Otho Lovering
(1892 - 1968)

Born in Philadelphia, PA. Film editor and, later, supervising editor for over 40 years in Hollywood, his first credit appears during the end of the silent era with Paramount Famous Lasky's SPORTING GOODS (1928). Working at Paramount, Monogram, United Artists and Universal, his editing credits include THE WILD PARTY (1929), STREET OF CHANCE (1930), THE CONQUERING HORDE (1931), A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932), I'M NO ANGEL (1933), ALL OF ME (1934), SHANGHAI (1935), VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE (1936), VOGUES OF 1938 (1937), ALGIERS (1938), STAGECOACH (1939), SLIGHTLY HONORABLE (1940), JACARÉ (1942), PARDON MY PAST (1945), SUSPENSE (1946), JOE PALOOKA IN THE KNOCKOUT (1947), THE SHANGHAI CHEST (1948), MISSISSIPPY RHYTHM (1949), BLUE GRASS OF KENTUCKY (1950), THE LION HUNTERS (1951), JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1952), THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962), DONOVAN'S REEF and McLINTOCK! (both 1963), CHEYENNE AUTUMN (1964), SHENANDOAH (1965), 7 WOMEN (1966), THE WAY WEST (1967), THE GREEN BERETS (1968), and YOUNG BILLY YOUNG and THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS (both 1969).

In the mid-1950s, Lovering began to work extensively in television as editor and supervising editor, with series credits that include "The Abbott and Costello Show", "Lassie", "The Veil", "The Public Defender" and "The Rebel".

 Nominated for Film Editing 1939: STAGECOACH (w. Dorothy Spencer)

1 nomination