Robert Simpson (film editor)

Robert Laughlin Simpson
BornJuly 31, 1910
Missouri
DiedJune 26, 1977 (aged 66)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilm editor

Robert Laughlin Simpson, A.C.E. (July 31, 1910 – June 26, 1977), was an American film editor with more than 100 feature film credits.

Biography

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Simpson began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1935. By the end of the decade, he had joined 20th Century Fox, where he remained for more than 35 years.

Cornell Borchers and Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift (1950)

During a 55-year career, Simpson edited one hundred films, including Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Pride of St. Louis (1952), Call Me Madam (1953), The King and I (1956), South Pacific (1958), Fate is the Hunter (1964), and Tony Rome (1967). He collaborated with director George Seaton on several projects, including Miracle on 34th Street, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Apartment for Peggy, and Chicken Every Sunday. He also worked with John Ford, Sidney Lanfield, and Walter Lang.

Simpson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Grapes of Wrath.[1]

Partial filmography

Based on Simpson's filmography at the Internet Database.

Editor
Year Film Director Notes Other notes
1935 The Gay Deception William Wyler
1936 Her Master's Voice Joseph Santley
Big Brown Eyes Raoul Walsh First collaboration with Raoul Walsh
Palm Springs Aubrey Scotto First collaboration with Aubrey Scotto
Spendthrift Raoul Walsh Second collaboration with Raoul Walsh
Follow Your Heart Aubrey Scotto Second collaboration with Aubrey Scotto
The President's Mystery Phil Rosen
One in a Million Sidney Lanfield First collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
1937 Wake Up and Live Second collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
Thin Ice Third collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
Love and Hisses Fourth collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
1938 Josette Allan Dwan
Always Goodbye Sidney Lanfield Fifth collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
Submarine Patrol John Ford First collaboration with John Ford
Thanks for Everything William A. Seiter
1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles Sidney Lanfield Sixth collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
Second Fiddle Seventh collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
Drums Along the Mohawk John Ford Second collaboration with John Ford
1940 The Grapes of Wrath Third collaboration with John Ford
Star Dust Walter Lang First collaboration with Walter Lang
The Man I Married Irving Pichel First collaboration with Irving Pichel
Public Deb No. 1 Gregory Ratoff First collaboration with Gregory Ratoff
Hudson's Bay Irving Pichel Second collaboration with Irving Pichel
1941 The Great American Broadcast Archie Mayo
Belle Starr Irving Cummings First collaboration with Irving Cummings
I Wake Up Screaming H. Bruce Humberstone First collaboration with H. Bruce Humberstone
1942 Song of the Islands Walter Lang Second collaboration with Walter Lang
My Gal Sal Irving Cummings Second collaboration with Irving Cummings
Footlight Serenade Gregory Ratoff Second collaboration with Gregory Ratoff
Springtime in the Rockies Irving Cummings Third collaboration with Irving Cummings
1943 Coney Island Walter Lang Third collaboration with Walter Lang
Sweet Rosie O'Grady Irving Cummings Fourth collaboration with Irving Cummings
Claudia Edmund Goulding First collaboration with Edmund Goulding
1944 Pin Up Girl H. Bruce Humberstone Second collaboration with H. Bruce Humberstone
Greenwich Village Walter Lang Fourth collaboration with Walter Lang
Something for the Boys Lewis Seiler
1945 Diamond Horseshoe George Seaton First collaboration with George Seaton
Junior Miss Second collaboration with George Seaton
1946 Claudia and David Walter Lang Fifth collaboration with Walter Lang
Do You Love Me Gregory Ratoff Third collaboration with Gregory Ratoff
1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim George Seaton Third collaboration with George Seaton
The Homestretch H. Bruce Humberstone Third collaboration with H. Bruce Humberstone
Miracle on 34th Street George Seaton Fourth collaboration with George Seaton
1948 Fury at Furnace Creek H. Bruce Humberstone Fourth collaboration with H. Bruce Humberstone
Apartment for Peggy George Seaton Fifth collaboration with George Seaton
1949 Chicken Every Sunday Sixth collaboration with George Seaton
The Forbidden Street Jean Negulesco First collaboration with Jean Negulesco
Uncredited
Slattery's Hurricane Andre de Toth
1950 Wabash Avenue Henry Koster First collaboration with Henry Koster
The Big Lift George Seaton Seventh collaboration with George Seaton
American Guerrilla in the Philippines Fritz Lang
For Heaven's Sake George Seaton Eighth collaboration with George Seaton
1951 Rawhide Henry Hathaway First collaboration with Henry Hathaway
I Can Get It for You Wholesale Michael Gordon First collaboration with Michael Gordon
As Young as You Feel Harmon Jones First collaboration with Harmon Jones
The Model and the Marriage Broker George Cukor First collaboration with George Cukor
1952 The Pride of St. Louis Harmon Jones Second collaboration with Harmon Jones
My Wife's Best Friend Richard Sale First collaboration with Richard Sale
1953 Treasure of the Golden Condor Delmer Daves
Call Me Madam Walter Lang Sixth collaboration with Walter Lang
The Girl Next Door Richard Sale Second collaboration with Richard Sale
Inferno Roy Ward Baker
1954 Prince Valiant Henry Hathaway Second collaboration with Henry Hathaway
There's No Business Like Show Business Walter Lang Seventh collaboration with Walter Lang
1955 A Man Called Peter Henry Koster Second collaboration with Henry Koster
The Virgin Queen Third collaboration with Henry Koster
The View from Pompey's Head Philip Dunne
1956 The King and I Walter Lang Eighth collaboration with Walter Lang
1957 The True Story of Jesse James Nicholas Ray
Desk Set Walter Lang Ninth collaboration with Walter Lang
Kiss Them for Me Stanley Donen
1958 South Pacific Joshua Logan
Mardi Gras Edmund Goulding Second collaboration with Edmund Goulding
1959 Woman Obsessed Henry Hathaway Third collaboration with Henry Hathaway
The Best of Everything Jean Negulesco Second collaboration with Jean Negulesco
1960 Can-Can Walter Lang Tenth collaboration with Walter Lang
High Time Blake Edwards
1961 Sanctuary Tony Richardson
Marines, Let's Go Raoul Walsh Third collaboration with Raoul Walsh
1962 The Chapman Report George Cukor Second collaboration with George Cukor
1963 The Stripper Franklin J. Schaffner
Move Over, Darling Michael Gordon Second collaboration with Michael Gordon
1964 Fate Is the Hunter Ralph Nelson
1965 The Reward Serge Bourguignon
Do Not Disturb Ralph Levy
1966 Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider George Sherman
1967 Caprice Frank Tashlin
Tony Rome Gordon Douglas First collaboration with Gordon Douglas
1968 The Detective Second collaboration with Gordon Douglas
Lady in Cement Third collaboration with Gordon Douglas
1969 100 Rifles Tom Gries
The Undefeated Andrew V. McLaglen First collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen
1970 Chisum Second collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen
1971 One More Train to Rob Third collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen
Fools' Parade Fourth collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen
Something Big Fifth collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen
1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal Sixth collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1933 It's Great to Be Alive Alfred L. Werker Editorial assistant
Uncredited
Actor
Year Film Director Role Notes
1936 Lloyd's of London Henry King Captain
Uncredited
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour 1 episode
1960 Hong Kong 2 episodes
1963−65 Vacation Playhouse 3 episodes
1966 Daniel Boone

See also

References

  1. ^ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.