Ben Lewis (editor)

Ben Lewis was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood for over 50 years. He was employed by MGM for many years, beginning his career with them in the silent era. An early credit was for Quality Street starring Marion Davies. Among his most famous films were Kismet, The Red Badge of Courage and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He retired in 1969 and died 18 months later of cancer on December 29, 1970. His brother, Joe, was a film director.

Filmography

Ben Lewis began his career as an editor. Based on Lewis' filmography at the Internet Movie Database.

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Other notes
1925	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Fred Niblo
1926	The Devil's Circus	Benjamin Christensen
1926	Money Talks	Archie Mayo
1926	The Boob	William A. Wellman	First collaboration with William A. Wellman
1926	The Flaming Forest	Reginald Barker
1927	Mr. Wu	William Nigh	First collaboration with William Nigh
1927	Quality Street	Sidney Franklin	First collaboration with Sidney Franklin
1928	Under the Black Eagle	W. S. Van Dyke	First collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1928	Across to Singapore	William Nigh	Second collaboration with William Nigh
1928	White Shadows in the South Seas	W. S. Van Dyke	Second collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1928	Honeymoon	Robert A. Golden
1929	A Single Man	Harry Beaumont	First collaboration with Harry Beaumont
1929	The Pagan	W. S. Van Dyke	Third collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1929	Thunder	William Nigh	Third collaboration with William Nigh
1929	The Kiss	Jacques Feyder
1931	Trader Horn	W. S. Van Dyke	Fourth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1931	Never the Twain Shall Meet	W. S. Van Dyke	Fifth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1931	The Man in Possession	Sam Wood	First collaboration with Sam Wood
1932	Tarzan the Ape Man	W. S. Van Dyke	Sixth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1932	Night Court	W. S. Van Dyke	Seventh collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1932	The Washington Masquerade	Charles Brabin	First collaboration with Charles Brabin
1932	The Mask of Fu Manchu	Charles Brabin	Second collaboration with Charles Brabin
1933	Whistling in the Dark	Elliott Nugent
1933	Fast Workers	Tod Browning	First collaboration with Tod Browning
1933	The Stranger's Return	King Vidor		Uncredited
1933	Dinner at Eight	George Cukor
1933	Broadway to Hollywood	Willard Mack
1934	You Can't Buy Everything	Charles Reisner	First collaboration with Charles Reisner
1934	Manhattan Melodrama	W. S. Van Dyke	Eighth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1934	Have a Heart	David Butler
1934	A Wicked Woman	Charles Brabin	Third collaboration with Charles Brabin
1935	Society Doctor	George B. Seitz	First collaboration with George B. Seitz
1935	Mark of the Vampire	Tod Browning	Second collaboration with Tod Browning
1935	Woman Wanted	George B. Seitz	Second collaboration with George B. Seitz
1936	The Garden Murder Case	Edwin L. Marin	First collaboration with Edwin L. Marin
1936	Moonlight Murder	Edwin L. Marin	Second collaboration with Edwin L. Marin
1936	Speed	Edwin L. Marin	Third collaboration with Edwin L. Marin
1937	Under Cover of Night	George B. Seitz	Third collaboration with George B. Seitz
1937	The Good Earth	Sidney Franklin	Second collaboration with Sidney Franklin	Uncredited
1937	Personal Property	W. S. Van Dyke	Ninth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1937	They Gave Him a Gun	W. S. Van Dyke	Tenth collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1937	Bad Guy	Edward L. Cahn
1937	The Last Gangster	Edward Ludwig
1938	Arsène Lupin Returns	George Fitzmaurice	First collaboration with George Fitzmaurice
1938	Judge Hardy's Children	George B. Seitz	Fourth collaboration with George B. Seitz
1938	Hold That Kiss	Edwin L. Marin	Fourth collaboration with Edwin L. Marin
1938	Love Finds Andy Hardy	George B. Seitz	Fifth collaboration with George B. Seitz
1938	Vacation from Love	George Fitzmaurice	Second collaboration with George Fitzmaurice
1938	Out West with the Hardys	George B. Seitz	Sixth collaboration with George B. Seitz
1939	Burn 'Em Up O'Connor	Edward Sedgwick	First collaboration with Edward Sedgwick
1939	The Hardys Ride High	George B. Seitz	Seventh collaboration with George B. Seitz
1939	Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever	W. S. Van Dyke	Eleventh collaboration with W. S. Van Dyke
1939	Judge Hardy and Son	George B. Seitz	Eighth collaboration with George B. Seitz
1940	Forty Little Mothers	Busby Berkeley	First collaboration with Busby Berkeley
1940	Strike Up the Band	Busby Berkeley	Second collaboration with Busby Berkeley
1940	Gallant Sons	George B. Seitz	Ninth collaboration with George B. Seitz
1941	Men of Boys Town	Norman Taurog		Uncredited
1941	Love Crazy	Jack Conway
1941	Down in San Diego	Robert B. Sinclair
1941	Married Bachelor	Edward Buzzell
1942	The Bugle Sounds	S. Sylvan Simon	First collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1942	Rio Rita	S. Sylvan Simon	Second collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1942	Pacific Rendezvous	George Sidney
1942	For Me and My Gal	Busby Berkeley	Third collaboration with Busby Berkeley
1943	Lassie Come Home	Fred M. Wilcox	First collaboration with Fred M. Wilcox
1943	Whistling in Brooklyn	S. Sylvan Simon	Third collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1944	Kismet	William Dieterle
1944	Lost in a Harem	Charles Reisner	Second collaboration with Charles Reisner	Uncredited
1945	Son of Lassie	S. Sylvan Simon	Fourth collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1945	Abbott and Costello in Hollywood	S. Sylvan Simon	Fifth collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1946	Bad Bascomb	S. Sylvan Simon	Sixth collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1946	The Cockeyed Miracle	S. Sylvan Simon	Seventh collaboration with S. Sylvan Simon
1947	The Mighty McGurk	John Waters
1947	Undercover Maisie	Harry Beaumont	Second collaboration with Harry Beaumont
1948	Alias a Gentleman	Harry Beaumont	Third collaboration with Harry Beaumont
1948	A Southern Yankee	Edward Sedgwick	Second collaboration with Edward Sedgwick
1949	The Stratton Story	Sam Wood	Second collaboration with Sam Wood
1949	Malaya	Richard Thorpe	First collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1950	Ambush	Sam Wood	Third collaboration with Sam Wood
1950	Three Little Words	Richard Thorpe	Second collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1951	The Red Badge of Courage	John Huston
1951	The Unknown Man	Richard Thorpe	Third collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1951	It's a Big Country
1952	Shadow in the Sky	Fred M. Wilcox	Second collaboration with Fred M. Wilcox
1952	The Devil Makes Three	Andrew Marton
1953	The Girl Who Had Everything	Richard Thorpe	Fifth collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1953	A Slight Case of Larceny	Don Weis	Second collaboration with Don Weis
1953	Big Leaguer	Robert Aldrich
1954	Tennessee Champ	Fred M. Wilcox	Third collaboration with Fred M. Wilcox
1955	Many Rivers to Cross	Roy Rowland	First collaboration with Roy Rowland
1955	The Scarlet Coat	John Sturges	Second collaboration with John Sturges
1956	The Last Hunt	Richard Brooks
1956	These Wilder Years	Roy Rowland	Second collaboration with Roy Rowland
1957	Hot Summer Night	David Friedkin	First collaboration with David Friedkin
1957	The Vintage	Jeffrey Hayden
1957	Tip on a Dead Jockey	Richard Thorpe	Sixth collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1958	Handle with Care	David Friedkin	Second collaboration with David Friedkin
1958	High School Confidential!	Jack Arnold
1959	Night of the Quarter Moon	Hugo Haas
1959	The Beat Generation	Charles F. Haas	First collaboration with Charles F. Haas
1959	The Big Operator	Charles F. Haas	Second collaboration with Charles F. Haas
1960	The Subterraneans	Ranald MacDougall
1961	Atlantis, the Lost Continent	George Pal
1961	The Honeymoon Machine	Richard Thorpe	Seventh collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1961	The Lawbreakers	Joseph M. Newman
1962	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Vincente Minnelli
1963	Drums of Africa	James B. Clark
1964	Kissin' Cousins	Gene Nelson	First collaboration with Gene Nelson
1964	Your Cheatin' Heart	Gene Nelson	Second collaboration with Gene Nelson
1964	Get Yourself a College Girl	Sidney Miller
1965	When the Boys Meet the Girls	Alvin Ganzer
1965	Harum Scarum	Gene Nelson	Third collaboration with Gene Nelson
1966	Hold On!	Arthur Lubin
1966	Hot Rods to Hell	John Brahm
1967	Riot on Sunset Strip	Arthur Dreifuss	First collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
1967	The Fastest Guitar Alive	Michael D. Moore
1967	The Love-Ins	Arthur Dreifuss	Second collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
1968	For Singles Only	Arthur Dreifuss	Third collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
1968	A Time to Sing	Arthur Dreifuss	Fourth collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
1968	The Young Runaways	Arthur Dreifuss	Fifth collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1925	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Fred Niblo	Assistant editor	Uncredited
1937	The Good Earth	Sidney Franklin	Assistant editor	Uncredited

;TV pilots

Year	Film	Director
1966	The Iron Men	Allen H. Miner

;TV series

Year	Title	Notes
1956	MGM Parade	6 episodes
1961	The Asphalt Jungle	2 episodes
1960−61	National Velvet	3 episodes
1964	Dr. Kildare	1 episode
1968	Off to See the Wizard	2 episodes

;TV specials