Born in Los Angeles, CA. Film editor who entered American film with THIS TIME FOR KEEPS (1947) at MGM. Other notable (non-nominated) credits (alone or in collaboration) include CASS TIMBERLAINE (also 1947), HOMECOMING and JULIA MISBEHAVES (both 1948), THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR... (1950), SHOW BOAT (1951), THE WILD NORTH (1952), JULIUS CAESAR and TAKE THE HIGH GROUND! (both 1953), THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS (1954), INTERRUPTED MELODY and THE TENDER TRAP (both 1955), THE SWAN (1956), RAINTREE COUNTY (1957), THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (1958) and CIMARRON (1961). His last projects were for television: "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964, series) and the made-for-TV U.M.C. (1969) and THE MAST OF SHEBA (1970).  Nominated for Film Editing 1949: BATTLEGROUND  Film Editing 1959: BEN-HUR (w. Ralph E. Winters) 2 nominations, 1 Award