---
name: "Willard Nico"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/willard-nico"
fi1m_id: "willard-nico"
imdb_id: "nm0630119"
tmdb_id: 14021
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "12 November 1897"
died: "1 August 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T04:02:04.071737+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."
---

# Willard Nico

## Identity

Willard Nico

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/willard-nico
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** willard-nico
- **IMDb ID:** nm0630119
- **TMDB ID:** 14021
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14021

Editor. Born 12 November 1897 in Ohio, USA. Died 1 August 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 12 November 1897, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 1 August 1967
- **Active:** 1931–1947
- **Frequently works with:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md), [Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/person/paulette-goddard.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 88 (2), 1940s 81 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 3, Romance 2, Crime 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $17m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14021

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*City Lights*](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md) (89), [*Modern Times*](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md) (88), [*Monsieur Verdoux*](https://film.one/film/monsieur-verdoux.md) (82), [*The Great Dictator*](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Willard Nico (1897–1967) was an American film and television editor. He worked on several Charlie Chaplin features, receiving uncredited editing credit on *City Lights* (1931) and *Modern Times* (1936), and on-screen credit on *The Great Dictator* (1940) and *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947).

Nico later edited numerous television episodes, including 72 episodes of *The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show* (1956–1958) and 48 episodes of *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* (1959–1962). He was born in Ohio and died in Los Angeles.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-verdoux.md)
- *The Great Dictator* (1940), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md)
- *Modern Times* (1936), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)
- *City Lights* (1931), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-verdoux.md)
- *The Great Dictator* (1940), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md)
- *Modern Times* (1936), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)
- *City Lights* (1931), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md)

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