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name: "Merrill G. White"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/merrill-g-white"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "13 December 1901"
died: "21 March 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:17:02.833589+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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# Merrill G. White

Editor. Born 13 December 1901 in California. Died 21 March 1959.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 13 December 1901, California
- **Died:** 21 March 1959

## Biography

Merrill G. White (13 December 1901 – 21 March 1959) was an American film editor and screenwriter. He began his career at Paramount in the late 1920s and worked in Britain during the 1930s, including on several productions for Herbert Wilcox.

White edited numerous films, among them *The Love Parade* (1929), *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), *The Red House* (1947), *Tarzan and the Huntress* (1947), *Robot Monster* (1953), *The Brave One* (1956) and *The Fly* (1958). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for *The Brave One*. He also co-directed *Ghost Diver* (1957) and served as associate producer on *Courage of Black Beauty* (1957).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Robot Monster* (1953), Fi1m 48, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/robot-monster.md)

## Also known for

- *The Fly* (1958), Editor
- *The Red House* (1947), Editor
- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), Editor
- *Tarzan and the Huntress* (1947), Editor
- *The Love Parade* (1929), Editor

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