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Ted Tetzlaff

Dale H. "Ted" Tetzlaff (3 June 1903, in Los Angeles, California – 7 January 1995, in Sausalito, California) was an Academy Award-nominated Hollywood cinematographer active in the 1930s and 1940s.

Ted Tetzlaff

Dale H. Tetzlaff

(1903-06-03)June 3, 1903
Los Angeles, California, United States

January 7, 1995(1995-01-07) (aged 91)

Sausalito, California, United States

Career[edit]

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).

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