Robert Parrish

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Robert Parrish (born January 4, 1916 in Columbus , Georgia , † December 4, 1995 in Southampton , Long Island ) was an American film editor , film director , writer and child actor .

life and work

Robert Parrish, son of the actress Laura Parrish (1887–1977), already stood in front of the camera as a child and adolescent in smaller roles, including in classic films such as Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's love drama Sunrise - Song of Two People , the anti-war classic In the West Nothing News and the Western The Great Trek . In Charlie Chaplin's tragic comedy Lights of the Big City , he harassed Chaplin's tramp as a cheeky newsboy. Although he took on regular acting roles until 1938, he worked as a film editor from 1935. Director John Ford in particular employed Parrish regularly, including for his classic film The Fruits of Wrath . During World War II , Parrish also edited some of the war reports for which John Ford was also responsible. These include the documentaries Battle of Midway ( The Battle of Midway ) and The Nazi Plan ( The Nazi Plan ) about the Nuremberg Trials .

After the war he worked in Hollywood as an editor and received the Oscar for best editing for the film Hunt for Millions ( Body and Soul ) . In 1951 he made his debut as a film director with the film noir Cry Danger , in which Dick Powell seeks revenge against those who had once innocently imprisoned him. One of his most recognized films was the British-made war drama Flames over the Far East, starring Gregory Peck . Until the 1980s he worked as a director for a total of around 20 films. He published the two autobiographies Growing Up In Hollywood (1976) and Hollywood Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1988). He died in 1995 a month before his 80th birthday.

Filmography (selection)

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as editor:

as director:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data of Robert Parrish in: The Grove Book of Hollywood , by Christopher Silvester, Grove Press, 2002, p. 48
personal data
SURNAME Parrish, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, editor, and child actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus (Georgia) , USA
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1995
Place of death Southampton (Long Island) , USA