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name: "Newell P. Kimlin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/newell-p-kimlin"
fi1m_id: "newell-p-kimlin"
imdb_id: "nm0453974"
tmdb_id: 119080
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "19 October 1913"
died: "16 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:12:29.248896+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."
---

# Newell P. Kimlin

## Identity

Newell P. Kimlin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/newell-p-kimlin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** newell-p-kimlin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0453974
- **TMDB ID:** 119080
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119080

Editor. Born 19 October 1913 in Oldtown, Illinois, USA. Died 16 January 1974.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 19 October 1913, Oldtown, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 16 January 1974
- **Also known as:** Newell Kimlin, Newel Kimlin, Kimlin Newell
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119080

## Biography

Newell P. Kimlin was an American film editor. He was born on 19 October 1913 in Oldtown, Illinois, and died on 16 January 1974 in San Bernardino County, California.

Kimlin edited numerous MGM features in the 1950s, including *Bad Day at Black Rock* (1955), *The Tall Target* (1951), *Jeopardy* (1953), *The Man with a Cloak* (1951), *Carbine Williams* (1952) and *Half a Hero* (1953). His later credits include the feature *Love and Kisses* (1965) and episodes of television series such as *The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet*.

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bad Day at Black Rock* (1955), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-day-at-black-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Love and Kisses* (1965), Editor
- *Bad Day at Black Rock* (1955), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-day-at-black-rock.md)
- *Jeopardy* (1953), Editor
- *Apache War Smoke* (1952), Editor
- *You for Me* (1952), Editor
- *Carbine Williams* (1952), Editor
- *Talk About a Stranger* (1952), Editor
- *The Man with a Cloak* (1951), Editor
- *The Tall Target* (1951), Editor
- *The Painted Hills* (1951), Editor
- *Inside Straight* (1951), Editor
- *Dial 1119* (1950), Editor
- *Mr. Whitney Had a Notion* (1949), Editor
- *Annie Was a Wonder* (1949), Editor
- *Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 5* (1948), Editor
- *Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 6* (1948), Editor
- *Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 4* (1948), Editor
- *Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 2* (1948), Editor
- *Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 1* (1948), Editor
- *My Old Town* (1948), Editor
- *Goodbye, Miss Turlock* (1948), Editor
- *The Amazing Mr. Nordill* (1947), Editor

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