He entered films in 1919 as a juvenile player but later gravitated toward lab work. After a four-year stint (1924-28) with the Marines in China and the Philippines, he returned to Hollywood and joined Warner Bros. as an assistant editor in 1930. Turning full editor in 1936, he was responsible for the cutting of many major productions at Warner Bros., and later at Paramount: THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (1937), JEZEBEL (1938), NOW VOYAGER (1942), THE BAD SEED and THE RAINMAKER (1956), SUMMER AND SMOKE (1961) and TRUE GRIT (1969).  Nominated for Film Editing 1940: THE LETTER  Nominated for Film Editing 1952: COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA  Nominated for Film Editing 1954: THE ROSE TATTOO  Nominated for Film Editing 1957: GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL 4 nominations