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name: "Walter Thompson"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "8 May 1903"
died: "17 December 1975"
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average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 2
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# Walter Thompson

Editor. Born 8 May 1903 in Indiana, USA. Died 17 December 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 8 May 1903, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 17 December 1975
- **Active:** 1959–1960
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 84 (1), 1960s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_A._Thompson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778153, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860828/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19334

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Nun's Story*](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) (84)

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## Biography

Walter A. Thompson (8 May 1903 – 17 December 1975) was an American film editor. Born in Indiana, he began his career in 1930 and accumulated 69 film credits over four decades until his death in Los Angeles.

Thompson received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing for *This Above All* (1942) and *The Nun's Story* (1959). He was also nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for *The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm* (1962). His credits include *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), *Jane Eyre* (1943), *Pitfall* (1948), *Fat City* (1972), *The Paper Chase* (1973) and *Farewell, My Lovely* (1975), the latter shared with Joel Cox. He was married to Vera Peterson.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Sundowners* (1960), Fi1m 74, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sundowners.md)
- *The Nun's Story* (1959), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

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

- *Farewell, My Lovely* (1975), Editor
- *Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins* (1975), Editor
- *The Man Who Could Talk to Kids* (1973), Editor
- *The Paper Chase* (1973), Editor
- *Shamus* (1973), Editor
- *The Magnificent Seven Ride!* (1972), Editor
- *Fat City* (1972), Editor
- *The Todd Killings* (1971), Editor
- *Skin Game* (1971), Editor
- *The Baby Maker* (1970), Editor
- *Marooned* (1969), Editor
- *Model Shop* (1969), Editor
- *A Flea in Her Ear* (1968), Editor
- *Murderers' Row* (1966), Editor
- *Rage* (1966), Editor
- *Walk Don't Run* (1966), Editor
- *King Rat* (1965), Editor
- *Behold a Pale Horse* (1964), Editor
- *The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm* (1962), Editor
- *The Sundowners* (1960), as Other — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sundowners.md)
- *The Nun's Story* (1959), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md)
- *South Seas Adventure* (1958), Director
- *The Second Woman* (1950), Editor
- *Quicksand* (1950), Editor
- *Pitfall* (1948), Editor
- *So This Is New York* (1948), Editor
- *The Gangster* (1947), Editor
- *The Other Love* (1947), Editor
- *Jane Eyre* (1943), Editor
- *Crash Dive* (1943), Editor
- *Thunder Birds* (1942), Editor
- *This Above All* (1942), Editor
- *Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake* (1942), Editor
- *Swamp Water* (1941), Editor
- *Wild Geese Calling* (1941), Editor
- *Moon Over Miami* (1941), Editor
- *That Night in Rio* (1941), Editor
- *Tin Pan Alley* (1940), Editor
- *The Return of Frank James* (1940), Editor
- *Lillian Russell* (1940), Editor
- *Everything Happens at Night* (1939), Editor
- *Hollywood Cavalcade* (1939), Editor
- *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), Editor
- *The Story of Alexander Graham Bell* (1939), Editor
- *Wife, Husband and Friend* (1939), Editor
- *Just Around the Corner* (1938), Editor
- *Little Miss Broadway* (1938), Editor
- *Sally, Irene and Mary* (1938), Editor
- *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), Editor
- *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937), Editor
- *Phantom of Santa Fe* (1936), Editor
- *Partners* (1932), Editor
- *Easy to Get* (1931), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1960: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Nun's Story*
- 1943: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *This Above All*

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

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