---
name: "John S. Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-s-smith"
fi1m_id: "john-s-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0808810"
tmdb_id: 2290787
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T10:28:50.873641+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 S. Smith

## Identity

John S. Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-s-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-s-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0808810
- **TMDB ID:** 2290787
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808810/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2290787

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1967–1985
- **Also known as:** John Smith
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 84 (1), 1980s 46 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $152m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808810/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2290787

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Sweeney*](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)

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

## Biography

John S. Smith is a British film and television editor, also credited as John Smith. He edited three episodes of the 1967 ITC series *The Prisoner* and served as film editor on one episode of *Blake's 7* (1978).

His other credits include supervising editor on *The Professionals* (1978–1983), editor on *The Sweeney* (1975–1978) and *Van der Valk* (1977), and additional editor on the James Bond film *A View to a Kill* (1985). He also worked as editor on *Tangiers* (1982) and *The Protectors* (1972–1973).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Fi1m 46, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *The Sweeney* (1975), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Dean
- *Magic Moments* (1989), Editor
- *Snow White* (1987), Editor
- *Blake's 7: Duel* (1986), Editor
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Additional Editor — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *To Serve Them All My Days* (1980), series, Editor
- *Blake's 7* (1978), series, Editor
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *The Protectors* (1972), series, Editor
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, Editor
- *Bartleby* (1970), Editor
- *The Adventures of Gerard* (1970), Editor
- *Mosquito Squadron* (1969), Editor
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *He Who Rides a Tiger* (1965), Editor
- *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, Editor
- *What Every Woman Wants* (1962), Editor
- *Richard the Lionheart* (1962), series, Editor

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