
Ralph E. Winters
Personal Info
Known for
Editing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-06-17
Day of Death
2004-02-26 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ralph E. Winters
Biography
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.
Acting
(2003)
The Pink Panther Story
as Himself
(1993)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Self - Editor
(1947)
Intrigue
as Air Force Pilot at Bar (uncredited)
Crew
(1995)
Cutthroat Island
Editor
(1994)
Lily in Winter
Editor
(1993)
(1986)
Big Trouble
Editor
(1986)
Let's Get Harry
Editor
(1984)
Micki & Maude
Editor
(1983)
The Man Who Loved Women
Editor
(1982)
Victor/Victoria
Editor
(1981)
S.O.B.
Editor
(1979)
10
Editor
(1978)
The Other Side of Hell
Editor
(1977)
Orca
Editor
(1976)
King Kong
Editor
(1974)
The Front Page
Editor
(1974)
The Spikes Gang
Editor
(1974)
Mr. Majestyk
Editor
(1973)
The Outfit
Editor
(1973)
The All-American Boy
Editor
(1972)
Avanti!
Editor
(1972)
The Carey Treatment
Editor
(1971)
Kotch
Editor
(1970)
The Hawaiians
Editor
(1969)
Gaily, Gaily
Editor
(1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair
Editor
(1968)
The Party
Editor
(1967)
Fitzwilly
Editor
(1967)
(1966)
(1965)
The Great Race
Editor
(1964)
A Shot in the Dark
Editor
(1963)
The Pink Panther
Editor
(1963)
Dime with a Halo
Editor
(1963)
Soldier in the Rain
Editor
(1961)
Ada
Editor
(1960)
BUtterfield 8
Editor
(1959)
Ben-Hur
Editor
(1958)
The Sheepman
Editor
(1957)
Jailhouse Rock
Editor
(1957)
Man on Fire
Editor
(1956)
High Society
Editor
(1956)
Tribute to a Bad Man
Editor
(1955)
Jupiter's Darling
Editor
(1955)
Love Me or Leave Me
Editor
(1954)
Executive Suite
Editor
(1954)
(1953)
Kiss Me Kate
Editor
(1953)
The Story of Three Loves
Editor
(1953)
Young Bess
Editor
(1951)
Quo Vadis
Editor
(1950)
King Solomon's Mines
Editor
(1949)
Little Women
Editor
(1949)
Any Number Can Play
Editor
(1949)
On the Town
Editor
(1948)
Hills of Home
Editor
(1948)
Tenth Avenue Angel
Editor
(1947)
Killer McCoy
Editor
(1947)
(1945)
(1944)
Gaslight
Editor
(1944)
The Thin Man Goes Home
Editor
(1943)
Young Ideas
Editor
(1943)
Cry 'Havoc'
Editor
(1942)
Kid Glove Killer
Editor
(1942)
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
Editor
(1942)
Eyes in the Night
Editor
(1942)
Mr. and Mrs. North
Editor
(1941)