John McSweeney Jr.

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John McSweeney Jr.
Born
John Fleming McSweeney Jr.

(1915-08-26)August 26, 1915
New York, U.S.
DiedMay 19, 1999(1999-05-19) (aged 83)
OccupationFilm editor
Spouse
Peggy McSweeney
(m. 1947)
[1]
Children6 [2]

John Fleming McSweeney Jr. (August 26, 1915 - May 19, 1999) was an American film editor. [3] [4] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Film Editing for the film Mutiny on the Bounty . [5]

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McSweeney died in May 1999 of natural causes at his home in Redondo Beach, California, at the age of 83. [2] [6] He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Selected filmography

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References

  1. "Margaret Kenney McSweeney Obituary (1923-2016)". Daily Breeze . March 25, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Galloway, Doug (May 26, 1999). "John McSweeney Jr". Variety . Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  3. "Editor Has Surgery". The Times-Tribune . Scranton, Pennsylvania. October 26, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved October 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  4. "John McSweeney". The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2021 via Wayback Machine.
  5. "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  6. Lentz, Harris (July 2000). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999. McFarland. p. 140. ISBN   9780786409198 via Google Books.