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Ralph E. Winters

Editor, Actor, Additional Credits
Born June 17, 1909Died February 26, 2004 (94 years)
Ralph E. Winters (June 17, 1909 – February 26, 2004) was a Canadian-born film editor who became one of the leading figures of this field in the American industry.

After beginning on a series of B movies in the early 1940s, including several in the Dr. Kildare series, his first major film was George Cukor's Victorian chiller Gaslight (1944).

Winters won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for King Solomon's Mines (1950) (shared with Conrad A. Nervig) and Ben-Hur (1959) (shared with John D. Dunning). He received four additional nominations: Quo Vadis (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Great Race (1965) and Kotch (1971). Winters' other films included On the Town (1949), High Society (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).

Winters had a notable collaboration with director Blake Edwards. Over 20 years, they collaborated on 12 films together, including The Pink Panther (1963), The Party (1968), 10 (1979) and Victor/Victoria (1982). His last film was the pirate epic Cutthroat Island in 1995.

Winters had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, and in 1991, Winters received the organization's career achievement award. His memoir, Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor, was published in 2001.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Cutthroat Island
  • Eyes in the Night
  • The Other Side of Hell

Known For

  • Ben-Hur
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • Quo Vadis
  • King Solomon's Mines
  • Kotch

Ralph E. Winters Filmography

1995
1994
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1991
1986
1986
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1979
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1963
1962
Combat! (TV Series)
1961
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1941

2005
2003
1994
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic · as Self - Editor
1960
The 32nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1953
The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self

1947
Intrigue · as Air Force Pilot At Bar (uncredited)

1941
The Penalty · as Film Editor

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