Film editor who entered American film as an uncredited assistant on BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST at MGM in 1925. Other notable credits, alone or in collaboration, include FLYING LUCK (1927), A PERFECT GENTLEMAN (1928), GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY and THE AVIATOR (both 1929), THE LIFE OF THE PARTY (1930), SVENGALI and MANHATTAN PARADE (both 1931), THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD, SO BIG! and I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (all 1932), HARD TO HANDLE (1933), FLIRTATION WALK (1934), STRANDED (1935), CEILING ZERO and CAIN AND MABEL (both 1936), EVER SINCE EVE and SAN QUENTIN (both 1937), BOY MEETS GIRL and BROTHER RAT (both 1938), DARK VICTORY (1939), BROTHER ORCHID and CITY FOR CONQUEST (both 1940), THE STRABERRY BLONDE, SERGEANT YORK and THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (all 1941), and his last film, IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942).  Film Editing 1941: SERGEANT YORK 1 nomination, 1 Award