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Wikipedia / Ralph Dawson

Ralph Dawson (April 18, 1897 – November 15, 1962) was an American film editor who also did some acting, directing, and screenwriting. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing four times, and won the Award three times. He died on November 15, 1962.

Selected filmography as editor

Year

Film

Director

Notes

Other notes

1925

Lady of the Night

Monta Bell

1927

Beware of Married Men

Archie Mayo

If I Were Single

Roy Del Ruth

First collaboration with Roy Del Ruth

1928

Tenderloin

Michael Curtiz

First collaboration with Michael Curtiz

Five and Ten Cent Annie

Roy Del Ruth

Second collaboration with Roy Del Ruth

Caught in the Fog

Howard Bretherton

Black Butterflies

James W. Horne

The Singing Fool

Lloyd Bacon

First collaboration with Lloyd Bacon

Beware of Bachelors

Roy Del Ruth

Third collaboration with Roy Del Ruth

1929

Stark Mad

Lloyd Bacon

Second collaboration with Lloyd Bacon

The Desert Song

Roy Del Ruth

Fourth collaboration with Roy Del Ruth

1930

Under a Texas Moon

Michael Curtiz

Second collaboration with Michael Curtiz

Big Boy

Alan Crosland

Outward Bound

Robert Milton

1931

My Past

Roy Del Ruth

Fifth collaboration with Roy Del Ruth

Blonde Crazy

Sixth collaboration with Roy Del Ruth

The Mad Genius

Michael Curtiz

Third collaboration with Michael Curtiz

Her Majesty, Love

William Dieterle

First collaboration with William Dieterle

1932

High Pressure

Mervyn LeRoy

First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy

Jewel Robbery

William Dieterle

Second collaboration with William Dieterle

One Way Passage

Tay Garnett

1933

Girl Missing

Robert Florey

First collaboration with Robert Florey

The Silk Express

Ray Enright

1934

Something Always Happens

Michael Powell

The Firebird

William Dieterle

Third collaboration with William Dieterle

Sweet Adeline

Mervyn LeRoy

Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy

1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Dieterle

Fourth collaboration with William Dieterle

Dr. Socrates

Fifth collaboration with William Dieterle

1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Sixth collaboration with William Dieterle

Anthony Adverse

Mervyn LeRoy

Third collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy

Three Men on a Horse

Fourth collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy

1937

The Prince and the Pauper

William Keighley

First collaboration with William Keighley

Another Dawn

William Dieterle

Seventh collaboration with William Dieterle

First Lady

Stanley Logan

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Four Daughters

Michael Curtiz

Fifth collaboration with Michael Curtiz

The Dawn Patrol

Edmund Goulding

First collaboration with Edmund Goulding

1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter

William Keighley

Third collaboration with William Keighley

Daughters Courageous

Michael Curtiz

Sixth collaboration with Michael Curtiz

Espionage Agent

Lloyd Bacon

Third collaboration with Lloyd Bacon

Four Wives

Michael Curtiz

Seventh collaboration with Michael Curtiz

1940

'Til We Meet Again

Edmund Goulding

Second collaboration with Edmund Goulding

Knute Rockne, All American

Lloyd Bacon

Fourth collaboration with Lloyd Bacon

1941

Four Mothers

William Keighley

Fourth collaboration with William Keighley

The Great Lie

Edmund Goulding

Third collaboration with Edmund Goulding

Manpower

Raoul Walsh

First collaboration with Raoul Walsh

1942

Kings Row

Sam Wood

First collaboration with Sam Wood

Larceny, Inc.

Lloyd Bacon

Fifth collaboration with Lloyd Bacon

George Washington Slept Here

William Keighley

Fifth collaboration with William Keighley

1944

The Adventures of Mark Twain

Irving Rapper

Mr. Skeffington

Vincent Sherman

Experiment Perilous

Jacques Tourneur

1945

The Spanish Main

Frank Borzage

Saratoga Trunk

Sam Wood

Second collaboration with Sam Wood

1946

Heartbeat

Third collaboration with Sam Wood

Lady Luck

Edwin L. Marin

1947

Honeymoon

William Keighley

Sixth collaboration with William Keighley

Ivy

Sam Wood

Fourth collaboration with Sam Wood

Ride the Pink Horse

Robert Montgomery

First collaboration with Robert Montgomery

1948

All My Sons

Irving Reis

Rogues' Regiment

Robert Florey

Second collaboration with Robert Florey

An Act of Murder

Michael Gordon

1949

Once More, My Darling

Robert Montgomery

Second collaboration with Robert Montgomery

Free for All

Charles Barton

Undertow

William Castle

1950

Deported

Robert Siodmak

Peggy

Fred de Cordova

Harvey

Henry Koster

Mystery Submarine

Douglas Sirk

1951

Sealed Cargo

Alfred L. Werker

1952

A Girl in Every Port

Chester Erskine

The Lusty Men

Nicholas Ray

Blackbeard the Pirate

Raoul Walsh

Second collaboration with Raoul Walsh

1953

Island in the Sky

William A. Wellman

First collaboration with William A. Wellman

Hondo

John Farrow

1954

The High and the Mighty

William A. Wellman

Second collaboration with William A. Wellman

1956

The Boss

Byron Haskin

Flight to Hong Kong

Joseph M. Newman

Editor

Year

Film

Director

Role

Notes

1935

Skybound

Raymond K. Johnson

Plainclothesman

1937

The Schooner Gang

W. Devenport Hackney

Actor

Year

Film

1929

The Girl in the Glass Cage

1933

The Bermondsey Kid

1934

The Life of the Party

Director

Year

Film

Director

1937

The Schooner Gang

W. Devenport Hackney

1938

The Dance of Death

Gerald Blake

1950

Soho Conspiracy

Cecil Williamson

Writer

  1. Shorts

Year

Film

Director

1948

Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra in Redskin Rhumba

Will Cowan

Buddy Rich and His Orchestra

Editor

Awards and nominations

Year of ceremony

Ceremony

Award

Nominated work

Result

1936

8th Academy Awards

Best Film Editing

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1937

9th Academy Awards

Best Film Editing

Anthony Adverse

1939

11th Academy Awards

Best Film Editing

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

27th Academy Awards

Best Film Editing

The High and the Mighty

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