Ralph E. Winters

Ralph E. Winters (June 17, 1909 – February 26, 2004) was a Canadian-born film editor who became one of the leading figures of this field in the American industry.^[1]

Ralph E. Winters
Ralph E. Winters and Susan Hayward (1961)
Born	(1909-06-17)June 17, 1909 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	February 26, 2004(2004-02-26) (aged 94) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	film editor
Years active	1941–1995
Spouses	Teddy ​ ​ (m. 1935; died 1985)​ Lulu Winters ​ ​ (m. 1988; died 2004)​

After beginning on a series of B movies in the early 1940s, including several in the Dr. Kildare series, his first major film was George Cukor's Victorian chiller Gaslight (1944).

Winters won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for King Solomon's Mines (1950) (shared with Conrad A. Nervig) and Ben-Hur (1959) (shared with John D. Dunning). He received four additional nominations: Quo Vadis (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Great Race (1965) and Kotch (1971). Winters' other films included On the Town (1949), High Society (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).

Winters had a notable collaboration with director Blake Edwards. Over 20 years, they collaborated on 12 films together, including The Pink Panther (1963), The Party (1968), 10 (1979) and Victor/Victoria (1982). His last film was the pirate epic Cutthroat Island in 1995.

Winters had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors,^[2] and in 1991, Winters received the organization's career achievement award. His memoir, Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor, was published in 2001.^[3]

Selected filmography

Based on Winters' filmography at the Internet Database.

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Other notes
1941	The Penalty	Harold S. Bucquet	First collaboration with Harold S. Bucquet
	The People vs. Dr. Kildare		Second collaboration with Harold S. Bucquet
1942	Mr. and Mrs. North	Robert B. Sinclair
	Kid Glove Killer	Fred Zinnemann	First collaboration with Fred Zinnemann
	The Affairs of Martha	Jules Dassin	First collaboration with Jules Dassin
	Eyes in the Night	Fred Zinnemann	Second collaboration with Fred Zinnemann
	Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant	Willis Goldbeck
1943	The Youngest Profession	Edward Buzzell
	Young Ideas	Jules Dassin	Second collaboration with Jules Dassin
	Cry 'Havoc'	Richard Thorpe	First collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1944	Gaslight	George Cukor
	The Thin Man Goes Home	Richard Thorpe	Second collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1945	Our Vines Have Tender Grapes	Roy Rowland	First collaboration with Roy Rowland
1946	Boys' Ranch		Second collaboration with Roy Rowland
1947	The Romance of Rosy Ridge		Third collaboration with Roy Rowland
	Killer McCoy		Fourth collaboration with Roy Rowland
1948	Tenth Avenue Angel		Fifth collaboration with Roy Rowland
	Hills of Home	Fred M. Wilcox
1949	Little Women	Mervyn LeRoy	First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
	Any Number Can Play		Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
	On the Town	Gene Kelly Stanley Donen	First collaboration with Stanley Donen
1950	King Solomon's Mines	Compton Bennett Andrew Marton
1951	Quo Vadis	Mervyn LeRoy	Third collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1953	The Story of Three Loves	Vincente Minnelli Gottfried Reinhardt
	Young Bess	George Sidney	First collaboration with George Sidney
	Kiss Me Kate		Second collaboration with George Sidney
1954	Executive Suite	Robert Wise	First collaboration with Robert Wise
	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Stanley Donen	Second collaboration with Stanley Donen
1955	Jupiter's Darling	George Sidney	Third collaboration with George Sidney
	Love Me or Leave Me	Charles Vidor
1956	Tribute to a Bad Man	Robert Wise	Second collaboration with Robert Wise
	High Society	Charles Walters
1957	Man on Fire	Ranald MacDougall
	Jailhouse Rock	Richard Thorpe	Third collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1958	The Sheepman	George Marshall
1959	Ben-Hur	William Wyler
1960	BUtterfield 8	Daniel Mann	First collaboration with Daniel Mann
1961	Ada		Second collaboration with Daniel Mann
1963	Dime with a Halo	Boris Sagal
	Soldier in the Rain	Ralph Nelson
	The Pink Panther	Blake Edwards	First collaboration with Blake Edwards
1964	A Shot in the Dark		Second collaboration with Blake Edwards
1965	The Great Race		Third collaboration with Blake Edwards
1966	What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?		Fourth collaboration with Blake Edwards
1967	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	David Swift
	Fitzwilly	Delbert Mann
1968	The Party	Blake Edwards	Fifth collaboration with Blake Edwards
	The Thomas Crown Affair	Norman Jewison	First collaboration with Norman Jewison
1969	Gaily, Gaily		Second collaboration with Norman Jewison
1970	The Hawaiians	Tom Gries
1971	Kotch	Jack Lemmon
1972	The Carey Treatment	Blake Edwards	Sixth collaboration with Blake Edwards
	Avanti!	Billy Wilder	First collaboration with Billy Wilder
1973	The Outfit	John Flynn
	The All-American Boy	Charles Eastman
1974	The Spikes Gang	Richard Fleischer	First collaboration with Richard Fleischer
	Mr. Majestyk		Second collaboration with Richard Fleischer
	The Front Page	Billy Wilder	Second collaboration with Billy Wilder
1976	King Kong	John Guillermin
1977	Orca	Michael Anderson
1979	The American Success Company	William Richert
	10	Blake Edwards	Seventh collaboration with Blake Edwards
1981	S.O.B.		Eighth collaboration with Blake Edwards
1982	Victor/Victoria		Ninth collaboration with Blake Edwards
	Trail of the Pink Panther		Tenth collaboration with Blake Edwards	Uncredited
1983	Curse of the Pink Panther		Eleventh collaboration with Blake Edwards
	The Man Who Loved Women		Twelfth collaboration with Blake Edwards
1984	Micki & Maude		Thirteenth collaboration with Blake Edwards
1986	Big Trouble	John Cassavetes
	Let's Get Harry	Stuart Rosenberg
1995	Cutthroat Island	Renny Harlin

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1928	Four Walls	William Nigh	Assistant editor
1929	The Thirteenth Chair	Tod Browning		Uncredited
	Their Own Desire	E. Mason Hopper

Actor

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1947	Intrigue	Edwin L. Marin	Air Force Pilot at Bar	Uncredited

Additional crew

Year	Film	Director	Role
1987	Jane and the Lost City	Terry Marcel	Special consultant

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
1987	Disorderlies	Michael Schultz	Special thanks

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1975	The Entertainer	Donald Wrye
1978	The Other Side of Hell	Ján Kadár
1991	Tagget	Richard T. Heffron
1993	Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth	Bradford May
1994	Lily in Winter	Delbert Mann

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1962	Combat!	1 episode

Additional crew

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	Combat!	Production assistant	1 episode

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations