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name: "John Shirley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-shirley"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1922"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:30:22.014754+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 Shirley

Editor. Born 1 January 1922 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1922, London, England, UK

## Biography

John Shirley is a British film editor. Born in London in 1922, he began working as an editor in the early 1950s on productions including *Verbrechen ohne Schuld* (1951) and continued with credits on Carry On comedies such as *Carry On Nurse* (1959) and *Carry On Cruising* (1962).

His later work includes editing *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), the James Bond films *Live and Let Die* (1973) and *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), *Lion of the Desert* (1981), *King Solomon's Mines* (1985) and *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987). He received a BAFTA nomination for his editing.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987), Fi1m 30, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-iv-the-quest-for-peace.md)

## Also known for

- *Live and Let Die* (1973), Editor
- *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), Editor
- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), Editor
- *King Solomon's Mines* (1985), Editor
- *Lion of the Desert* (1981), Editor
- *The Red Tent* (1969), Additional Editing
- *Carry On Cruising* (1962), Editor
- *Carry On Nurse* (1959), Editor

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