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Ted D. McCord

Ted D. McCord

Cinematographer · Died January 19, 1976, aged 75 · Sullivan County, Indiana, USA

Born
August 2, 1900
Died
January 19, 1976 (aged 75)
From
Sullivan County, Indiana, USA
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 120 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 15% in 30 days

What are Ted D. McCord's films like?

Across their 50 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Western2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Western movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
29%
Bonds
25%
Self
15%
Power
13%
Survival
11%
Ideas
4%
Society
3%
Justice17 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 50 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 26 · Serious 8 · Dark 16

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 32 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 32 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 18 · Shifting 30 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 22 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 28 · Relentless 6

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 32 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 27 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 40 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Thrilling
15
Melancholic
15
Romantic
15
Warm
10
Other
43

How their films linger

Feel-good20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy24
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ted D. McCord's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ted D. McCord's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

120 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page.

  • A Fine Madness(1966)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Sound of Music(1965)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Two for the Seesaw(1962)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Smog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Cinematographer

  • Hero's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Cinematographer

  • War Hunt(1962)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1960)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Private Property(1960)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Hanging Tree(1959)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Proud Rebel(1958)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Helen Morgan Story(1957)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Girl He Left Behind(1956)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Burning Hills(1956)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • I Died a Thousand Times(1955)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • East of Eden(1955)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Young at Heart(1954)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Three Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Cinematographer

  • South Sea Woman(1953)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Operation Secret(1952)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Cattle Town(1952)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • This Woman Is Dangerous(1952)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Stop, You're Killing Me(1952)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Starlift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Cinematographer

  • I'll See You in My Dreams(1951)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Force of Arms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Cinematographer

  • Goodbye, My Fancy(1951)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Rocky Mountain(1950)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Breaking Point(1950)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Damned Don't Cry(1950)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Young Man with a Horn(1950)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Lady Takes a Sailor(1949)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Flamingo Road(1949)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • June Bride(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Smart Girls Don't Talk(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Johnny Belinda(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Deep Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • So You're Going on a Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • Action in the North Atlantic(1943)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Rear Gunner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Cinematographer

  • The United States Navy Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Cinematographer

  • The United States Service Bands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Cinematographer

  • Murder in the Big House(1942)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • I Was Framed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • Bullet Scars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • At the Stroke of Twelve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • Nine Lives Are Not Enough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • Highway West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • Singapore Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • The Case of the Black Parrot(1941)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • She Couldn't Say No (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • Father Is a Prince(1940)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Ladies Must Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • Murder in the Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • Alice in Movieland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • Private Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Cinematographer

  • Code of the Secret Service(1939)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Secret Service of the Air(1939)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Sergeant Murphy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Cinematographer

  • The Young in Heart(1938)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Prairie Thunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Empty Holsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Blazing Sixes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Land Beyond the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Guns of the Pecos(1936)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Fugitive in the Sky(1936)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • California Mail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • Trailin' West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • Feud of the West(1936)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Rainmakers(1935)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Honor of the Range (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Cinematographer

  • Wheels of Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Cinematographer

  • Gun Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • Fargo Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • Strawberry Roan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • The Trail Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • The Man from Monterey(1933)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • King of the Arena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • Somewhere in Sonora(1933)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Telegraph Trail(1933)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Tombstone Canyon(1932)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Between Fighting Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • False Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • The Big Stampede(1932)

    Cinematographer · Editor

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Come on, Tarzan(1932)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ride Him, Cowboy(1932)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Beyond the Rockies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • Dynamite Ranch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • Ghost Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • Carnival Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • Hell-Fire Austin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • Freighters of Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • Sundown Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • Desert Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • Fighting Thru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • The Dawn Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • Shadow Ranch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • Sons of the Saddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • The Lone Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • Song of the Caballero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • Mountain Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • The Fighting Legion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • Lucky Larkin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • Parade of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • Señor Americano(1929)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Wagon Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Cinematographer

  • The Royal Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Cinematographer

  • The Phantom City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Cinematographer

  • The Code of the Scarlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Cinematographer

  • The Upland Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Cinematographer

  • The Canyon of Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Cinematographer

  • The Valley of the Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Cinematographer

  • Irene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Cinematographer

  • We Moderns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Cinematographer

  • The Marriage Whirl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Cinematographer

  • Sally (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Cinematographer

  • So Big (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 115 titles from 1924 to 1966.

Biggest box office

The Sound of Music (1965)

$162M worldwide

Highest rated

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Sound of Music (1965)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography114 of 115: 114 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score51stEditing1 of 115: 1 only editing, 0 with another role

By decade

1920s13 · crew1930s47 · crew1940s27 · crew1950s20 · crew1960s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ted D. McCord's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 50; across their 50 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Approval · how many liked their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Reach · how many have seen their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Midcredits score across 50 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 50 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · cinematographer

Señor Americano (1929)

97th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Midcredits 99th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 71/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ted D. McCord's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 9 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Ted D. McCord work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ted D. McCord's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Curtiz shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles