---
name: "Dan Rae"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-rae"
fi1m_id: "dan-rae"
imdb_id: "nm0705994"
tmdb_id: 1004599
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T10:16:45.484682+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."
---

# Dan Rae

## Identity

Dan Rae

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-rae
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-rae
- **IMDb ID:** nm0705994
- **TMDB ID:** 1004599
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1004599

Editor. Born in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1963–1992
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 81 (1), 1970s 83 (1), 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $26m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1004599

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Candyman*](https://film.one/film/candyman.md) (81)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Dan Rae is a British film and television editor. Born in 1937 in London, he began working in the industry in the mid-1960s as an assistant editor, later taking on lead editing roles across features and television.

He edited the BBC miniseries *Edge of Darkness* (1985), for which he shared the 1986 BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best Film Editor with Ardan Fisher. His other credits include the films *Paperhouse* (1988), *The Tall Guy* (1989), *Candyman* (1992), *Split Second* (1992), *Immortal Beloved* (1994) and *Hush* (1998), as well as television work on series such as *Tales of the City* (1993) and *Doctor Who*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Candyman* (1992), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)
- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Hush* (1998), Editor
- *Rasputin* (1996), Editor
- *The Interview* (1995), Editor
- *Immortal Beloved* (1994), Editor
- *Candyman* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *Spies, Inc.* (1992), Editor
- *Split Second* (1992), Editor
- *Cast a Deadly Spell* (1991), Editor
- *Chicago Joe and the Showgirl* (1990), Editor
- *Resurrected* (1989), Editor
- *The Tall Guy* (1989), Editor
- *Paperhouse* (1988), Editor
- *Body Contact* (1987), Editor
- *Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill* (1985), Editor
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)
- *Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks* (1984), Editor
- *Mrs. Reinhardt* (1981), Editor
- *Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* (1980), Editor
- *Breakaway* (1980), series, Editor
- *The Network* (1979), Editor
- *Roger of the Raj* (1979), Editor
- *The Legend of King Arthur* (1979), series, Editor
- *On Giant's Shoulders* (1979), Editor
- *The Lost Boys* (1978), Editor
- *Citizen Smith* (1977), series, Editor
- *Rogue Male* (1976), Editor
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), series, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)
- *A Passage to England* (1975), Editor
- *Diane* (1975), Editor
- *Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks* (1972), Editor
- *Welcome Home* (1971), Editor
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, Editor
- *The Hallelujah Handshake* (1970), Editor
- *Garbo, by Joan Crawford* (1969), Editor
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1966), Assistant Editor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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