---
name: "Edward Curtiss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-curtiss"
fi1m_id: "edward-curtiss"
imdb_id: "nm0193562"
tmdb_id: 13350
wikidata_id: "Q1291985"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "7 July 1898"
died: "7 November 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T01:09:20.405296+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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# Edward Curtiss

## Identity

Edward Curtiss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edward-curtiss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edward-curtiss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0193562
- **TMDB ID:** 13350
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1291985
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Curtiss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13350

Editor. Born 7 July 1898 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 7 November 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 7 July 1898, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 7 November 1970
- **Active:** 1932–1959
- **Also known as:** Ed. Curtis, Edward Curtis, E. Curtiss, Edw. Curtiss, Ed Curtiss
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Curtiss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13350

## Biography

Edward Curtiss was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1960s. Born in Los Angeles, he began in the industry around 1921 as a stuntman and aviator before transitioning to editing after impressing director Howard Hawks on set.

He edited numerous films, including *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1923), *Scarface* (1932), *Come and Get It* (1936), *Winchester '73* (1950) and *Touch of Evil* (1958, additional editing). Curtiss received an Academy Award nomination for *Come and Get It* and worked primarily at Universal. His television credits include an episode of *Rawhide* (1959) and episodes of *The Twilight Zone* (1963). He retired in 1961 and died in 1970.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Scarface* (1932), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/scarface-1932.md)
- *The Bitter Tea of General Yen* (1932), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bitter-tea-of-general-yen.md)

## Complete filmography (92)

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

- *Confessions of an Opium Eater* (1962), Editor
- *Dondi* (1961), Editor, Associate Producer
- *College Confidential* (1960), Editor
- *The Mountain Road* (1960), Editor
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, Editor
- *Ride a Crooked Trail* (1958), Editor
- *The Thing That Couldn't Die* (1958), Editor
- *The Big Beat* (1958), Editor
- *Girls on the Loose* (1958), Editor
- *Live Fast, Die Young* (1958), Editor
- *Touch of Evil* (1958), as Additional Editing
- *Man in the Shadow* (1957), Editor
- *The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm* (1957), Editor
- *The Tattered Dress* (1957), Editor
- *Mister Cory* (1957), Editor
- *Gun for a Coward* (1956), Editor
- *The Unguarded Moment* (1956), Editor
- *The Kettles in the Ozarks* (1956), Editor
- *The Creature Walks Among Us* (1956), Editor
- *Red Sundown* (1956), Editor
- *Running Wild* (1955), Editor
- *To Hell and Back* (1955), Editor
- *Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops* (1955), Editor
- *The Yellow Mountain* (1954), Editor
- *The Black Shield of Falworth* (1954), Editor
- *Dawn at Socorro* (1954), Editor
- *Ride Clear of Diablo* (1954), Editor
- *Forbidden* (1953), Editor
- *The All American* (1953), Editor
- *The Great Sioux Uprising* (1953), Editor
- *City Beneath the Sea* (1953), Editor
- *The Mississippi Gambler* (1953), Editor
- *Sally and Saint Anne* (1952), Editor
- *The Red Ball Express* (1952), Editor
- *Bronco Buster* (1952), Editor
- *Cave of Outlaws* (1951), Editor
- *The Strange Door* (1951), Editor
- *Comin' Round the Mountain* (1951), Editor
- *The Fat Man* (1951), Editor
- *The Prince Who Was a Thief* (1951), Editor
- *Wyoming Mail* (1950), Editor
- *Winchester '73* (1950), Editor
- *Outside the Wall* (1950), Editor
- *The Story of Molly X* (1949), Editor
- *Abandoned* (1949), Editor
- *Calamity Jane and Sam Bass* (1949), Editor
- *Illegal Entry* (1949), Editor
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff* (1949), Editor
- *The Countess of Monte Cristo* (1948), Editor
- *Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'* (1948), Editor
- *Casbah* (1948), Editor
- *Brute Force* (1947), Editor
- *Buck Privates Come Home* (1947), Editor
- *Tangier* (1946), Editor
- *Her Adventurous Night* (1946), Editor
- *Blonde Alibi* (1946), Editor
- *Pillow of Death* (1945), Editor
- *The Woman in Green* (1945), Editor
- *Frisco Sal* (1945), Editor
- *Corvette K-225* (1943), Editor
- *Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man* (1943), Editor
- *Mug Town* (1942), Editor
- *Half Way to Shanghai* (1942), Editor
- *Invisible Agent* (1942), Editor
- *Saboteur* (1942), Editor
- *Unseen Enemy* (1942), Editor
- *Law of the Range* (1941), Editor
- *Lucky Devils* (1941), Editor
- *Trail of the Vigilantes* (1940), Editor
- *When the Daltons Rode* (1940), Editor
- *My Little Chickadee* (1940), Editor
- *Tower of London* (1939), Editor
- *One Hour to Live* (1939), Editor
- *I Stole a Million* (1939), Editor
- *Exile Express* (1939), Editor
- *Gambling Ship* (1938), Editor
- *Come and Get It* (1936), Editor
- *The Road to Glory* (1936), Editor
- *Barbary Coast* (1935), Editor
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1935), Editor
- *Great Expectations* (1934), Editor
- *Romance in the Rain* (1934), Editor
- *Uncertain Lady* (1934), Editor
- *Today We Live* (1933), Editor
- *The Bitter Tea of General Yen* (1932), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bitter-tea-of-general-yen.md)
- *Scarface* (1932), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/scarface-1932.md)
- *The Good Bad Girl* (1931), Editor
- *The Fighting Sheriff* (1931), Editor
- *The Criminal Code* (1931), Editor
- *The Love Trap* (1929), Editor
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (1925), Editor
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1923), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1937: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Come and Get It*

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

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