Ben Lewis (editor)

Ben Lewis (1894–1970) was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood for over 50 years.^[1] He was employed by MGM for many years, beginning his career with them in the silent era. An early credit was for Quality Street (1927) starring Marion Davies.^[2] Among his most famous films were Kismet (1944), The Red Badge of Courage (1951) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962). He retired in 1969 and died 18 months later of cancer on December 29, 1970. His brother, Joe, was a film director.^[1]

Ben Lewis
Born	1894 New York City, U.S.
Died	December 29, 1970(1970-12-29) (aged 75–76) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	191?–1969 (film & TV)

Filmography

Ben Lewis began his career as an editor. Based on Lewis' filmography at the Internet Movie Database.

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Other notes
1925	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Fred Niblo
1926	The Devil's Circus	Benjamin Christensen
	Money Talks	Archie Mayo
	The Boob	William A. Wellman	First collaboration with William A. Wellman
	The Flaming Forest	Reginald Barker
1927	Mr. Wu	William Nigh	First collaboration with William Nigh
	Quality Street	Sidney Franklin	First collaboration with Sidney Franklin
1928	Under the Black Eagle	W. S. Van Dyke	First collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	Across to Singapore	William Nigh	Second collaboration with William Nigh
	White Shadows in the South Seas	W. S. Van Dyke	Second collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	Honeymoon	Robert A. Golden
1929	A Single Man	Harry Beaumont	First collaboration with Harry Beaumont
	The Pagan	W. S. Van Dyke	Third collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	Thunder	William Nigh	Third collaboration with William Nigh
	The Kiss	Jacques Feyder
1931	Trader Horn	W. S. Van Dyke	Fourth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	Never the Twain Shall Meet		Fifth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	The Man in Possession	Sam Wood	First collaboration with Sam Wood
1932	Tarzan the Ape Man	W. S. Van Dyke	Sixth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	Night Court		Seventh collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	The Washington Masquerade	Charles Brabin	First collaboration with Charles Brabin
	The Mask of Fu Manchu		Second collaboration with Charles Brabin
1933	Whistling in the Dark	Elliott Nugent
	Fast Workers	Tod Browning	First collaboration with Tod Browning
	The Stranger's Return	King Vidor		Uncredited
	Dinner at Eight	George Cukor
	Broadway to Hollywood	Willard Mack
1934	You Can't Buy Everything	Charles Reisner	First collaboration with Charles Reisner
	Manhattan Melodrama	W. S. Van Dyke	Eighth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	Have a Heart	David Butler
	A Wicked Woman	Charles Brabin	Third collaboration with Charles Brabin
1935	Society Doctor	George B. Seitz	First collaboration with George B. Seitz
	Mark of the Vampire	Tod Browning	Second collaboration with Tod Browning
	Woman Wanted	George B. Seitz	Second collaboration with George B. Seitz
1936	The Garden Murder Case	Edwin L. Marin	First collaboration with Edwin L. Marin
	Moonlight Murder		Second collaboration with Edwin L. Marin
	Speed		Third collaboration with Edwin L. Marin
1937	Under Cover of Night	George B. Seitz	Third collaboration with George B. Seitz
	The Good Earth	Sidney Franklin	Second collaboration with Sidney Franklin	Uncredited
	Personal Property	W. S. Van Dyke	Ninth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	They Gave Him a Gun		Tenth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	Bad Guy	Edward L. Cahn
	The Last Gangster	Edward Ludwig
1938	Arsène Lupin Returns	George Fitzmaurice	First collaboration with George Fitzmaurice
	Judge Hardy's Children	George B. Seitz	Fourth collaboration with George B. Seitz
	Hold That Kiss	Edwin L. Marin	Fourth collaboration with Edwin L. Marin
	Love Finds Andy Hardy	George B. Seitz	Fifth collaboration with George B. Seitz
	Vacation from Love	George Fitzmaurice	Second collaboration with George Fitzmaurice
	Out West with the Hardys	George B. Seitz	Sixth collaboration with George B. Seitz
1939	Burn 'Em Up O'Connor	Edward Sedgwick	First collaboration with Edward Sedgwick
	The Hardys Ride High	George B. Seitz	Seventh collaboration with George B. Seitz
	Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever	W. S. Van Dyke	Eleventh collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
	Judge Hardy and Son	George B. Seitz	Eighth collaboration with George B. Seitz
1940	Forty Little Mothers	Busby Berkeley	First collaboration with Busby Berkeley
	Strike Up the Band		Second collaboration with Busby Berkeley
	Gallant Sons	George B. Seitz	Ninth collaboration with George B. Seitz
1941	Men of Boys Town	Norman Taurog		Uncredited
	Love Crazy	Jack Conway
	Down in San Diego	Robert B. Sinclair
	Married Bachelor	Edward Buzzell
1942	The Bugle Sounds	S. Sylvan Simon	First collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
	Rio Rita		Second collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
	Pacific Rendezvous	George Sidney
	For Me and My Gal	Busby Berkeley	Third collaboration with Busby Berkeley
1943	Lassie Come Home	Fred M. Wilcox	First collaboration with Fred M. Wilcox
	Whistling in Brooklyn	S. Sylvan Simon	Third collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1944	Kismet	William Dieterle
	Lost in a Harem	Charles Reisner	Second collaboration with Charles Reisner	Uncredited
1945	Son of Lassie	S. Sylvan Simon	Fourth collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
	Abbott and Costello in Hollywood		Fifth collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1946	Bad Bascomb		Sixth collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
	The Cockeyed Miracle		Seventh collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1947	The Mighty McGurk	John Waters
	Undercover Maisie	Harry Beaumont	Second collaboration with Harry Beaumont
1948	Alias a Gentleman		Third collaboration with Harry Beaumont
	A Southern Yankee	Edward Sedgwick	Second collaboration with Edward Sedgwick
1949	The Stratton Story	Sam Wood	Second collaboration with Sam Wood
	Malaya	Richard Thorpe	First collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1950	Ambush	Sam Wood	Third collaboration with Sam Wood
	Three Little Words	Richard Thorpe	Second collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1951	The Red Badge of Courage	John Huston
	The Unknown Man	Richard Thorpe	Third collaboration with Richard Thorpe
	It's a Big Country	Richard Thorpe John Sturges Charles Vidor Don Weis Clarence Brown William A. Wellman Don Hartman	Fourth collaboration with Richard Thorpe Second collaboration with William A. Wellman First collaboration with Don Weis First collaboration with John Sturges
1952	Shadow in the Sky	Fred M. Wilcox	Second collaboration with Fred M. Wilcox
	The Devil Makes Three	Andrew Marton
1953	The Girl Who Had Everything	Richard Thorpe	Fifth collaboration with Richard Thorpe
	A Slight Case of Larceny	Don Weis	Second collaboration with Don Weis
	Big Leaguer	Robert Aldrich
1954	Tennessee Champ	Fred M. Wilcox	Third collaboration with Fred M. Wilcox
1955	Many Rivers to Cross	Roy Rowland	First collaboration with Roy Rowland
	The Scarlet Coat	John Sturges	Second collaboration with John Sturges
1956	The Last Hunt	Richard Brooks
	These Wilder Years	Roy Rowland	Second collaboration with Roy Rowland
1957	Hot Summer Night	David Friedkin	First collaboration with David Friedkin
	The Vintage	Jeffrey Hayden
	Tip on a Dead Jockey	Richard Thorpe	Sixth collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1958	Handle with Care	David Friedkin	Second collaboration with David Friedkin
	High School Confidential!	Jack Arnold
1959	Night of the Quarter Moon	Hugo Haas
	The Beat Generation	Charles F. Haas	First collaboration with Charles F. Haas
	The Big Operator		Second collaboration with Charles F. Haas
1960	The Subterraneans	Ranald MacDougall
1961	Atlantis, the Lost Continent	George Pal
	The Honeymoon Machine	Richard Thorpe	Seventh collaboration with Richard Thorpe
	The Lawbreakers	Joseph M. Newman
1962	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Vincente Minnelli
1963	Drums of Africa	James B. Clark
1964	Kissin' Cousins	Gene Nelson	First collaboration with Gene Nelson
	Your Cheatin' Heart		Second collaboration with Gene Nelson
	Get Yourself a College Girl	Sidney Miller
1965	When the Boys Meet the Girls	Alvin Ganzer
	Harum Scarum	Gene Nelson	Third collaboration with Gene Nelson
1966	Hold On!	Arthur Lubin
	Hot Rods to Hell	John Brahm
1967	Riot on Sunset Strip	Arthur Dreifuss	First collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
	The Fastest Guitar Alive	Michael D. Moore
	The Love-Ins	Arthur Dreifuss	Second collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
1968	For Singles Only		Third collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
	A Time to Sing		Fourth collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
	The Young Runaways		Fifth collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1925	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Fred Niblo	Assistant editor	Uncredited
1937	The Good Earth	Sidney Franklin

TV pilots

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1966	The Iron Men	Allen H. Miner

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1956	MGM Parade	6 episodes
1961	The Asphalt Jungle	2 episodes
1960−61	National Velvet	3 episodes
1964	Dr. Kildare	1 episode
1968	Off to See the Wizard	2 episodes

TV specials

Editor

Year	Title
1967	39th Academy Awards