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name: "Gene Havlick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gene-havlick"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "16 March 1894"
died: "11 May 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
updated: "2026-09-16T11:45:11.994233+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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# Gene Havlick

Editor. Born 16 March 1894 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA. Died 11 May 1959.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 16 March 1894, Enid, Oklahoma, USA
- **Died:** 11 May 1959
- **Active:** 1934–1940
- **Also known as:** Eugene Charles Havlick
- **Works often with:** Joseph Walker, Robert Kalloch, Frank Capra

## Biography

Gene Havlick (born Eugene Charles Havlick, 16 March 1894 – 11 May 1959) was an American film editor. He worked primarily at Columbia Pictures from 1929 to 1957, after a brief period at Universal, and edited more than 100 films over a 30-year career.

His credits include *It Happened One Night* (1934), *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), *Lost Horizon* (1937), *You Can't Take It with You* (1938), *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939) and *His Girl Friday* (1940). Havlick received three Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing, winning one for *Lost Horizon* (shared with Gene Milford).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *His Girl Friday* (1940), Fi1m 90, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/his-girl-friday.md)
- *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-smith-goes-to-washington.md)
- *It Happened One Night* (1934), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/it-happened-one-night.md)

## Also known for

- *You Can't Take It with You* (1938), Editor
- *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Editor
- *Lost Horizon* (1937), Editor
- *Dead Reckoning* (1946), Editor
- *The Reckless Moment* (1949), Editor
- *Twentieth Century* (1934), Editor
- *Lady for a Day* (1933), Editor
- *Shockproof* (1949), Editor

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