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name: "Robert L. Simpson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-l-simpson"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "31 July 1910"
died: "1 June 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T03:01:17.407249+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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# Robert L. Simpson

Editor. Born 31 July 1910 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Died 1 June 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 31 July 1910, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 1 June 1977
- **Active:** 1940–1956
- **Also known as:** Robert Simpson
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 86 (2), 1950s 71 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Family 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $26m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801184/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8505

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Miracle on 34th Street*](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md) (85)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The King and I*](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md) (71)

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## Biography

Robert L. Simpson (also credited as Robert Simpson) was an American film editor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1935 and later joined 20th Century Fox, where he worked for more than three decades.

Over a career spanning more than 100 feature films, Simpson edited *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), *The King and I* (1956) and *South Pacific* (1958). He collaborated with directors including John Ford, George Seaton and Walter Lang. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for *The Grapes of Wrath*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The King and I* (1956), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md)
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grapes-of-wrath.md)

## Complete filmography (85)

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

- *Kill Slade* (1989), Editor
- *Cahill: United States Marshal* (1973), Editor
- *Something Big* (1971), Editor
- *Fools' Parade* (1971), Editor
- *One More Train to Rob* (1971), Editor
- *Chisum* (1970), Editor
- *The Undefeated* (1969), Editor
- *100 Rifles* (1969), Editor
- *Lady in Cement* (1968), Editor
- *The Detective* (1968), Editor
- *Tony Rome* (1967), Editor
- *Caprice* (1967), Editor
- *Do Not Disturb* (1965), Editor
- *The Reward* (1965), Editor
- *Fate Is the Hunter* (1964), Editor
- *Move Over, Darling* (1963), Editor
- *The Stripper* (1963), Editor
- *The Chapman Report* (1962), Editor
- *Sanctuary* (1961), Editor
- *High Time* (1960), Editor
- *Can-Can* (1960), Editor
- *The Best of Everything* (1959), Editor
- *Mardi Gras* (1958), Editor
- *South Pacific* (1958), Editor
- *Kiss Them for Me* (1957), Editor
- *Desk Set* (1957), Editor
- *The True Story of Jesse James* (1957), Editor
- *The King and I* (1956), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)
- *The View from Pompey's Head* (1955), Editor
- *Laura* (1955), Editor
- *The Virgin Queen* (1955), Editor
- *A Man Called Peter* (1955), Editor
- *There's No Business Like Show Business* (1954), Editor
- *Prince Valiant* (1954), Editor
- *Inferno* (1953), Editor
- *The Girl Next Door* (1953), Editor
- *Call Me Madam* (1953), Editor
- *Treasure of the Golden Condor* (1953), Editor
- *My Wife's Best Friend* (1952), Editor
- *The Model and the Marriage Broker* (1951), Editor
- *As Young as You Feel* (1951), Editor
- *I Can Get It for You Wholesale* (1951), Editor
- *Rawhide* (1951), Editor
- *For Heaven's Sake* (1950), Editor
- *American Guerrilla in the Philippines* (1950), Editor
- *The Big Lift* (1950), Editor
- *Wabash Avenue* (1950), Editor
- *Slattery's Hurricane* (1949), Editor
- *The Forbidden Street* (1949), Editor
- *Apartment for Peggy* (1948), Editor
- *Fury at Furnace Creek* (1948), Editor
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md)
- *The Homestretch* (1947), Editor
- *The Shocking Miss Pilgrim* (1947), Editor
- *Do You Love Me* (1946), Editor
- *Claudia and David* (1946), Editor
- *Junior Miss* (1945), Editor
- *Diamond Horseshoe* (1945), Editor
- *Greenwich Village* (1944), Editor
- *Pin Up Girl* (1944), Editor
- *Claudia* (1943), Editor
- *Coney Island* (1943), Editor
- *Footlight Serenade* (1942), Editor
- *Song of the Islands* (1942), Editor
- *I Wake Up Screaming* (1941), Editor
- *Belle Starr* (1941), Editor
- *The Great American Broadcast* (1941), Editor
- *Hudson's Bay* (1940), Editor
- *Public Deb No. 1* (1940), Editor
- *The Man I Married* (1940), Editor
- *Star Dust* (1940), Editor
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grapes-of-wrath.md)
- *Drums Along the Mohawk* (1939), Editor
- *Second Fiddle* (1939), Editor
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1939), Editor
- *Submarine Patrol* (1938), Editor
- *Always Goodbye* (1938), Editor
- *Josette* (1938), Editor
- *Thin Ice* (1937), Editor
- *Wake Up and Live* (1937), Editor
- *The President's Mystery* (1936), Editor
- *Palm Springs* (1936), Editor
- *Big Brown Eyes* (1936), Editor
- *Her Master's Voice* (1936), Editor
- *The Gay Deception* (1935), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1941: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Grapes of Wrath*

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

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