Otto Meyer (film editor)

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Otto Walther Meyer (born July 12, 1901 in California ; † April 18, 1980 there ) was an American film editor with German ancestors.

Life

Otto Meyer was born in California as the son of German immigrants. In 1931 he got a contract with Columbia Pictures as editor. In the early 1930s he first cut numerous westerns by director D. Ross Lederman with Tim McCoy in the lead role, such as B. Two-Fisted Law (1932) and Texas Cyclone (1932). The latter also featured the young John Wayne . From 1936 Meyer was responsible for larger Columbia productions, including Theodora Goes Wild (1936) with Irene Dunne and George Cukors The Bride 's Sister ( Holiday , 1938) with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant . After 1945 it was rarely used in movies. In the 1950s he worked frequently for American television, where he was responsible for editing several episodes of the series Perry Mason (1957-1961) and Smoking Colts (1959-1967) .

Otto Meyer received two Oscar nominations for Best Editing in the course of his career : 1937 for Theodora Goes Wild and 1943 for Witness of the Prosecution ( The Talk of the Town , 1942) with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman in the leading roles. In 1967 Meyer withdrew from show business. He died in 1980 at the age of 78 and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles .

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SURNAME Meyer, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Otto Walther (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH California
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1980
Place of death California