---
name: "John Grover"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-grover"
fi1m_id: "john-grover"
imdb_id: "nm0344023"
tmdb_id: 10495
wikidata_id: "Q1700292"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 October 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T13:02:57.035946+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."
---

# John Grover

## Identity

John Grover

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-grover
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-grover
- **IMDb ID:** nm0344023
- **TMDB ID:** 10495
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1700292
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0344023/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10495

Editor. Born 1 October 1938 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 October 1938, Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1965–2000
- **Also known as:** John Clifford Grover
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert R. Broccoli](https://film.one/person/albert-r-broccoli.md), [John Glen](https://film.one/person/john-glen.md), [Michael G. Wilson](https://film.one/person/michael-g-wilson.md), [Richard Maibaum](https://film.one/person/richard-maibaum.md), [Timothy Dalton](https://film.one/person/timothy-dalton.md), [Tom Pevsner](https://film.one/person/tom-pevsner.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 70 (1), 1970s 77 (1), 1980s 70 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 63 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 5, Thriller 4, Drama 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $864m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0344023/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10495

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Labyrinth*](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Lifeforce*](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md) (65)

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

## Biography

John Grover is a British film editor. After completing National Service he began working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios as a numbering boy and later became an assistant editor, with early uncredited work on *Doctor Zhivago* (1965).

He edited several James Bond films, including *For Your Eyes Only* (1981), *The Living Daylights* (1987) and *Licence to Kill* (1989), and is also credited as editor on *Labyrinth* (1986), *Lifeforce* (1985) and other features.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Licence to Kill* (1989), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Labyrinth* (1986), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md)
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *For Your Eyes Only* (1981), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/for-your-eyes-only.md)
- *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), Fi1m 77, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-spy-who-loved-me.md)
- *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), Fi1m 70, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-zhivago.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Forest of the Gods* (2005), Editor
- *Nobody's Children* (1994), Editor
- *Frankenstein* (1993), Editor
- *The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish* (1991), Editor
- *Circles in a Forest* (1989), Editor
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *Consuming Passions* (1988), Editor
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Labyrinth* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md)
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *The First Olympics: Athens 1896* (1984), series, Editor
- *Who Dares Wins* (1982), Editor
- *For Your Eyes Only* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/for-your-eyes-only.md)
- *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-spy-who-loved-me.md)
- *The Wilby Conspiracy* (1975), First Assistant Editor
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1969), Assistant Editor
- *Hot Millions* (1968), Assistant Editor
- *Grand Prix* (1966), First Assistant Editor
- *The Alphabet Murders* (1965), Assistant Editor
- *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-zhivago.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-grover