Ted Haworth

Edward S. Haworth (September 26, 1917 – February 18, 1993) was an American production designer and art director. Active from 1950 to 1992, he was the production designer or art director on more than 50 feature films. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Sayonara and was nominated for the same award for five other films: Marty (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959), Pepe (1960), The Longest Day (1962), and What a Way to Go! (1964).

Early years Haworth was born in Cleveland in 1917 and grew up in the suburb of Willoughby, Ohio. He attended the University of Southern California.

Art direction Haworth began working in the motion picture business as an illustrator, set designer, and assistant art director at Warner Brothers. Writing in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther touted Haworth's work on Sayonara as "handsome Japanese surroundings—outdoor gardens, graceful, sliding-paneled homes and delicate teahouses, shown in colors of exceptional taste and blend."

He was posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame in 2009.

Filmography

Southside 1-1000 (1950, production designer) Strangers on a Train (1951, art director) Escape from East Berlin (1962, production designer) The Longest Day (1962, art director for the American sequence) Ride the Wild Surf (1964, production designer) What a Way to Go! (1964, art director) Wild and Wonderful (1964, art director) The Glory Guys (1965, production designer) Maya (1966, art director) The Professionals (1966, art director) Seconds (1966, art director) The Way West (1967, art director) Half a Sixpence (1968, production designer) Villa Rides (1968, production designer) The Kremlin Letter (1970, production designer) The Beguiled (1971, production designer) The Getaway (1972, art director) Jeremiah Johnson (1972, art director) Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973, art director) Claudine (1974, production designer) Harry and Tonto (1974, art director) The Killer Elite (1975, production designer) The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (1976, production designer) Telefon (1977, production designer) Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978, production designer) Bloodline (1979, production designer) When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979, production designer) Rough Cut (1980, production designer) Carbon Copy (1981, production designer) Death Hunt (1981, production designer) Jinxed! (1982, production designer) Blame It on the Night (1984, production designer) The Legend of Billie Jean (1985, production designer) Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986, production designer) batteries not included (1987, production designer) Mr. Baseball (1992, production designer)