Walter A. Thompson


Walter A. Thompson was an American film editor with 69 film credits from 1930 to 1975. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for This Above All and for The Nun's Story. He was also nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm.
Thompson shared his last credit, Farewell, My Lovely, with Joel Cox. It was Cox's first credit as an editor; he has gone on to a distinguished career working primarily with director Clint Eastwood.

Selected filmography

YearFilmDirectorRole
1948Force of EvilAbraham PolonskyEditorial supervisor
1950Guilty of TreasonFelix E. FeistSupervising editor

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotesOther notes
1951PickupHugo HaasTechnical supervisor
1957SayonaraJoshua LoganProduction associate
1960The SundownersFred ZinnemannProduction associateSecond collaboration with Fred ZinnemannUncredited

YearFilmDirectorCredit
1961Romanoff and JulietPeter UstinovAssociate producer

;Documentaries
YearFilmDirectorRole
1952This Is CineramaPrologue supervisor

YearFilmNotes
1956Seven Wonders of the World
1958South Seas AdventureSecond segment

;Shorts
YearFilmDirector
1931Not So LoudHarry Sweet
1931All Gummed UpHarry Sweet
1931Lemon MeringueHarry Sweet
1931That's News to MeArvid E. Gillstrom
1931Beach PajamasRoscoe Arbuckle
1931Easy to GetHoward Bretherton
1932Only Men WantedRalph Ceder
1932Blondes by ProxyEdgar Kennedy
1932Niagara FallsRoscoe Arbuckle

;TV movies
YearFilmDirector
1973The Man Who Could Talk to KidsDonald Wrye

;TV series
YearTitleNotes
1951Stars Over Hollywood4 episodes
1952Chevron Theatre1 episode
1952Hollywood Opening Night2 episodes
1952The Campbell Playhouse1 episode
1952Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder3 episodes