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American film editor (1897–1962)

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Ralph Dawson
Dawson with film reels and canisters for Anthony Adverse (1936)
Born	(1897-04-18)April 18, 1897 Westborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	November 15, 1962(1962-11-15) (aged 65) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Film editor

Ralph Dawson (April 18, 1897 – November 15, 1962) was an American film editor who also did some acting, directing, and screenwriting. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing four times, and won the Award three times. He died on November 15, 1962.

Selected filmography as editor

1925: Lady of the Night
1928: The Singing Fool with co-editor Harold McCord
1928: Tenderloin
1929: Stark Mad
1929: The Desert Song
1930: Under a Texas Moon
1931: The Mad Genius
1933: Girl Missing
1934: Something Always Happens with co-editor Bert Bates
1934: The Life of the Party
1935: A Midsummer Night's Dream
1936: Anthony Adverse
1936: The Story of Louis Pasteur
1937: The Prince and the Pauper
1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938: Four Daughters
1939: Daughters Courageous
1939: Espionage Agent
1941: The Great Lie
1942: Kings Row
1942: Larceny, Inc.
1944: The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944: Mr. Skeffington
1945: Saratoga Trunk
1948: An Act of Murder
1950: Harvey
1952: The Lusty Men
1954: The High and the Mighty

Awards and nominations

Year of ceremony	Ceremony	Award	Nominated work	Result
1936	8th Academy Awards	Best Film Editing	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Won
1937	9th Academy Awards	Best Film Editing	Anthony Adverse	Won
1939	11th Academy Awards	Best Film Editing	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Won
1955	27th Academy Awards	Best Film Editing	The High and the Mighty	Nominated

References

Smith, Fredrick Y., ed. (1971). "In Memoriam". ACE Second Decade Anniversary Book. American Cinema Editors, Inc. p. 73.
"Ralph Dawson, 65, won three Oscars". Associated Press. November 17, 1962. p. 21. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
"1936". Academy Awards. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
"1937". Academy Awards. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
"1939". Academy Awards. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
"1955". Academy Awards. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

External links

Ralph Dawson at IMDb

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1934–1950	Conrad A. Nervig (1934) Ralph Dawson (1935) Ralph Dawson (1936) Gene Havlick and Gene Milford (1937) Ralph Dawson (1938) Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom (1939) Anne Bauchens (1940) William Holmes (1941) Daniel Mandell (1942) George Amy (1943) Barbara McLean (1944) Robert J. Kern (1945) Daniel Mandell (1946) Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish (1947) Paul Weatherwax (1948) Harry W. Gerstad (1949) Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig (1950)
1951–1975	William Hornbeck (1951) Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad (1952) William Lyon (1953) Gene Milford (1954) Charles Nelson and William Lyon (1955) Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax (1956) Peter Taylor (1957) Adrienne Fazan (1958) Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning (1959) Daniel Mandell (1960) Thomas Stanford (1961) Anne V. Coates (1962) Harold F. Kress (1963) Cotton Warburton (1964) William Reynolds (1965) Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder and Frank Santillo (1966) Hal Ashby (1967) Frank P. Keller (1968) Françoise Bonnot (1969) Hugh S. Fowler (1970) Gerald B. Greenberg (1971) David Bretherton (1972) William Reynolds (1973) Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress (1974) Verna Fields (1975)
1976–2000	Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad (1976) Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, and Richard Chew (1977) Peter Zinner (1978) Alan Heim (1979) Thelma Schoonmaker (1980) Michael Kahn (1981) John Bloom (1982) Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter, and Douglas Stewart (1983) Jim Clark (1984) Thom Noble (1985) Claire Simpson (1986) Gabriella Cristiani (1987) Arthur Schmidt (1988) David Brenner and Joe Hutshing (1989) Neil Travis (1990) Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1991) Joel Cox (1992) Michael Kahn (1993) Arthur Schmidt (1994) Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley (1995) Walter Murch (1996) Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, and Richard A. Harris (1997) Michael Kahn (1998) Zach Staenberg (1999) Stephen Mirrione (2000)
2001–present	Pietro Scalia (2001) Martin Walsh (2002) Jamie Selkirk (2003) Thelma Schoonmaker (2004) Hughes Winborne (2005) Thelma Schoonmaker (2006) Christopher Rouse (2007) Chris Dickens (2008) Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (2010) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (2011) William Goldenberg (2012) Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (2013) Tom Cross (2014) Margaret Sixel (2015) John Gilbert (2016) Lee Smith (2017) John Ottman (2018) Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker (2019) Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (2020) Joe Walker (2021) Paul Rogers (2022) Jennifer Lame (2023)
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