---
name: "Jack Killifer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-killifer"
fi1m_id: "jack-killifer"
imdb_id: "nm0453198"
tmdb_id: 113571
wikidata_id: "Q28497952"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "19 November 1898"
died: "6 August 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:07:57.655706+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."
---

# Jack Killifer

## Identity

Jack Killifer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-killifer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-killifer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0453198
- **TMDB ID:** 113571
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28497952
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Killifer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28497952, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453198/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113571

Editor. Born 19 November 1898 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 6 August 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 19 November 1898, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 6 August 1956
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Killifer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28497952, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453198/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113571

## Biography

Jack Killifer was an American film editor. He was employed by Warner Brothers from 1928 to 1943 and worked on numerous feature films during that period.

His credits include *Lights of New York* (1928), *G Men* (1935), *Bullets or Ballots* (1936), *Marked Woman* (1937), *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), *They Made Me a Criminal* (1939), *High Sierra* (1941), *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1942) and *Gentleman Jim* (1942). He later edited *The Beast with a Million Eyes* (1955) and several television episodes.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *High Sierra* (1941), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/high-sierra.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

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

- *The Beast with a Million Eyes* (1955), Editor
- *The Hoodlum* (1951), Editor
- *Northern Pursuit* (1943), Editor
- *Background to Danger* (1943), Editor
- *Vaudeville Days* (1942), Editor
- *Gentleman Jim* (1942), Editor
- *The Big Shot* (1942), Editor
- *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941), Editor
- *The Smiling Ghost* (1941), Editor
- *Highway West* (1941), Editor
- *High Sierra* (1941), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/high-sierra.md)
- *Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra* (1941), Editor
- *Young America Flies* (1940), Editor
- *Torrid Zone* (1940), Editor
- *Granny Get Your Gun* (1940), Editor
- *A Child is Born* (1939), Editor
- *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), Editor
- *The Kid from Kokomo* (1939), Editor
- *They Made Me a Criminal* (1939), Editor
- *Valley of the Giants* (1938), Editor
- *Men Are Such Fools* (1938), Editor
- *Swing Your Lady* (1938), Editor
- *That Certain Woman* (1937), Editor
- *Draegerman Courage* (1937), Editor
- *Marked Woman* (1937), Editor
- *God's Country and the Woman* (1937), Editor
- *Bullets or Ballots* (1936), Editor
- *Times Square Playboy* (1936), Editor
- *Road Gang* (1936), Editor
- *Little Big Shot* (1935), Editor
- *'G' Men* (1935), Editor
- *A Night at the Ritz* (1935), Editor
- *The Right to Live* (1935), Editor
- *Babbitt* (1934), Editor
- *Big Hearted Herbert* (1934), Editor
- *Midnight Alibi* (1934), Editor
- *Smarty* (1934), Editor
- *Registered Nurse* (1934), Editor
- *Fashions of 1934* (1934), Editor
- *Female* (1933), Editor
- *The Mayor of Hell* (1933), Editor
- *Grand Slam* (1933), Editor
- *The Match King* (1932), Editor
- *Union Depot* (1932), Editor
- *Local Boy Makes Good* (1931), Editor
- *Smart Money* (1931), Editor
- *A Soldier's Plaything* (1930), Editor
- *The Matrimonial Bed* (1930), Editor
- *So Long Letty* (1929), Editor
- *On With the Show!* (1929), Editor
- *The Time, the Place and the Girl* (1929), Editor
- *Conquest* (1928), Editor
- *Lights of New York* (1928), Editor

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