Jack Harris (film editor)

Jack Harris
Born	2 July 1905 Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Died	1971 (aged 65–66) Yeovil, Somerset, England
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1930–1971

Jack Harris (2 July 1905 – 1971) was a British film editor, born at South Farnborough, in the English county of Hampshire. ^[1] Along with David Lean, he was one of the leading British editors from the 1930s to the 1950s. ^[2] He edited half a dozen films directed by Lean in the 1940s.

Selected filmography

• Roses of Picardy (1927)
• Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928)
• Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
• The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
• Chin Chin Chinaman (1931)
• A Night in Montmartre (1931)
• Splinters in the Navy (1931)
• Frail Women (1932)
• Condemned to Death (1932)
• The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
• The Lodger (1932)
• I Lived with You (1933)
• The Shadow (1933)
• The Wandering Jew (1933)
• Lily of Killarney (1934)
• Bella Donna (1934)
• Squibs (1935)
• Spy of Napoleon (1936)
• The Face at the Window (1939)
• The Chinese Bungalow (1940)
• Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
• Let the People Sing (1942)
• Theatre Royal (1943)
• Brief Encounter (1945)
• Great Expectations (1946)
• Oliver Twist (1948)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
• The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

References

1. "Jack Harris". IMDb. Amazon. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
2. "BFI Screenonline: Harris, Jack (1905-1971) Biography".

External links

• Jack Harris at IMDb