Ted Wilde

Ted Wilde was a New York director and screenwriter. His professional career began in the 1920s with producer Hal Roach. After the success of Safety Last! (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1923), he began collaborating with Harold Lloyd that same year on the screenplay for Why Worry?, and in 1924 he directed his first comedy, Battling Orioles, written and produced by Roach. He was a screenwriter for films starring Lloyd such as Girl Shy (1924), The Freshman (1925) and For Heaven’s Sake (1926), before the actor and producer chose him to direct The Kid Brother (1927). In 1929 he was nominated for an Oscar as best director for Speedy and died suddenly that same year.

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