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died: "19 May 1999"
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# John McSweeney Jr.

Editor. Born 26 August 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 19 May 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 26 August 1915, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 19 May 1999
- **Also known as:** John MacSweeney , John Fleming McSweeney Jr., Jack McSweeney, John F. McSweeney, John McSweeney
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McSweeney_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15455623, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574578/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21508

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Mutiny on the Bounty*](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md) (56)

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## Biography

John McSweeney Jr. was an American film editor. Born on 26 August 1915 in New York City, he began his career at MGM in the 1930s as a payroll clerk before moving to the editorial department as an assistant. After wartime service, he became a full editor in 1952.

McSweeney edited numerous MGM features, including *Lovely to Look At* (1952), *Please Don't Eat the Daisies* (1960), *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962) and *Viva Las Vegas* (1964). He received an Academy Award nomination for best film editing on *Mutiny on the Bounty*.

From the late 1960s he worked freelance on films such as *Me, Natalie* (1969) and *The Boy in the Plastic Bubble* (1976), and on television series including *Charlie's Angels* and *Trapper John, M.D.* He died on 19 May 1999 in Redondo Beach, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962), Fi1m 56, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Sarah Chong Is Going to Kill Herself* (2016), Post Production Assistant
- *American Dream* (1981), Editor
- *Skatetown, U.S.A.* (1979), Editor
- *Three on a Date* (1978), Editor
- *Captains Courageous* (1977), Editor
- *The Boy in the Plastic Bubble* (1976), Editor
- *Tom Sawyer* (1976), Editor
- *Having Babies* (1976), Editor
- *Journey into Fear* (1975), Editor
- *Big Rose* (1974), Editor
- *Mrs. Sundance* (1974), Editor
- *Night of the Lepus* (1972), Editor
- *Paper Man* (1971), Editor
- *Murder Once Removed* (1971), Editor
- *A Tattered Web* (1971), Editor
- *Evel Knievel* (1971), Editor
- *Dr. Cook's Garden* (1971), Editor
- *Adam at Six A.M.* (1970), Editor
- *Hail, Hero!* (1969), Editor
- *Me, Natalie* (1969), Editor
- *Live a Little, Love a Little* (1968), Editor
- *Sol Madrid* (1968), Editor
- *Double Trouble* (1967), Editor
- *The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones* (1966), Editor
- *The Glass Bottom Boat* (1966), Editor
- *The Money Trap* (1965), Editor
- *The Rounders* (1965), Editor
- *Signpost to Murder* (1964), Editor
- *Viva Las Vegas* (1964), Editor
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962), Editor — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md)
- *Go Naked in the World* (1961), Editor
- *All the Fine Young Cannibals* (1960), Editor
- *Please Don't Eat the Daisies* (1960), Editor
- *Ask Any Girl* (1959), Editor
- *It Started with a Kiss* (1959), Editor
- *The Mating Game* (1959), Editor
- *The Tunnel of Love* (1958), Editor
- *Party Girl* (1958), Editor
- *Saddle the Wind* (1958), Editor
- *House of Numbers* (1957), Editor
- *The Opposite Sex* (1956), Editor
- *Gaby* (1956), Editor
- *Diane* (1956), Editor
- *The King's Thief* (1955), Editor
- *Hit the Deck* (1955), Editor
- *M-G-M Jubilee Overture* (1954), Editor
- *Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor* (1953), Editor
- *Dangerous When Wet* (1953), Editor
- *Million Dollar Mermaid* (1952), Editor
- *Lovely to Look At* (1952), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1963: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Mutiny on the Bounty*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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