Ted Tiller

Mr. Tiller, the author of the 1971 play ''Count Dracula,'' directed and performed on Broadway, in regional theater companies and on television for 40 years. He was born in Washington, and began his career there as a radio broadcaster. He made his Broadway debut in the 1944 production ''Sing Out, Sweet Land!'' His subsequent Broadway credits included ''No, No, Nanette,'' ''The Great White Hope'' and ''Witness for the Prosecution.'' Mr. Tiller frequently acted in Off Broadway shows, and was a performer and director with many summer-stock companies, including the Valley Players in Holyoke, Mass., where he spent 11 seasons. Mr. Tiller was both a scriptwriter and an actor for such television shows as ''Omnibus,'' ''Home Show'' and the children's series ''Mr. I. Imagination.'' He also wrote several other plays and two cookbooks.