Ted Key

Ted Key
Key with actress Shirley Booth; the latter is outfitted in the maid's uniform she wore on television as Hazel.
BornTheodore Keyser
(1912-08-25)August 25, 1912
Fresno, California, United States
DiedMay 3, 2008(2008-05-03) (aged 95)
Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, United States
NationalityAmerican
Notable works
Hazel
Awards1977 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.