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name: "John M. Foley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-m-foley"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "8 July 1914"
died: "4 February 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T15:54:37.710629+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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# John M. Foley

Editor. Born 8 July 1914 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 4 February 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 8 July 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 4 February 1998
- **Works often with:** Al Francis, Donald R. Rode, Edward J. Lakso, Gerald Fried, Gerald Perry Finnerman, Herb Wallerstein

## Biography

John M. Foley (1914–1998) was an American film and television editor. He worked on numerous feature films in the 1940s and 1950s, including *The Strange Woman* (1946), *Lured* (1947) and *A Farewell to Arms* (1957).

In television, Foley edited episodes of *Star Trek* (1966) and *Mission: Impossible* (1966). He also edited extensively for Desilu Productions, contributing to over 280 episodes of *The Lucy Show* (1962–1968) and *Here's Lucy* (1968–1974), as well as episodes of *Mannix*.

*Sources: imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *Lured* (1947), Editor
- *A Farewell to Arms* (1957), Editor
- *The Strange Woman* (1946), Editor

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