Ted Key, born Theodore Keyser (August 25, 1912 – May 3, 2008), was an American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon series Hazel.
Ted Key was born in Fresno, California, the son of Latvian immigrant Simon Keyser, who had changed his name from Katseff to Keyser, and then to "Key" during World War I. Though his family thereafter went by Key, Theodore Keyser did not legally adopt the name until the 1950s. He attended...
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Ted Key, born Theodore Keyser (August 25, 1912 – May 3, 2008), was an American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon series Hazel.
Ted Key was born in Fresno, California, the son of Latvian immigrant Simon Keyser, who had changed his name from Katseff to Keyser, and then to "Key" during World War I. Though his family thereafter went by Key, Theodore Keyser did not legally adopt the name until the 1950s. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he became the art editor of the student newspaper, The Daily Californian, and was associate editor of the campus humor magazine, the California Pelican. After graduating from college in 1933, Key relocated to New York City, where he published cartoons and illustrations in a number of periodicals, including The New Yorker, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, McCall's, Cosmopolitan, TV Guide, Mademoiselle, Collier's Weekly, Look, Better Homes and Gardens and Judge. Key also worked as associate...
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