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name: "Cotton Warburton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cotton-warburton"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "8 October 1911"
died: "21 June 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:28:31.120728+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."
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# Cotton Warburton

Editor. Born 8 October 1911 in San Diego County, California, USA. Died 21 June 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 8 October 1911, San Diego County, California, USA
- **Died:** 21 June 1982
- **Also known as:** Irvine Eugene Warburton, Irvine Warburton
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Warburton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1136806, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911307/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5841

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Mary Poppins*](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md) (83)

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## Biography

Cotton Warburton, born Irvine Eugene Warburton, was an American film and television editor. After a career as a college football quarterback at the University of Southern California, where he was an All-American in 1933 and later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, he joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios as an assistant editor in 1934. He received his first editing credit on the Laurel and Hardy film *Air Raid Wardens* (1943) and remained at the studio for 19 years.

Warburton moved to the Walt Disney Studios in the mid-1950s. He edited numerous Disney features, including *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961), *Mary Poppins* (1964), *The Love Bug* (1968), *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (1971) and *Herbie Rides Again* (1974). He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *Mary Poppins* and collaborated frequently with director Robert Stevenson.

His other credits include *That Darn Cat!* (1965), *Freaky Friday* (1976) and *The Cat from Outer Space* (1978). He died in 1982.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikiland.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mary Poppins* (1964), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *The Cat from Outer Space* (1978), Editor
- *Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo* (1977), Editor
- *Freaky Friday* (1976), Editor
- *Treasure of Matecumbe* (1976), Editor
- *No Deposit, No Return* (1976), Editor
- *The Strongest Man in the World* (1975), Editor
- *The Castaway Cowboy* (1974), Editor
- *Herbie Rides Again* (1974), Editor
- *The World's Greatest Athlete* (1973), Editor
- *Now You See Him, Now You Don't* (1972), Editor
- *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (1971), Editor
- *Scandalous John* (1971), Editor
- *The Boatniks* (1970), Editor
- *The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes* (1969), Editor
- *Secrets of the Pirate's Inn* (1969), Editor
- *My Dog, the Thief* (1969), Editor
- *Ride a Northbound Horse* (1969), Editor
- *The Love Bug* (1968), Editor
- *Mosby's Marauders* (1967), Editor
- *Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.* (1966), Editor
- *That Darn Cat!* (1965), Editor
- *The Further Adventures of Gallegher* (1965), Editor
- *The Monkey's Uncle* (1965), Editor
- *Kilroy* (1965), Editor
- *Emil and the Detectives* (1964), Editor
- *Mary Poppins* (1964), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md)
- *The Misadventures of Merlin Jones* (1964), Editor
- *Miracle of the White Stallions* (1963), Editor
- *Son of Flubber* (1963), Editor
- *Bon Voyage!* (1962), Editor
- *Moon Pilot* (1962), Editor
- *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961), Editor
- *Zorro, the Avenger* (1959), Editor
- *Westward Ho, The Wagons!* (1956), Editor
- *Corky and White Shadow* (1956), series, Editor
- *Unchained* (1955), Editor
- *Crazylegs* (1953), Editor
- *Remains to Be Seen* (1953), Editor
- *Sombrero* (1953), Editor
- *Skirts Ahoy!* (1952), Editor
- *Callaway Went Thataway* (1951), Editor
- *Three Guys Named Mike* (1951), Editor
- *Two Weeks with Love* (1950), Editor
- *Shadow on the Wall* (1950), Editor
- *Black Hand* (1950), Editor
- *Neptune's Daughter* (1949), Editor
- *The Sun Comes Up* (1949), Editor
- *Cynthia* (1947), Editor
- *Love Laughs at Andy Hardy* (1946), Editor
- *Faithful in My Fashion* (1946), Editor
- *Up Goes Maisie* (1946), Editor
- *The Sailor Takes a Wife* (1945), Editor
- *Big City* (1937), as 'Cotton' Warburton
- *Donkey Baseball* (1935), as Center Fielder (uncredited)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1965: Best Film Editing (won), for *Mary Poppins*
- 1954: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Crazylegs*

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

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