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name: "Ben Lewis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-lewis-22599"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "6 February 1894"
died: "29 December 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:49:39.747022+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."
---

# Ben Lewis

Editor. Born 6 February 1894 in New York - USA. Died 29 December 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 6 February 1894, New York - USA
- **Died:** 29 December 1970
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lewis_(editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15207563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506951/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22599

## Biography

Ben Lewis (1894–1970) was an American film editor who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Born in New York, he began his career in the silent era and edited more than 120 films and television episodes over five decades.

His credits include *Trader Horn* (1931), *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1932), *Dinner at Eight* (1933), *Mark of the Vampire* (1935), *Lassie Come Home* (1943), *The Red Badge of Courage* (1951) and *The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse* (1962). He retired in 1969; his brother Joe Lewis was a film director.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Trader Horn* (1931), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/trader-horn.md)

## Complete filmography (90)

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

- *The Young Runaways* (1968), Editor
- *A Time to Sing* (1968), Editor
- *The Fastest Guitar Alive* (1967), Editor
- *Riot on Sunset Strip* (1967), Editor
- *Hot Rods to Hell* (1967), Editor
- *Hold On!* (1966), Editor
- *Harum Scarum* (1965), Editor
- *When the Boys Meet the Girls* (1965), Editor
- *Get Yourself a College Girl* (1964), Editor
- *Your Cheatin' Heart* (1964), Editor
- *Kissin' Cousins* (1964), Editor
- *Drums of Africa* (1963), Editor
- *The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse* (1962), Editor
- *The Honeymoon Machine* (1961), Editor
- *Atlantis: The Lost Continent* (1961), Editor
- *The Subterraneans* (1960), Editor
- *The Big Operator* (1959), Editor
- *The Beat Generation* (1959), Editor
- *Night of the Quarter Moon* (1959), Editor
- *High School Confidential!* (1958), Editor
- *Handle with Care* (1958), Editor
- *Tip on a Dead Jockey* (1957), Editor
- *The Vintage* (1957), Editor
- *Hot Summer Night* (1957), Editor
- *The Last Hunt* (1956), Editor
- *The Scarlet Coat* (1955), Editor
- *Many Rivers to Cross* (1955), Editor
- *Tennessee Champ* (1954), Editor
- *Big Leaguer* (1953), Editor
- *The Girl Who Had Everything* (1953), Editor
- *Shadow in the Sky* (1952), Editor
- *The Unknown Man* (1951), Editor
- *The Red Badge of Courage* (1951), Editor
- *Ambush* (1950), Editor
- *Malaya* (1949), Editor
- *The Stratton Story* (1949), Editor
- *Undercover Maisie* (1947), Editor
- *Bad Bascomb* (1946), Editor
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood* (1945), Editor
- *Son of Lassie* (1945), Editor
- *Kismet* (1944), Editor
- *Lassie Come Home* (1943), Editor
- *Whistling in Brooklyn* (1943), Editor
- *For Me and My Gal* (1942), Editor
- *Pacific Rendezvous* (1942), Editor
- *Rio Rita* (1942), Editor
- *The Bugle Sounds* (1942), Editor
- *Married Bachelor* (1941), Editor
- *Down in San Diego* (1941), Editor
- *Love Crazy* (1941), Editor
- *Gallant Sons* (1940), Editor
- *Judge Hardy and Son* (1939), Editor
- *Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever* (1939), Editor
- *The Hardys Ride High* (1939), Editor
- *Out West with the Hardys* (1938), Editor
- *Vacation from Love* (1938), Editor
- *Love Finds Andy Hardy* (1938), Editor
- *Judge Hardy's Children* (1938), Editor
- *Arsène Lupin Returns* (1938), Editor
- *You're a Sweetheart* (1937), as Man (uncredited)
- *The Last Gangster* (1937), Editor
- *They Gave Him a Gun* (1937), Editor
- *Personal Property* (1937), Editor
- *Moonlight Murder* (1936), Editor
- *The Garden Murder Case* (1936), Editor
- *Woman Wanted* (1935), Editor
- *Mark of the Vampire* (1935), Editor
- *A Wicked Woman* (1934), Editor
- *Have a Heart* (1934), Editor
- *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), Editor
- *You Can't Buy Everything* (1934), Editor
- *Dinner at Eight* (1933), Editor
- *Broadway to Hollywood* (1933), Editor
- *Fast Workers* (1933), Editor
- *Whistling in the Dark* (1933), Editor
- *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932), Editor
- *The Washington Masquerade* (1932), Editor
- *Night Court* (1932), Editor
- *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1932), Editor
- *The Man in Possession* (1931), Editor
- *Never the Twain Shall Meet* (1931), Editor
- *Trader Horn* (1931), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/trader-horn.md)
- *The Kiss* (1929), Editor
- *The Pagan* (1929), Editor
- *White Shadows in the South Seas* (1928), Editor
- *Across to Singapore* (1928), Editor
- *Under the Black Eagle* (1928), Editor
- *Mr. Wu* (1927), Editor
- *The Boob* (1926), Editor
- *The Devil's Circus* (1926), Editor

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