-year veteran cinematographer whose work in Hollywood ultimately spanned many genres and was particularly notable for its use of outdoor locations. McCord began in film in 1917 at age 19 as an assistant to cinematographer James Van Trees. By the early 1920s he was on his own, photographing a number of comedies for First National starring pert flapper Colleen Moore, including "Flirting with Love" (1924) and "Irene" (1926), and occasional Moore dramas like "So Big" (1924). McCord also began working with the showman-like cowboy star Ken Maynard on such Westerns as "Canyon of Adventures" (1928). His picturesque rendering of the scenery of 1849 California won critical praise, and Maynard put McCord under contract. When Maynard moved to Universal in 1929, he took his cinematographer with him, setting a pattern for much of McCord's work over the next decade.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 93% The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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89% 78% Young at Heart
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86% 90% East of Eden
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83% 73% Young Man With a Horn
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83% 91% The Sound of Music
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83% 71% Flamingo Road
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67% 67% I'll See You in My Dreams
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60% 38% The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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33% 56% Two for the Seesaw
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33% 33% A Fine Madness
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Filmography

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A Fine Madness 33% 33% 1966 Cinematographer The Sound of Music 83% 91% 1965 Cinematographer Hero's Island 27% 1962 Cinematographer Two for the Seesaw 33% 56% 1962 Cinematographer War Hunt 42% 1962 Cinematographer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 60% 38% 1960 Cinematographer The Proud Rebel 66% 1958 Cinematographer The Girl He Left Behind 15% 1956 Cinematographer The Burning Hills 45% 1956 Cinematographer I Died a Thousand Times 62% 1955 Cinematographer East of Eden 86% 90% 1955 Cinematographer Young at Heart 89% 78% 1954 Cinematographer South Sea Woman 31% 1953 Cinematographer Operation Secret 1952 Cinematographer This Woman Is Dangerous 29% 1952 Cinematographer Stop, You're Killing Me 1952 Cinematographer Goodbye, My Fancy 32% 1951 Cinematographer I'll See You in My Dreams 67% 67% 1951 Cinematographer Young Man With a Horn 83% 73% 1950 Cinematographer Flamingo Road 83% 71% 1949 Cinematographer Smart Girls Don't Talk 1948 Cinematographer The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 100% 93% 1948 Cinematographer Action in the North Atlantic 72% 1943 Cinematographer The United States Army Band 1943 Cinematographer The Rear Gunner 1943 Cinematographer
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