Walter A. Thompson

Walter A. Thompson (May 8, 1903 – December 17, 1975) was an American film editor with 69 film credits from 1930 to 1975. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for This Above All (1942)^[1] and for The Nun's Story (1959).^[2] He was also nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962).

Walter A. Thompson
Born	May 8, 1903 Indiana, United States
Died	December 17, 1975 Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Film editor

Thompson shared his last credit, Farewell, My Lovely (1975), with Joel Cox. It was Cox's first credit as an editor; he has gone on to a distinguished career working primarily with director Clint Eastwood.

Selected filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1930	Men Without Women	John Ford	First collaboration with John Ford
1932	Partners	Fred Allen
1933	Under Secret Orders	Sam Newfield
1934	Burn 'Em Up Barnes	Colbert Clark Armand Schaefer
1935	The Phantom Empire	Otto Brower B. Reeves Eason
	The New Adventures of Tarzan	Edward A. Kull Wilbur McGaugh
1936	Tundra	Norman Dawn
1937	Wee Willie Winkie	John Ford	Second collaboration with John Ford
	Wife, Doctor and Nurse	Walter Lang	First collaboration with Walter Lang
	Second Honeymoon		Second collaboration with Walter Lang
1938	Sally, Irene and Mary	William A. Seiter
	Little Miss Broadway	Irving Cummings	First collaboration with Irving Cummings
	Just Around the Corner		Second collaboration with Irving Cummings
1939	Wife, Husband and Friend	Gregory Ratoff
	The Story of Alexander Graham Bell	Irving Cummings	Third collaboration with Irving Cummings
	Young Mr. Lincoln	John Ford	Third collaboration with John Ford
	Hollywood Cavalcade	Irving Cummings	Fourth collaboration with Irving Cummings
	Everything Happens at Night		Fifth collaboration with Irving Cummings
1940	Lillian Russell		Sixth collaboration with Irving Cummings
	The Return of Frank James	Fritz Lang
	Tin Pan Alley	Walter Lang	Third collaboration with Walter Lang
1941	That Night in Rio	Irving Cummings	Seventh collaboration with Irving Cummings
	Moon Over Miami	Walter Lang	Fourth collaboration with Walter Lang
	Wild Geese Calling	John Brahm
	Swamp Water	Jean Renoir
1942	Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake	John Cromwell
	This Above All	Anatole Litvak
	Thunder Birds	William A. Wellman
1943	Crash Dive	Archie Mayo
	Jane Eyre	Robert Stevenson
1947	The Other Love	Andre de Toth	First collaboration with Andre de Toth
	The Gangster	Gordon Wiles
1948	So This Is New York	Richard Fleischer
	Pitfall	Andre de Toth	Second collaboration with Andre de Toth
1949	The Big Wheel	Edward Ludwig
1950	Guilty of Treason	Felix E. Feist
	Quicksand	Irving Pichel
	The Second Woman	James V. Kern
1959	The Nun's Story	Fred Zinnemann	First collaboration with Fred Zinnemann
1962	Samar	George Montgomery
	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	Henry Levin George Pal	First collaboration with Henry Levin
1964	Behold a Pale Horse	Fred Zinnemann	Third collaboration with Fred Zinnemann
1965	King Rat	Bryan Forbes
1966	Walk, Don't Run	Charles Walters
	Rage	Gilberto Gazcón
	Murderers' Row	Henry Levin	Second collaboration with Henry Levin
1968	A Flea in Her Ear	Jacques Charon
1969	Model Shop	Jacques Demy
	Marooned	John Sturges
1970	The Baby Maker	James Bridges	First collaboration with James Bridges
1971	Skin Game	Paul Bogart
	The Todd Killings	Barry Shear
1972	Fat City	John Huston
	The Magnificent Seven Ride!	George McCowan
1973	Shamus	Buzz Kulik
	Bad Charleston Charlie	Iván Nagy
	The Paper Chase	James Bridges	Second collaboration with James Bridges
1974	Mixed Company	Melville Shavelson
1975	Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins	Dick Richards	First collaboration with Dick Richards
	Farewell, My Lovely		Second collaboration with Dick Richards

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1948	Force of Evil	Abraham Polonsky	Editorial supervisor
1950	Guilty of Treason	Felix E. Feist	Supervising editor

Additional crew

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes	Other notes
1951	Pickup	Hugo Haas	Technical supervisor
1957	Sayonara	Joshua Logan	Production associate
1960	The Sundowners	Fred Zinnemann		Second collaboration with Fred Zinnemann	Uncredited

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
1961	Romanoff and Juliet	Peter Ustinov	Associate producer

Documentaries

Additional crew

Year	Film	Director	Role
1952	This Is Cinerama	Mike Todd Mike Todd Jr. Himself Fred Rickey	Prologue supervisor

Director

Year	Film	Notes
1956	Seven Wonders of the World
1958	South Seas Adventure	Second segment

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1931	Not So Loud	Harry Sweet
	All Gummed Up
	Lemon Meringue
	That's News to Me	Arvid E. Gillstrom
	Beach Pajamas	Roscoe Arbuckle
	Easy to Get	Howard Bretherton
1932	Only Men Wanted	Ralph Ceder
	Blondes by Proxy	Edgar Kennedy
	Niagara Falls	Roscoe Arbuckle

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1973	The Man Who Could Talk to Kids	Donald Wrye

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1951	Stars Over Hollywood	4 episodes
1952	Chevron Theatre	1 episode
	Hollywood Opening Night	2 episodes
	The Campbell Playhouse	1 episode
	Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder	3 episodes