---
name: "Arthur P. Schmidt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arthur-p-schmidt"
fi1m_id: "arthur-p-schmidt"
imdb_id: "nm0772834"
tmdb_id: 8621
wikidata_id: "Q340007"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "21 August 1912"
died: "22 July 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:15:41.246848+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Arthur P. Schmidt

## Identity

Arthur P. Schmidt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/arthur-p-schmidt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** arthur-p-schmidt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0772834
- **TMDB ID:** 8621
- **Wikidata ID:** Q340007
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_P._Schmidt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q340007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772834/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8621

Producer. Born 21 August 1912 in New York. Died 22 July 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 21 August 1912, New York
- **Died:** 22 July 1965
- **Active:** 1950–1961
- **Also known as:** Arthur Schmidt
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 producing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 90 (3), 1960s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_P._Schmidt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q340007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772834/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8621

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Some Like It Hot*](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md) (92)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ace in the Hole*](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md) (87)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Arthur P. Schmidt (21 August 1912 – 22 July 1965) was an American film editor and producer. He began his career with editing credits at RKO Pictures in the mid-1930s, including *Anne of Green Gables* (1934), before moving to Paramount Pictures, where he worked for twenty years.

In the 1950s he edited five films directed by Billy Wilder. With Doane Harrison he edited *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing. He also edited *Ace in the Hole* (1951), *Sabrina* (1954), *The Spirit of St. Louis* (1957) and *Some Like It Hot* (1959). Schmidt received a further Oscar nomination for *Sayonara* (1957). Other credits include *The Blue Dahlia* (1946), *When Worlds Collide* (1951) and *The Old Man and the Sea* (1958).

In the 1960s Schmidt served as associate producer on seven Jerry Lewis comedies. He had more than sixty editing credits between 1934 and 1962. His son, Arthur Schmidt, also became a film editor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Ladies Man* (1961), Fi1m 72, Producer's Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladies-man.md)

### Crew (3)

- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)
- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Family Jewels* (1965), Associate Producer
- *The Disorderly Orderly* (1964), Associate Producer
- *The Patsy* (1964), Associate Producer
- *Scorpio Rising* (1964), Co-Producer
- *Who's Minding the Store?* (1963), Associate Producer
- *The Nutty Professor* (1963), Associate Producer
- *The Errand Boy* (1961), Associate Producer
- *The Ladies Man* (1961), Producer's Assistant — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladies-man.md)
- *Cinderfella* (1960), Editor
- *The Bellboy* (1960), Producer's Assistant
- *Li'l Abner* (1959), Editor
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, Editor
- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *The Old Man and the Sea* (1958), Editor
- *The Naked and the Dead* (1958), Editor
- *Sayonara* (1957), Editor
- *The Spirit of St. Louis* (1957), Editor
- *The Vagabond King* (1956), Editor
- *We're No Angels* (1955), Editor
- *Sabrina* (1954), Editor
- *Here Come the Girls* (1953), Editor
- *Off Limits* (1952), Editor
- *The Savage* (1952), Editor
- *When Worlds Collide* (1951), Editor
- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)
- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)
- *Top o' the Morning* (1949), Editor
- *Sorrowful Jones* (1949), Editor
- *I Walk Alone* (1947), Editor
- *The Perils of Pauline* (1947), Editor
- *Monsieur Beaucaire* (1946), Editor
- *The Blue Dahlia* (1946), Editor
- *Duffy's Tavern* (1945), Editor
- *A Medal for Benny* (1945), Editor
- *Rainbow Island* (1944), Editor
- *The Good Fellows* (1943), Editor
- *Street of Chance* (1942), Editor
- *Fly By Night* (1942), Editor
- *Aloma of the South Seas* (1941), Editor
- *The Texas Rangers Ride Again* (1940), Editor
- *Queen of the Mob* (1940), Editor
- *Seventeen* (1940), Editor
- *All Women Have Secrets* (1939), Editor
- *Million Dollar Legs* (1939), Editor
- *Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police* (1939), Editor
- *Disbarred* (1939), Editor
- *Touchdown, Army* (1938), Editor
- *Dangerous to Know* (1938), Editor
- *Bulldog Drummond's Revenge* (1937), Editor
- *Blonde Trouble* (1937), Editor
- *Hideaway Girl* (1936), Editor
- *Chatterbox* (1936), Editor
- *In Person* (1935), Editor
- *The Return Of Peter Grimm* (1935), Editor
- *Chasing Yesterday* (1935), Editor
- *Anne of Green Gables* (1934), Editor
- *Finishing School* (1934), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1958: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Sayonara*
- 1951: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Sunset Boulevard*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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