Samuel E. Beetley

Samuel Edwin Beetley (November 23, 1913 – September 15, 1988) was an American film editor. He received two Academy Award nominations for his works in The Longest Day (1962) and Doctor Dolittle (1967). Beetley also won two Primetime Emmy Awards from seven nominations.^[1]

Samuel Edwin Beetley
Born	(1913-11-23)November 23, 1913 Rockport, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 15, 1988(1988-09-15) (aged 74) Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Other names	Sam E. Beetley Samuel Beetley
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1937–1984

Selected filmography

Samuel E. Beetley began his career as an editor.

Based on Beetley's filmography at the Internet Movie Database, the director and release date of each film are indicated in parentheses.

With more than 30 film credits dating from 1937, his film editing work includes:

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1937	The Toast of New York	Rowland V. Lee	First collaboration with Rowland V. Lee
1942	Powder Town		Second collaboration with Rowland V. Lee
	Army Surgeon	A. Edward Sutherland	First collaboration with A. Edward Sutherland
	The Navy Comes Through		Second collaboration with A. Edward Sutherland
1946	Sunset Pass	William Berke
	Child of Divorce	Richard Fleischer	First collaboration with Richard Fleischer
1947	Beat the Band	John H. Auer
	Out of the Past	Jacques Tourneur
1948	Race Street	Edwin L. Marin
	Return of the Bad Men	Ray Enright
	Mystery in Mexico	Robert Wise	First collaboration with Robert Wise
	Blood on the Moon		Second collaboration with Robert Wise
1949	Brothers in the Saddle	Lesley Selander	First collaboration with Lesley Selander
	The Clay Pigeon	Richard Fleischer	Second collaboration with Richard Fleischer
	The Big Steal	Don Siegel
	The Threat	Felix E. Feist
1950	The White Tower	Ted Tetzlaff
	Hunt the Man Down	George Archainbaud
1951	Overland Telegraph	Lesley Selander	Second collaboration with Lesley Selander
1952	At Sword's Point	Lewis Allen
	Trail Guide	Lesley Selander	Third collaboration with Lesley Selander
	The Pace That Thrills	Leon Barsha
	Macao	Josef von Sternberg
	The Half-Breed	Stuart Gilmore
1962	The Longest Day	Ken Annakin Andrew Marton Bernhard Wicki	First collaboration with Bernhard Wicki
1964	The Visit	Bernhard Wicki	Second collaboration with Bernhard Wicki
1965	Up from the Beach	Robert Parrish
	The Agony and the Ecstasy	Carol Reed
1967	Doctor Dolittle	Richard Fleischer	Third collaboration with Richard Fleischer
1973	Soylent Green		Fourth collaboration with Richard Fleischer
1978	Five Days from Home	George Peppard
1982	Safari 3000	Harry Hurwitz

Documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1969	D-Day Revisited	Bernard Farrel

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1948	Pal's Return	Leslie Goodwins

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1973	The Blue Knight	Robert Butler
1974	The Stranger Within	Lee Philips
	Bad Ronald	Buzz Kulik
1976	Wanted: The Sundance Woman	Lee Philips
	Sherlock Holmes in New York	Boris Sagal
1978	Lassie: A New Beginning	Don Chaffey
	A Guide for the Married Woman	Hy Averback
1979	Jennifer: A Woman's Story	Guy Green
1980	Jimmy B. & André
1982	Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain	Gwen Arner

Production manager

Year	Film	Director	Role
1969	The Desperate Mission	Earl Bellamy	Post-production supervisor
	Daughter of the Mind	Walter Grauman
	Honeymoon with a Stranger	John Peyser
1970	Along Came a Spider	Lee H. Katzin
	The Challenge	George McCowan
	Tribes	Joseph Sargent
1971	Paper Man	Walter Grauman
	Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones	Robert Day
	Dead Men Tell No Tales	Walter Grauman
	They Call It Murder
1972	Fireball Forward	Marvin J. Chomsky
1973	Incident on a Dark Street	Buzz Kulik

TV pilots

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1960	Full Speed for Anywhere	Don Taylor

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1952	The Unexpected	2 episodes
1953	Boston Blackie
	The Cisco Kid	1 episode
	My Hero	4 episodes
1955	Stage 7	1 episode
1955−56	The Star and the Story	8 episodes
1952−56	Four Star Playhouse	94 episodes
1954−56	Cavalcade of America	6 episodes
1956	Chevron Hall of Stars	5 episodes
1957	Mr. Adams and Eve	2 episodes
1957−58	Goodyear Theatre	4 episodes
	Alcoa Theatre	6 episodes
1958	Colgate Theatre	1 episode
	Trackdown
1956−58	Hey, Jeannie!	7 episodes
1956−59	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	3 episodes
	Zane Grey Theatre	22 episodes
1959	Black Saddle	2 episodes
	The David Niven Show	6 episodes
	Wichita Town	1 episode
1959−60	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	3 episodes
1960	The Detectives	1 episode
	Johnny Ringo
1958−60	Wanted Dead or Alive	3 episodes
	The Rifleman	11 episodes
1961	The Law and Mr. Jones	1 episode
1961−63	The Dick Powell Show	7 episodes
1962−63	The Lloyd Bridges Show	2 episodes
1963	Burke's Law	1 episode
1974	Doc Elliot	2 episodes
1974−75	The Waltons	5 episodes
1975	The Blue Knight	1 episode
1975−76	Medical Story	2 episodes
1976	M*A*S*H	5 episodes
1983	At Ease	1 episode
1982−85	Matt Houston	11 episodes
2017	The Forsaken Westerns	1 episode

Editorial department

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960−61	Wanted Dead or Alive	Editorial supervisor	22 episodes
1973	Mannix	Post-production coordinator	1 episode

Production manager

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968−69	The Felony Squad	Post-production supervisor	17 episodes
	Judd, for the Defense		24 episodes
1968−70	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir		48 episodes
	Daniel Boone		52 episodes
	Lancer		15 episodes
1969−70	Bracken's World		41 episodes
1968−71	Julia		85 episodes
1970−71	Arnie		25 episodes
	Nanny and the Professor		54 episodes
1969−72	Room 222		75 episodes
1971−72	Cade's County		24 episodes