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name: "Philip W. Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-w-anderson"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "23 June 1915"
died: "27 March 1980"
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average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T15:41:43.890294+00:00"
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# Philip W. Anderson

Editor. Born 23 June 1915 in New York, USA. Died 27 March 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 23 June 1915, New York, USA
- **Died:** 27 March 1980
- **Also known as:** Philip William Anderson, Philip Anderson, Phil Anderson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027295/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4359

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Ocean's Eleven*](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md) (55)

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## Biography

Philip W. Anderson was an American film editor. He began his career in 1939 and accumulated more than fifty feature film credits over three decades.

His work includes *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), *The Parent Trap* (1961), *Sayonara* (1957), *Gypsy* (1962), *The FBI Story* (1959) and *A Man Called Horse* (1970). He received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing for *Giant* (1956), *Sayonara* (1957) and *The Parent Trap* (1961).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Goodbye, Raggedy Ann* (1971), Editor
- *Mrs. Pollifax — Spy* (1971), Editor
- *A Man Called Horse* (1970), Editor
- *How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life* (1968), Editor
- *The Happening* (1967), Editor
- *The Night of the Grizzly* (1966), Editor
- *Moment to Moment* (1966), Editor
- *Mister Moses* (1965), Editor
- *One Man's Way* (1964), Editor
- *Gypsy* (1962), Editor
- *A Majority of One* (1961), Editor
- *The Parent Trap* (1961), Editor
- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md)
- *Tall Story* (1960), Editor
- *Cash McCall* (1960), Editor
- *The FBI Story* (1959), Editor
- *Westbound* (1959), Editor
- *Sayonara* (1957), Editor
- *I Love My Husband, But!* (1946), Assistant Director
- *Treasures from Trash* (1946), Screenplay, Assistant Director
- *Gettin' Glamour* (1946), Director
- *Badminton* (1945), Director
- *Grandpa Called It Art* (1944), Editor
- *Movie Pests* (1944), Editor
- *Seventh Column* (1943), Editor
- *Seeing Hands* (1943), Editor
- *First Aid* (1943), Editor
- *Marines in the Making* (1942), Editor
- *Calling All Pa's* (1942), Editor
- *Acro-Batty* (1942), Editor
- *What About Daddy?* (1942), Editor
- *Aqua Antics* (1942), Editor
- *How to Hold Your Husband - BACK* (1941), Editor
- *Fancy Answers* (1941), Editor
- *Army Champions* (1941), Editor
- *Flicker Memories* (1941), Editor
- *Football Thrills of 1940* (1941), Editor
- *Cuban Rhythm* (1941), Editor
- *Third Dimensional Murder* (1941), Editor
- *Quicker'n a Wink* (1940), Editor
- *'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two* (1940), Editor
- *Spots Before Your Eyes* (1940), Editor
- *The Domineering Male* (1940), Editor
- *Let's Talk Turkey* (1939), Editor
- *Take a Cue* (1939), Editor
- *Culinary Carving* (1939), Editor
- *Man, Woman and Sin* (1927), as Al Whitcomb as a Child

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