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name: "Robert Lawrence"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-lawrence-14491"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "9 November 1913"
died: "19 September 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:34:47.186851+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 Lawrence

Editor. Born 9 November 1913 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Died 19 September 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 9 November 1913, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Died:** 19 September 2004
- **Active:** 1971–1983
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 77 (1), 1980s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lawrence_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15454259, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14491

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Fiddler on the Roof*](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md) (77)

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## Biography

Robert Lawrence (9 November 1913 – 19 September 2004) was a Canadian film editor. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he worked in Hollywood from the early 1950s until the late 1980s.

He edited or supervised editing on numerous feature films, including *Spartacus* (1960), *El Cid* (1961), *55 Days at Peking* (1963), *The Fall of the Roman Empire* (1964), *Is Paris Burning?* (1966), *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), *Never Say Never Again* (1983) and *Warning Sign* (1985). Lawrence received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for *Spartacus*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Fi1m 64, Supervising Film Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/never-say-never-again.md)
- *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Rent-a-Cop* (1987), Editor
- *8 Million Ways to Die* (1986), Editor
- *Warning Sign* (1985), Editor
- *Fort Saganne* (1984), Editor
- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Supervising Film Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/never-say-never-again.md)
- *Exposed* (1983), Editor
- *Fingers* (1978), Editor
- *I Will, I Will...For Now* (1976), Editor
- *Whiffs* (1975), Editor
- *S*P*Y*S* (1974), Editor
- *Up the Sandbox* (1972), Editor
- *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md)
- *Promise at Dawn* (1970), Editor
- *Loving* (1970), Editor
- *Uptight* (1968), Editor
- *Is Paris Burning?* (1966), Editor
- *Carol for Another Christmas* (1964), Editor
- *The Fall of the Roman Empire* (1964), Editor
- *55 Days at Peking* (1963), Editor
- *El Cid* (1961), Editor
- *Spartacus* (1960), Editor
- *Day of the Outlaw* (1959), Editor
- *City of Fear* (1959), Editor
- *Tokyo After Dark* (1959), Editor
- *Anna Lucasta* (1958), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1961: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Spartacus*

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

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