---
name: "Ferris Webster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ferris-webster"
fi1m_id: "ferris-webster"
imdb_id: "nm0916883"
tmdb_id: 3643
wikidata_id: "Q1114628"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "29 April 1912"
died: "4 February 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-04T17:41:23.316912+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."
---

# Ferris Webster

## Identity

Ferris Webster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ferris-webster
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ferris-webster
- **IMDb ID:** nm0916883
- **TMDB ID:** 3643
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1114628
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Webster, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1114628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916883/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3643

Editor. Born 29 April 1912 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA. Died 4 February 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 29 April 1912, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
- **Died:** 4 February 1989
- **Active:** 1950–1982
- **Frequently works with:** [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md), [Charles Bronson](https://film.one/person/charles-bronson.md), [Elizabeth Taylor](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-taylor-3635.md), [John Frankenheimer](https://film.one/person/john-frankenheimer.md), [John Sturges](https://film.one/person/john-sturges.md), [Ron Spang](https://film.one/person/ron-spang.md), [Sondra Locke](https://film.one/person/sondra-locke.md), [Steve McQueen](https://film.one/person/steve-mcqueen-13565.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 79 (2), 1960s 85 (3), 1970s 82 (1), 1980s 48 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 4, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Action 2, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $209m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Webster, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1114628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916883/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3643

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Manchurian Candidate*](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md) (88)
- **Hulu:** [*Escape from Alcatraz*](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Great Escape*](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*Forbidden Planet*](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Ferris Webster (29 April 1912 – 4 February 1989) was an American film editor. He received his first feature credit in 1943 on *Harrigan's Kid* and worked at MGM until 1960, where he edited six films directed by Vincente Minnelli and three by Richard Brooks.

Webster was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *Blackboard Jungle* (1955), *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962) and *The Great Escape* (1963). In the 1960s he edited several films for directors John Sturges and John Frankenheimer. Later credits include multiple collaborations with Clint Eastwood, among them *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976) and *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979). His final films were released in 1982.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Firefox* (1982), Fi1m 47, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), Fi1m 50, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/any-which-way-you-can.md)
- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md)
- *Seconds* (1966), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/seconds.md)
- *The Great Escape* (1963), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md)
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md)
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)
- *Father of the Bride* (1950), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

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

- *Honkytonk Man* (1982), Editor
- *Firefox* (1982), Editor — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/any-which-way-you-can.md)
- *Bronco Billy* (1980), Editor
- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md)
- *Every Which Way but Loose* (1978), Editor
- *The Gauntlet* (1977), Editor
- *The Enforcer* (1976), Editor
- *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), Editor
- *The Eiger Sanction* (1975), Editor
- *Thunderbolt and Lightfoot* (1974), Editor
- *Magnum Force* (1973), Editor
- *Breezy* (1973), Editor
- *High Plains Drifter* (1973), Editor
- *Joe Kidd* (1972), Editor
- *The Organization* (1971), Editor
- *My Old Man's Place* (1971), Editor
- *A Walk in the Spring Rain* (1970), Editor
- *Zig Zag* (1970), Editor
- *Start the Revolution Without Me* (1970), Editor
- *Ice Station Zebra* (1968), Editor
- *Hour of the Gun* (1967), Editor
- *Divorce American Style* (1967), Editor
- *Seconds* (1966), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/seconds.md)
- *The Hallelujah Trail* (1965), Editor
- *The Satan Bug* (1965), Editor
- *Seven Days in May* (1964), as Gen. Bernard "Barney" Rutkowski (uncredited) · Editor
- *The Great Escape* (1963), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md)
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md)
- *Sergeants 3* (1962), Editor
- *A Thunder of Drums* (1961), Editor
- *By Love Possessed* (1961), Editor
- *The Magnificent Seven* (1960), Editor
- *Never So Few* (1959), Editor
- *Green Mansions* (1959), Editor
- *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1958), Editor
- *The Law and Jake Wade* (1958), Editor
- *The High Cost of Loving* (1958), Editor
- *Les Girls* (1957), Editor
- *Something of Value* (1957), Editor
- *Tea and Sympathy* (1956), Editor
- *The Fastest Gun Alive* (1956), Editor
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)
- *Ransom!* (1956), Editor
- *Blackboard Jungle* (1955), Editor
- *The Long, Long Trailer* (1954), Editor
- *All the Brothers Were Valiant* (1953), Editor
- *Scandal at Scourie* (1953), Editor
- *Lili* (1953), Editor
- *Lone Star* (1952), Editor
- *The Girl in White* (1952), Editor
- *Kind Lady* (1951), Editor
- *Father's Little Dividend* (1951), Editor
- *The Magnificent Yankee* (1950), Editor
- *Mystery Street* (1950), Editor
- *Father of the Bride* (1950), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride.md)
- *Please Believe Me* (1950), Editor
- *The Doctor and the Girl* (1949), Editor
- *Madame Bovary* (1949), Editor
- *On an Island with You* (1948), Editor
- *Living in a Big Way* (1947), Editor
- *Undercurrent* (1946), Editor
- *The Hoodlum Saint* (1946), Editor
- *Dangerous Partners* (1945), Editor
- *The Picture of Dorian Gray* (1945), Editor
- *Rationing* (1944), Editor
- *Swing Fever* (1943), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1964: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Great Escape*
- 1963: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Manchurian Candidate*
- 1956: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Blackboard Jungle*

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

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