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name: "Tom McAdoo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-mcadoo"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "5 February 1914"
died: "21 March 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:45:13.804928+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."
---

# Tom McAdoo

Editor. Born 5 February 1914 in Bolivar, Missouri, USA. Died 21 March 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 5 February 1914, Bolivar, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 21 March 1964
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563879/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30509

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shane*](https://film.one/film/shane.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Tom McAdoo was an American film editor. He began his career in the sound department in the 1940s before moving to picture editing in the early 1950s.

His editing credits include *Shane* (1953), *The Court Jester* (1955), *The Missouri Traveler* (1958), *The Crowded Sky* (1960), *Boys' Night Out* (1962), *The Wheeler Dealers* (1963) and *The Americanization of Emily* (1964). He also worked as supervising film editor on *The Young Land* (1959) and contributed to several television episodes.

McAdoo was born on 5 February 1914 in Bolivar, Missouri, and died on 21 March 1964 in Los Angeles, California. He was the brother of Mary McAdoo Hussey.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shane* (1953), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/shane.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Americanization of Emily* (1964), Editor
- *The Wheeler Dealers* (1963), Editor
- *Love is a Ball* (1963), Editor
- *Boys' Night Out* (1962), Editor
- *Lad: A Dog* (1962), Editor
- *The Plunderers* (1960), Editor
- *The Crowded Sky* (1960), Editor
- *Guns of the Timberland* (1960), Editor
- *The Missouri Traveler* (1958), Editor
- *Spanish Affair* (1957), Editor
- *That Certain Feeling* (1956), Editor
- *The Court Jester* (1955), Editor
- *Shane* (1953), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/shane.md)
- *Something to Live For* (1952), Editor

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