Ted Okuda


Ted Okuda is an American non-fiction author and film historian. He has many books and magazine features to his credit, under his own name and in collaboration with others.

Career

Okuda's long-held interest in movie comedies led to his first book, The Columbia Comedy Shorts an in-depth account of Columbia Pictures' short-subject department, detailing the production of two-reel comedies starring The Three Stooges, Buster Keaton, Andy Clyde, Charley Chase, and Gus Schilling & Richard Lane, among many others. Since the book's first publication in 1986, Okuda has explored other areas of popular culture, including science fiction, children's television, and silent films.
Okuda's other books include Dorothy Lee: The Life and Films of the Wheeler and Woolsey Girl, Stan Without Ollie: The Stan Laurel Solo Films, Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows, The Soundies Book: A Revised and Expanded Guide, Charlie Chaplin at Keystone and Essanay, The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television, and The Jerry Lewis Films. He also contributed chapters to the books Science Fiction America and Guilty Pleasures of the Horror Film, and wrote the foreword for MacGillivray's Castle Films: A Hobbyist's Guide. His articles, interviews, and reviews have appeared in such publications as Filmfax, Classic Images, Cult Movies, Classic Film Collector, The Big Reel, and Movie Collectors World.
He has also appeared on television, usually with popular movie host and Stooge expert Rich Koz.