Ralph Dawson

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.^[1][2]

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

Selected filmography as editor

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Other notes
1925	Lady of the Night	Monta Bell
1927	Beware of Married Men	Archie Mayo
	If I Were Single	Roy Del Ruth	First collaboration with Roy Del Ruth
1928	Tenderloin	Michael Curtiz	First collaboration with Michael Curtiz
	Five and Ten Cent Annie	Roy Del Ruth	Second collaboration with Roy Del Ruth
	Caught in the Fog	Howard Bretherton
	Black Butterflies	James W. Horne
	The Singing Fool	Lloyd Bacon	First collaboration with Lloyd Bacon
	Beware of Bachelors	Roy Del Ruth	Third collaboration with Roy Del Ruth
1929	Stark Mad	Lloyd Bacon	Second collaboration with Lloyd Bacon
	The Desert Song	Roy Del Ruth	Fourth collaboration with Roy Del Ruth
1930	Under a Texas Moon	Michael Curtiz	Second collaboration with Michael Curtiz
	Big Boy	Alan Crosland
	Outward Bound	Robert Milton
1931	My Past	Roy Del Ruth	Fifth collaboration with Roy Del Ruth
	Blonde Crazy		Sixth collaboration with Roy Del Ruth
	The Mad Genius	Michael Curtiz	Third collaboration with Michael Curtiz
	Her Majesty, Love	William Dieterle	First collaboration with William Dieterle
1932	High Pressure	Mervyn LeRoy	First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
	Jewel Robbery	William Dieterle	Second collaboration with William Dieterle
	One Way Passage	Tay Garnett
1933	Girl Missing	Robert Florey	First collaboration with Robert Florey
	The Silk Express	Ray Enright
1934	Something Always Happens	Michael Powell
	The Firebird	William Dieterle	Third collaboration with William Dieterle
	Sweet Adeline	Mervyn LeRoy	Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1935	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Dieterle	Fourth collaboration with William Dieterle
	Dr. Socrates		Fifth collaboration with William Dieterle
1936	The Story of Louis Pasteur		Sixth collaboration with William Dieterle
	Anthony Adverse	Mervyn LeRoy	Third collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
	Three Men on a Horse		Fourth collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1937	The Prince and the Pauper	William Keighley	First collaboration with William Keighley
	Another Dawn	William Dieterle	Seventh collaboration with William Dieterle
	First Lady	Stanley Logan
1938	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Michael Curtiz William Keighley	Fourth collaboration with Michael Curtiz Second collaboration with William Keighley
	Four Daughters	Michael Curtiz	Fifth collaboration with Michael Curtiz
	The Dawn Patrol	Edmund Goulding	First collaboration with Edmund Goulding
1939	Yes, My Darling Daughter	William Keighley	Third collaboration with William Keighley
	Daughters Courageous	Michael Curtiz	Sixth collaboration with Michael Curtiz
	Espionage Agent	Lloyd Bacon	Third collaboration with Lloyd Bacon
	Four Wives	Michael Curtiz	Seventh collaboration with Michael Curtiz
1940	'Til We Meet Again	Edmund Goulding	Second collaboration with Edmund Goulding
	Knute Rockne, All American	Lloyd Bacon	Fourth collaboration with Lloyd Bacon
1941	Four Mothers	William Keighley	Fourth collaboration with William Keighley
	The Great Lie	Edmund Goulding	Third collaboration with Edmund Goulding
	Manpower	Raoul Walsh	First collaboration with Raoul Walsh
1942	Kings Row	Sam Wood	First collaboration with Sam Wood
	Larceny, Inc.	Lloyd Bacon	Fifth collaboration with Lloyd Bacon
	George Washington Slept Here	William Keighley	Fifth collaboration with William Keighley
1944	The Adventures of Mark Twain	Irving Rapper
	Mr. Skeffington	Vincent Sherman
	Experiment Perilous	Jacques Tourneur
1945	The Spanish Main	Frank Borzage
	Saratoga Trunk	Sam Wood	Second collaboration with Sam Wood
1946	Heartbeat		Third collaboration with Sam Wood	Uncredited
	Lady Luck	Edwin L. Marin
1947	Honeymoon	William Keighley	Sixth collaboration with William Keighley
	Ivy	Sam Wood	Fourth collaboration with Sam Wood
	Ride the Pink Horse	Robert Montgomery	First collaboration with Robert Montgomery
1948	All My Sons	Irving Reis
	Rogues' Regiment	Robert Florey	Second collaboration with Robert Florey
	An Act of Murder	Michael Gordon
1949	Once More, My Darling	Robert Montgomery	Second collaboration with Robert Montgomery
	Free for All	Charles Barton
	Undertow	William Castle
1950	Deported	Robert Siodmak
	Peggy	Fred de Cordova
	Harvey	Henry Koster
	Mystery Submarine	Douglas Sirk		Uncredited
1951	Sealed Cargo	Alfred L. Werker
1952	A Girl in Every Port	Chester Erskine
	The Lusty Men	Nicholas Ray
	Blackbeard the Pirate	Raoul Walsh	Second collaboration with Raoul Walsh
1953	Island in the Sky	William A. Wellman	First collaboration with William A. Wellman
	Hondo	John Farrow
1954	The High and the Mighty	William A. Wellman	Second collaboration with William A. Wellman
1956	The Boss	Byron Haskin
	Flight to Hong Kong	Joseph M. Newman		Uncredited

Actor

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1935	Skybound	Raymond K. Johnson	Plainclothesman	Uncredited
1937	The Schooner Gang	W. Devenport Hackney	—

Director

Year	Film
1929	The Girl in the Glass Cage
1933	The Bermondsey Kid
1934	The Life of the Party

Writer

Year	Film	Director
1937	The Schooner Gang	W. Devenport Hackney
1938	The Dance of Death	Gerald Blake
1950	Soho Conspiracy	Cecil Williamson

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1948	Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra in Redskin Rhumba	Will Cowan
	Buddy Rich and His Orchestra

Awards and nominations

Year of ceremony	Ceremony	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1936	8th Academy Awards	Best Film Editing	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Won	[3]
1937	9th Academy Awards	Best Film Editing	Anthony Adverse	Won	[4]
1939	11th Academy Awards	Best Film Editing	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Won	[5]
1955	27th Academy Awards	Best Film Editing	The High and the Mighty	Nominated	[6]