---
name: "Frederick Wardell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frederick-wardell"
fi1m_id: "frederick-wardell"
imdb_id: "nm0911979"
tmdb_id: 72449
wikidata_id: "Q64620950"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T23:12:44.838991+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."
---

# Frederick Wardell

## Identity

Frederick Wardell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frederick-wardell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frederick-wardell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0911979
- **TMDB ID:** 72449
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64620950
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64620950, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911979/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72449

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** Fred Wardell, Fred M. Wardell, Frederick M. Wardell
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (1), 2020s 49 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64620950, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911979/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72449

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Old Way*](https://film.one/film/the-old-way.md) (49)

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

## Biography

Frederick Wardell is a film and television editor. His credits include the feature film *The Old Way* (2023). He has also edited *Acts of Violence* (2018), *The Onion Movie* (2008), *How to Eat Fried Worms* (2006), *Candyman: Day of the Dead* (1999) and *Major League II* (1994), and episodes of the series *S.W.A.T.* (2017–2019).

Wardell began his career in the editorial department, working as assistant editor on John Carpenter films including *Prince of Darkness* (1987) and *They Live* (1988). He has contributed to numerous other features and television productions in assistant and additional editor roles. He is the son of producer and production manager Fred Wardell.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Old Way* (2023), Fi1m 49, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-old-way.md)
- *They Live* (1988), Fi1m 79, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/they-live.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Old Way* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/the-old-way.md)
- *Hell Girl* (2019), Editor
- *Acts of Violence* (2018), Editor
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, Assistant Editor, Editor
- *Salvation* (2016), Editor
- *Visions* (2015), Assistant Editor
- *5 Souls* (2013), Editor
- *No Tell Motel* (2012), Editor
- *It's in the Blood* (2012), Editor
- *Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer* (2011), First Assistant Editor
- *Sutures* (2009), Editor
- *The Onion Movie* (2008), Editor
- *The Box* (2007), Editor
- *How to Eat Fried Worms* (2006), Editor
- *She's No Angel* (2002), Editor
- *Lip Service* (2001), Editor
- *Living in Fear* (2000), Editor
- *Other Voices* (2000), Editor
- *Candyman: Day of the Dead* (1999), Editor
- *The Killing Jar* (1997), Editor
- *Levitation* (1997), Editor
- *Sleepstalker* (1995), Editor
- *Major League II* (1994), Editor
- *They Live* (1988), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/they-live.md)
- *Prince of Darkness* (1987), Assistant Editor

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