Manuel del Campo

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Manuel del Campo also Manuel Del Campo (born November 14, 1913 in Mexico City , Mexico ; † February 16, 1969 in England ) was a Mexican film editor who oversaw the editing of over 20 cinema and television productions during his career . Including films like The Black Rose , The Journey into the Unknown , White Ruler of Tonga , The Baby on the Battleship or A Strange Saint .

life and career

Manuel del Campo was born in Mexico City in 1913 as the son of the Mexican diplomat Manuel Martinez del Campo. Del Campo began his career in 1947 as an editor under the British director George King, for whose Oskar Homolka drama The Man Who Became a Murderer he performed the cut. Other important stations as an editor in the 1950s were Henry Hathaway's adventure film The Black Rose with Tyrone Power , Orson Welles and Cécile Aubry in the leading roles, Henry Koster's drama The Journey into the Unknown with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich , the two pirate films White Ruler Tonga and The Treasure of the Corsairs by director Byron Haskin , the Jay Lewis comedy The Baby on the Battleship or the Jack Lee thriller The Farm of the Cursed . In 1962, he worked for the Italian production Die Included von Altona with the cast of Sophia Loren , Maximilian Schell and Fredric March directed by Vittorio De Sica . In the same year he also provided the editing for the comedy A Strange Saint by Edward Dmytryk .

From 1957 on, Manuel del Campo also worked sporadically for television, as editor in addition to the television series The Adventures of Long John Silver and Playhouse 90 at the end of the 1960s, also some episodes of the popular British agent series Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone .

From 1936 to 1941 he was married to film actress Mary Astor . Manuel del Campo died on February 16, 1969 at the age of 55 in his adopted home England.

Filmography (selection)

Movie

  • 1947: The Man Who Became the Murderer (The Shop at Sly Corner)
  • 1948: No Orchids for Miss Blandish
  • 1948: The Small Voice
  • 1950: The Black Rose (The Black Rose)
  • 1951: The Journey into the Unknown (No Highway)
  • 1952: Time, Gentlemen, Please!
  • 1952: Miss Robin Hood
  • 1954: White ruler of Tonga (His Majesty O'Keefe)
  • 1954: The Treasure of the Corsairs (Long John Silver)
  • 1954: L'amante di Paride
  • 1956: The baby on the battleship (The Baby and the Battleship)
  • 1957: True as a Turtle
  • 1957: The Farm of the Cursed (Robbery Under Arms)
  • 1961: Then There Were Three
  • 1962: The Trapped in Altona (I sequestrati di Altona)
  • 1962: An odd saint (The Reluctant Saint)
  • 1966: Ambush at Devil's Gap

watch TV

  • 1957: The Adventures of Long John Silver (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1959: Playhouse 90 (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1968–1969: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat (TV series, 7 episodes)

literature

  • Manuel del Campo. In: Paul Mavis: The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. , McFarland, 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manuel del Campo. In: Kate Bales: Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film Editors Guide. , Lone Eagle, 1999, p. 478
personal data
SURNAME del Campo, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Del Campo, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican film editor
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico City , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH 16th February 1969
Place of death England