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name: "Otto Meyer"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "12 July 1901"
died: "18 April 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T00:59:22.281726+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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# Otto Meyer

Editor. Born 12 July 1901 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 18 April 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 12 July 1901, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 18 April 1980
- **Active:** 1942–1943
- **Also known as:** Otto Walther Meyer, Otis Meyer, Otto W. Meyer, Otto Meyers, Otto Myers
- **Frequently works with:** [George Stevens](https://film.one/person/george-stevens.md), [Jean Arthur](https://film.one/person/jean-arthur.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Meyer_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2039974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583301/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34232

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The More the Merrier*](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*The Talk of the Town*](https://film.one/film/the-talk-of-the-town.md) (75)

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## Biography

Otto Meyer was an American film editor. Born in San Francisco, California, on 12 July 1901, he began working as a film editor in 1931 and edited approximately 80 films and television productions through the 1960s. He was under long-term contract at Columbia Pictures from 1933 to 1945.

Meyer received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing for *Theodora Goes Wild* (1936) and *The Talk of the Town* (1942). Among his other credits are *Penny Serenade* (1941), *You'll Never Get Rich* (1941), *The More the Merrier* (1943) and episodes of the television series *Perry Mason* (1957–1961) and *Gunsmoke* (1959–1967). He died in California on 18 April 1980.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The More the Merrier* (1943), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md)
- *The Talk of the Town* (1942), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-talk-of-the-town.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *The Tahitian* (1959), Editor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, Editor
- *Hello Out There* (1949), Editor
- *Over 21* (1945), Editor
- *A Guy, a Gal and a Pal* (1945), Editor
- *Together Again* (1944), Editor
- *The Black Parachute* (1944), Editor
- *Nine Girls* (1944), Editor
- *The More the Merrier* (1943), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md)
- *Something to Shout About* (1943), Editor
- *The Talk of the Town* (1942), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-talk-of-the-town.md)
- *Blondie Goes to College* (1942), Editor
- *You'll Never Get Rich* (1941), Editor
- *Penny Serenade* (1941), Editor
- *Arizona* (1940), Editor
- *Too Many Husbands* (1940), Editor
- *Music in My Heart* (1940), Editor
- *Blondie Brings Up Baby* (1939), Editor
- *Golden Boy* (1939), Editor
- *Blind Alley* (1939), Editor
- *The Lady and the Mob* (1939), Editor
- *The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt* (1939), Editor
- *Adventure in Sahara* (1938), Editor
- *It Happened in Hollywood* (1937), Editor
- *Theodora Goes Wild* (1936), Editor
- *Adventure in Manhattan* (1936), Editor
- *Roaming Lady* (1936), Editor
- *Super Speed* (1935), Editor
- *Escape from Devil's Island* (1935), Editor
- *In Spite of Danger* (1935), Editor
- *Girl in Danger* (1934), Editor
- *A Man's Game* (1934), Editor
- *The Crime of Helen Stanley* (1934), Editor
- *Before Midnight* (1933), Editor
- *Hold the Press* (1933), Editor
- *Police Car 17* (1933), Editor
- *Damaged Lives* (1933), Editor
- *Man Of Action* (1933), Editor
- *End of the Trail* (1932), Editor
- *The Western Code* (1932), Editor
- *Fighting for Justice* (1932), Editor
- *Cornered* (1932), Editor
- *Daring Danger* (1932), Editor
- *Two-Fisted Law* (1932), Editor
- *The Riding Tornado* (1932), Editor
- *Texas Cyclone* (1932), Editor
- *The Fighting Fool* (1932), Editor
- *The Fighting Marshal* (1931), Editor
- *The One Way Trail* (1931), Editor
- *Border Law* (1931), Editor
- *Three Rogues* (1931), as Teamster (uncredited)
- *Sundown Slim* (1920), as Bud Shoop
- *By Indian Post* (1919), as Swede (as Otto Myers)
- *Gun Law* (1919), as Gang Member

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1943: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Talk of the Town*
- 1937: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Theodora Goes Wild*

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

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