---
name: "Hugh Bennett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugh-bennett"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "22 August 1892"
died: "21 March 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:54:59.582249+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."
---

# Hugh Bennett

Editor. Born 22 August 1892 in New York City. Died 21 March 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 22 August 1892, New York City
- **Died:** 21 March 1950
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Bennett_(film_director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106375202, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071796/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1008599

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Arrowsmith*](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md) (70)

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## Biography

Hugh Bennett (1892–1950) was an American film editor and director. He worked as an editor on numerous productions from the mid-1920s onwards, including *Arrowsmith* (1931), *Street Scene* (1931), *The Great McGinty* (1940), *If I Were King* (1938) and *I Wanted Wings* (1941). He was under contract at First National (1926–29), Goldwyn/United Artists (1931–32) and Paramount (1933–41).

Bennett also directed several entries in the Henry Aldrich comedy series for Paramount in the early 1940s, such as *Henry Aldrich for President* (1941), *Henry Aldrich, Editor* (1942) and *Henry and Dizzy* (1942). His final credited work as editor was on *Champagne for Caesar* (1950).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Arrowsmith* (1931), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Champagne for Caesar* (1950), Editor
- *The National Barn Dance* (1944), Director
- *Henry Aldrich's Little Secret* (1944), Director
- *Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid* (1944), Director
- *Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout* (1944), Director
- *Henry Aldrich Haunts a House* (1943), Director
- *Mardi Gras* (1943), Director
- *Henry Aldrich Swings It* (1943), Director
- *Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour* (1943), Director
- *Henry Aldrich, Editor* (1942), Director
- *Henry and Dizzy* (1942), Director
- *Henry Aldrich for President* (1941), Director
- *Rhythm on the River* (1940), Editor
- *The Great McGinty* (1940), Editor
- *Our Leading Citizen* (1939), Editor
- *Grand Jury Secrets* (1939), Editor
- *If I Were King* (1938), Editor
- *Cocoanut Grove* (1938), Editor
- *Her Jungle Love* (1938), Editor
- *Wells Fargo* (1937), Editor
- *The Last Train from Madrid* (1937), Co-Director
- *Maid of Salem* (1937), Editor
- *Rose of the Rancho* (1936), Editor
- *The Glass Key* (1935), Editor
- *Bolero* (1934), Editor
- *The Way to Love* (1933), Editor
- *Secrets* (1933), Editor
- *Cynara* (1932), Editor
- *Arrowsmith* (1931), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)
- *Street Scene* (1931), Editor
- *Those Who Dance* (1930), Editor
- *Outcast* (1928), Editor
- *The Shepherd of the Hills* (1928), Editor
- *An Affair of the Follies* (1927), Editor
- *Subway Sadie* (1926), Editor
- *The Secret of the Submarine* (1916), as Dr. Ralph Burke

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