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name: "Ted McCord"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 August 1900"
died: "19 January 1976"
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average_over: 3
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# Ted McCord

## Identity

Ted McCord

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ted-d-mccord
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ted-d-mccord
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005792
- **TMDB ID:** 2760
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2399809
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_McCord_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2399809, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2760

Cinematographer. Born 2 August 1900 in Sullivan County, Indiana, USA. Died 19 January 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 August 1900, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 19 January 1976
- **Active:** 1948–1965
- **Also known as:** Ted D. McCord, Thamer McCord, T.D. McCord, Ted Mc Cord, Theo. McCord
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 83 (2), 1960s 86 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 1, Family 1, Music 1, Romance 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $291m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_McCord_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2399809, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2760

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Sound of Music*](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md) (86)

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## Biography

Ted McCord (born Thamer D. McCord) was an American cinematographer. Born on 2 August 1900 in Sullivan County, Indiana, he died on 19 January 1976 in Glendale, California.

He began his career as a camera assistant in 1917 and received his first cinematography credit on *Sacred and Profane Love* (1921). McCord worked extensively at Warner Bros. and served as a captain in the US Army Photographic Unit during the Second World War, filming in Berlin. He was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

McCord's credits include *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), *Johnny Belinda* (1948), *East of Eden* (1955), *The Hanging Tree* (1959) and *The Sound of Music* (1965). He received three Academy Award nominations for cinematography.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Sound of Music* (1965), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md)
- *Johnny Belinda* (1948), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md)
- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)

## Complete filmography (115)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Fine Madness* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Sound of Music* (1965), Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md)
- *Two for the Seesaw* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Smog* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Hero's Island* (1962), Director of Photography
- *War Hunt* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Private Property* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Hanging Tree* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Proud Rebel* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Helen Morgan Story* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Girl He Left Behind* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Burning Hills* (1956), Director of Photography
- *I Died a Thousand Times* (1955), Director of Photography
- *East of Eden* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Young at Heart* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Three Lives* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Operation Secret* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Cattle Town* (1952), Director of Photography
- *This Woman Is Dangerous* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Starlift* (1951), Director of Photography
- *I'll See You in My Dreams* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Force of Arms* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Goodbye, My Fancy* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Rocky Mountain* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Breaking Point* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Damned Don't Cry* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Young Man with a Horn* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Lady Takes a Sailor* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Flamingo Road* (1949), Director of Photography
- *June Bride* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Smart Girls Don't Talk* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Johnny Belinda* (1948), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md)
- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)
- *Deep Valley* (1947), Director of Photography
- *So You're Going on a Vacation* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Stan Kenton and His Orchestra* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Action in the North Atlantic* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The Rear Gunner* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The United States Navy Band* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The United States Service Bands* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Murder in the Big House* (1942), Director of Photography
- *I Was Framed* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Bullet Scars* (1942), Director of Photography
- *At the Stroke of Twelve* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Nine Lives Are Not Enough* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Highway West* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Singapore Woman* (1941), Director of Photography
- *The Case of the Black Parrot* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra* (1941), Director of Photography
- *She Couldn't Say No* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Father Is A Prince* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Ladies Must Live* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Murder in the Air* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Alice in Movieland* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Private Detective* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Code of the Secret Service* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Secret Service of the Air* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Sergeant Murphy* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Prairie Thunder* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Empty Holsters* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Blazing Sixes* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Land Beyond the Law* (1937), Cinematography
- *Guns of the Pecos* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Fugitive in the Sky* (1936), Director of Photography
- *California Mail* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Trailin' West* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Feud of the West* (1936), Director of Photography
- *The Rainmakers* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Honor of the Range* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Wheels of Destiny* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Gun Justice* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Fargo Express* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Strawberry Roan* (1933), Director of Photography
- *The Trail Drive* (1933), Director of Photography
- *The Fiddlin' Buckaroo* (1933), Director of Photography
- *The Man from Monterey* (1933), Director of Photography
- *King of the Arena* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Tombstone Canyon* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Between Fighting Men* (1932), Director of Photography
- *False Faces* (1932), Director of Photography
- *The Big Stampede* (1932), Editor
- *Come On, Tarzan* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Ride Him, Cowboy* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Beyond the Rockies* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Dynamite Ranch* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Ghost Valley* (1932), Cinematography
- *Carnival Boat* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Hell-Fire Austin* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Freighters of Destiny* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Sundown Trail* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Desert Vengeance* (1931), Cinematography
- *Fighting Thru* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Dawn Trail* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Shadow Ranch* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Sons of the Saddle* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Lone Rider* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Song of the Caballero* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Mountain Justice* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Fighting Legion* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Lucky Larkin* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Parade of the West* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Señor Americano* (1929), Director of Photography
- *The Wagon Master* (1929), Director of Photography
- *The Royal Rider* (1929), Director of Photography
- *The Phantom City* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Code of the Scarlet* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Upland Rider* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Canyon of Adventure* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Valley of the Giants* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Irene* (1926), Director of Photography
- *We Moderns* (1925), Director of Photography
- *The Marriage Whirl* (1925), Director of Photography
- *Sally* (1925), Director of Photography
- *So Big* (1924), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1966: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *The Sound of Music*
- 1963: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Two for the Seesaw*
- 1949: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Johnny Belinda*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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