---
name: "Owen Marks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/owen-marks"
fi1m_id: "owen-marks"
imdb_id: "nm0548929"
tmdb_id: 2761
wikidata_id: "Q2042628"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "8 August 1899"
died: "18 September 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-25T04:27:54.715157+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."
---

# Owen Marks

## Identity

Owen Marks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/owen-marks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** owen-marks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0548929
- **TMDB ID:** 2761
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2042628
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Marks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2042628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2761

Editor. Born 8 August 1899 in England, UK. Died 18 September 1960.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 8 August 1899, England, UK
- **Died:** 18 September 1960
- **Active:** 1929–1949
- **Frequently works with:** [Humphrey Bogart](https://film.one/person/humphrey-bogart.md), [James Cagney](https://film.one/person/james-cagney.md), [Michael Curtiz](https://film.one/person/michael-curtiz.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 68 (1), 1930s 82 (1), 1940s 89 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Adventure 1, History 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $20m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Marks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2042628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2761

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Casablanca*](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md) (93)
- **Tubi:** [*Disraeli*](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Owen Marks (8 August 1899 – 18 September 1960) was an English film editor who worked in the United States.

Born in England, Marks spent time as a prizefighter before his film career began in 1928, when Warner Bros. contracted him as an editor. He remained with the studio throughout his career and edited over 95 films.

Marks edited *Casablanca* (1942), *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), *White Heat* (1949) and *East of Eden* (1955). He received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing for *Casablanca* and *Janie* (1944). His final films, *The Sins of Rachel Cade* and *Parrish*, were released posthumously in 1961.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *White Heat* (1949), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/white-heat.md)
- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)
- *Casablanca* (1943), Fi1m 93, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md)
- *Angels with Dirty Faces* (1938), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/angels-with-dirty-faces.md)
- *Disraeli* (1929), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

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

- *Parrish* (1961), Editor
- *The Sins of Rachel Cade* (1961), Editor
- *A Summer Place* (1959), Editor
- *The Hanging Tree* (1959), Editor
- *Too Much, Too Soon* (1958), Editor
- *Lafayette Escadrille* (1958), Editor
- *Santiago* (1956), Editor
- *Sincerely Yours* (1955), Editor
- *East of Eden* (1955), Editor
- *Lucky Me* (1954), Editor
- *Three Sailors and a Girl* (1953), Editor
- *Trouble Along the Way* (1953), Editor
- *The Man Behind The Gun* (1953), Editor
- *I'll See You in My Dreams* (1951), Editor
- *Force of Arms* (1951), Editor
- *Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison* (1951), Editor
- *Highway 301* (1950), Editor
- *The West Point Story* (1950), Editor
- *Bright Leaf* (1950), Editor
- *Caged* (1950), Editor
- *White Heat* (1949), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/white-heat.md)
- *Colorado Territory* (1949), Editor
- *June Bride* (1948), Editor
- *Winter Meeting* (1948), Editor
- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)
- *Deep Valley* (1947), Editor
- *Nora Prentiss* (1947), Editor
- *The Man I Love* (1946), Editor
- *Pride of the Marines* (1945), Editor
- *Escape in the Desert* (1945), Editor
- *Janie* (1944), Editor
- *Passage to Marseille* (1944), Editor
- *Mission to Moscow* (1943), Editor
- *Casablanca* (1943), Editor — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md)
- *Wings for the Eagle* (1942), Editor
- *Affectionately Yours* (1941), Editor
- *Footsteps in the Dark* (1941), Editor
- *No Time for Comedy* (1940), Editor
- *Saturday's Children* (1940), Editor
- *The Fighting 69th* (1940), Editor
- *The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex* (1939), Editor
- *Confessions of a Nazi Spy* (1939), Editor
- *The Oklahoma Kid* (1939), Editor
- *Angels with Dirty Faces* (1938), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/angels-with-dirty-faces.md)
- *Secrets of an Actress* (1938), Editor
- *Love, Honor and Behave* (1938), Editor
- *Gold Is Where You Find It* (1938), Editor
- *It's Love I'm After* (1937), Editor
- *Slim* (1937), Editor
- *Black Legion* (1937), Editor
- *China Clipper* (1936), Editor
- *The Petrified Forest* (1936), Editor
- *Frisco Kid* (1935), Editor
- *We're in the Money* (1935), Editor
- *The Girl from 10th Avenue* (1935), Editor
- *Traveling Saleslady* (1935), Editor
- *While the Patient Slept* (1935), Editor
- *The Secret Bride* (1934), Editor
- *A Lost Lady* (1934), Editor
- *Upperworld* (1934), Editor
- *Convention City* (1933), Editor
- *Ever in My Heart* (1933), Editor
- *Voltaire* (1933), Editor
- *The Working Man* (1933), Editor
- *The King's Vacation* (1933), Editor
- *You Said a Mouthful* (1932), Editor
- *The Crash* (1932), Editor
- *The Tenderfoot* (1932), Editor
- *Safe in Hell* (1931), Editor
- *Alexander Hamilton* (1931), Editor
- *Divorce Among Friends* (1930), Editor
- *Sweet Kitty Bellairs* (1930), Editor
- *Old English* (1930), Editor
- *Mammy* (1930), Editor
- *Disraeli* (1929), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)
- *The Hottentot* (1929), Editor
- *Say It with Songs* (1929), Editor
- *Fancy Baggage* (1929), Editor
- *My Man* (1928), Editor
- *The Midnight Taxi* (1928), Editor
- *Tracked by the Police* (1927), Editor
- *Helen's Babies* (1924), Editor
- *Listen Lester* (1924), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1945: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Janie*
- 1944: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Casablanca*

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

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