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name: "Donald R. Rode"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-r-rode"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "9 January 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T15:53:37.271381+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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# Donald R. Rode

Editor. Born 9 January 1937 in Los Angeles County, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 9 January 1937, Los Angeles County, California
- **Works often with:** Al Francis, Edward J. Lakso, Gerald Fried, Gerald Perry Finnerman, Herb Wallerstein, Herschel Daugherty

## Biography

Donald R. Rode is an American film and television editor. He began working on *Star Trek* (1966) as an assistant editor in the first season before becoming a full editor for the second and third seasons. He also edited episodes of *Mission: Impossible* (1966).

Rode's other credits include *Petrocelli* (1974), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Editing for a Drama Series, *Shōgun* (1980), *MacGyver* (1985), *Tank* (1984), and several television films such as *Murder in Three Acts* (1986) and *Dead Man's Folly* (1986). He received additional Emmy nominations for his work on *Star Trek* and *Shōgun*.

*Sources: memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *MacGyver* (1985), Editor
- *Shōgun* (1980), Editor
- *Tank* (1984), Editor
- *Murder in Three Acts* (1986), Editor
- *Dead Man's Folly* (1986), Editor

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