Ted Key | |
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![]() Key with actress Shirley Booth; the latter is outfitted in the maid's uniform she wore on television as Hazel. | |
Born | Theodore Keyser August 25, 1912 Fresno, California, United States |
Died | May 3, 2008 Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 95)
Nationality | American |
Notable works | Hazel |
Awards | 1977 National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Award |
Ted Key (born Theodore Keyser; August 25, 1912 – May 3, 2008)[1] was an American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon panel Hazel, which was later the basis for a television series of the same name, and also the creator of the Peabody's Improbable History animated segments.