Ted Tetzlaff | |
Birth Name: | Dale Herbert Tetzlaff |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1903 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Death Place: | Sausalito, California, United States |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Film director, cinematographer |
Ted Dale Tetzlaff (born Dale Herbert Tetzlaff; June 3, 1903 – January 7, 1995) was an American Academy Award-nominated cinematographer active in the 1930s and 1940s.
Tetzlaff was particularly favored by the actress Carole Lombard, whom he photographed in 10 films.[1]
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, including the film noir classic The Window (1949).
His father was racecar driver and film stuntman Teddy Tetzlaff (1883–1929).