---
name: "Buddy Small"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/buddy-small"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "7 September 1918"
died: "21 May 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:19:48.127228+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."
---

# Buddy Small

Editor. Born 7 September 1918 in New York, New York, USA. Died 21 May 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 7 September 1918, New York, New York, USA
- **Died:** 21 May 2003

## Biography

Buddy Small was an American film and television editor. He was born on 7 September 1918 in New York and died on 21 May 2003 in Los Angeles. He was the son of film producer Edward Small.

Small began his career editing feature films in the early 1950s, including *Kansas City Confidential* (1952), *99 River Street* (1953) and *Raiders of the Seven Seas* (1953). He worked extensively in television from the late 1950s onwards, serving as editor on series such as *Mike Hammer* (1958–1959), *Columbo* (1971), *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1973), *Hunter* (1984) and *Wiseguy* (1988–1989). He was sometimes credited as Budd Small or Bernard Small.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Also known for

- *Kansas City Confidential* (1952), Editor
- *Hunter* (1984), Editor
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1973), Editor
- *99 River Street* (1953), Editor

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/buddy-small