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name: "Sherman Todd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sherman-todd"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 April 1904"
died: "10 June 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T00:54:45.918503+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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# Sherman Todd

Editor. Born 1 April 1904 in Buffalo, Wyoming, USA. Died 10 June 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 April 1904, Buffalo, Wyoming, USA
- **Died:** 10 June 1979
- **Active:** 1940–1951
- **Also known as:** Sherman A. Todd
- **Frequently works with:** [Dudley Nichols](https://film.one/person/dudley-nichols.md), [Sam Wood](https://film.one/person/sam-wood.md), [Thomas Mitchell](https://film.one/person/thomas-mitchell.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 70 (3), 1950s 60 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, War 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $18m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Todd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1310769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127627

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Long Voyage Home*](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Our Town*](https://film.one/film/our-town.md) (72)

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## Biography

Sherman Todd was an American film editor and producer. Born on 1 April 1904 in Buffalo, Wyoming, he died on 10 June 1979 in Laguna Beach, California.

He began working as an editor in the early 1930s. His credits include *Stella Dallas* (1937), *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), *They Live by Night* (1949) and *The Racket* (1951). He also served as associate producer on several films.

Todd received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing for *The Long Voyage Home* and *For Whom the Bell Tolls*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Racket* (1951), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-racket.md)
- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md)
- *Our Town* (1940), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/our-town.md)
- *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Honey West* (1965), series, Editor
- *The Rogues* (1964), series, Editor
- *The Westerner* (1960), series, Editor
- *Johnny Ringo* (1959), series, Editor
- *Law of the Plainsman* (1959), series, Editor
- *Black Saddle* (1959), series, Editor
- *The Lady Takes a Flyer* (1958), Editor
- *Day of the Badman* (1958), Editor
- *Night Passage* (1957), Editor
- *The Girl in the Kremlin* (1957), Editor
- *Istanbul* (1957), Editor
- *The Great Man* (1956), Editor
- *Walk the Proud Land* (1956), Editor
- *Congo Crossing* (1956), Editor
- *A Day of Fury* (1956), Editor
- *Backlash* (1956), Editor
- *The Immortal City* (1954), Editor
- *The Racket* (1951), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-racket.md)
- *Flying Leathernecks* (1951), Editor
- *The Sun Sets at Dawn* (1950), Editor
- *Our Very Own* (1950), Editor
- *They Live by Night* (1949), Editor
- *A Woman's Secret* (1949), Editor
- *Berlin Express* (1948), Editor
- *Magic Town* (1947), Editor
- *From This Day Forward* (1946), Second Unit Director
- *None But the Lonely Heart* (1944), Associate Producer
- *Tender Comrade* (1944), Associate Producer
- *The Sky's the Limit* (1943), Associate Producer
- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md)
- *Joan of Paris* (1942), Editor
- *Look Who's Laughing* (1941), Editor
- *The Devil and Miss Jones* (1941), Editor
- *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md)
- *Our Town* (1940), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/our-town.md)
- *Raffles* (1939), Editor
- *They Shall Have Music* (1939), Editor
- *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), Editor
- *The Goldwyn Follies* (1938), Editor
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), Editor
- *Beloved Enemy* (1936), Editor
- *Strike Me Pink* (1936), Editor
- *The Dark Angel* (1935), Editor
- *Folies Bergère de Paris* (1935), Editor
- *Palmy Days* (1931), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1944: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *For Whom the Bell Tolls*
- 1941: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Long Voyage Home*

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

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