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Ralph E. Winters

Known For
Editing

Known Credits
4

Gender
Male

Birthday
June 17, 1909 (117 years old)

Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ralph E. Winters

Biography

Ralph E. Winters (June 17, 1909 – February 26, 2004) was a Canadian-born film editor who became one of the leading figures of this field in the American industry.

After beginning on a series of B movies in the early 1940s, including several in the Dr. Kildare series, his first major film was George Cukor's Victorian chiller Gaslight (1944).

Winters won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for King Solomon's Mines (1950) (shared with Conrad A. Nervig) and Ben-Hur (1959) (shared with John D. Dunning). He received four additional nominations: Quo Vadis (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Great Race (1965) and Kotch (1971). Winters' other films included On the Town (1949), High Society (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).

Winters had a notable collaboration with director Blake Edwards. Over 20 years, they collaborated on 12 films together, including The Pink Panther (1963), The Party (1968), 10 (1979) and Victor/Victoria (1982). His last film was the pirate epic Cutthroat Island in 1995.

Winters had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, and in 1991, Winters received the organization's career achievement award. His memoir, Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor, was published in 2001.

Known For

Editing

1995Cutthroat Island...Editor
1994Lily in Winter...Editor
1993Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth...Editor
1986Let's Get Harry...Editor
1986Big Trouble...Editor
1984Micki & Maude...Editor
1983The Man Who Loved Women...Editor
1982Victor/Victoria...Editor
1981S.O.B....Editor
197910...Editor
1978The Other Side of Hell...Editor
1977Orca...Editor
1976King Kong...Editor
1974The Front Page...Editor
1974Mr. Majestyk...Editor
1974The Spikes Gang...Editor
1973The All-American Boy...Editor
1973The Outfit...Editor
1972Avanti!...Editor
1972The Carey Treatment...Editor
1971Kotch...Editor
1970The Hawaiians...Editor
1969Gaily, Gaily...Editor
1968The Thomas Crown Affair...Editor
1968The Party...Editor
1967Fitzwilly...Editor
1967How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying...Editor
1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?...Editor
1965The Great Race...Editor
1964A Shot in the Dark...Editor
1963The Pink Panther...Editor
1963Soldier in the Rain...Editor
1963Dime with a Halo...Editor
1961Ada...Editor
1960BUtterfield 8...Editor
1959Ben-Hur...Editor
1958The Sheepman...Editor
1957Man on Fire...Editor
1957Jailhouse Rock...Editor
1956High Society...Editor
1956Tribute to a Bad Man...Editor
1955Love Me or Leave Me...Editor
1955Jupiter's Darling...Editor
1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...Editor
1954Executive Suite...Editor
1953Kiss Me Kate...Editor
1953Young Bess...Editor
1953The Story of Three Loves...Editor
1951Quo Vadis...Editor
1950King Solomon's Mines...Editor
1949On the Town...Editor
1949Any Number Can Play...Editor
1949Little Women...Editor
1948Hills of Home...Editor
1948Tenth Avenue Angel...Editor
1947Killer McCoy...Editor
1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge...Editor
1945Our Vines Have Tender Grapes...Editor
1944The Thin Man Goes Home...Editor
1944Gaslight...Editor
1943Cry 'Havoc'...Editor
1943Young Ideas...Editor
1942Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant...Editor
1942Eyes in the Night...Editor
1942The Affairs of Martha...Editor
1942Kid Glove Killer...Editor
1942Mr. and Mrs. North...Editor
1941The People Vs. Dr. Kildare...Editor
1929Their Own Desire...Assistant Editor

Crew

1987Disorderlies...Thanks

Acting

2003The Pink Panther Storyas Himself
1993Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epicas Self - Editor
1953The Oscarsas Self
1947Intrigueas Air Force Pilot at Bar (uncredited)