Ted Wilde

{{short description|American film director, screenwriter}}

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Ted Wilde ({{birth based on age as of date |36|1929|Dec|17|noage=1}} – December 17, 1929) was a comedy writer and director during the era of silent movies, though he also directed two talkies released in 1930. He was born in New York City. His initial career was as a member of Harold Lloyd's writing staff. His final film as a director was Clancy in Wall Street. He died of a stroke in Hollywood at the age of 36 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.{{cite news |title=Director Wilde finishes comedy, collapses, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-director-wilde-finishes-comed/127623170/ |work=Daily News |date=18 December 1929 |pages=640|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Rites for Ted Wilde, film director, held |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-rites-f/127624282/ |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=19 December 1929 |pages=5|via=Newspapers.com}}