Harry Marker
| Harry Marker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Harry Marker Jr. October 7, 1899 Tipton, Indiana, United States |
| Died | October 18, 1990 (aged 91) New Milford, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Years active | 1920–64 |
Harry Marker (October 7, 1899 – October 18, 1990) is an American Oscar-nominated film editor, who also worked in the television medium. Over the course of his 45-year career, he worked on more than 100 films and television shows. In 1946 he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Film Editing for The Bells of St. Mary's.
Born William Harry Marker Jr. on October 7, 1899 in Tipton, Indiana, he entered the film industry at the age of 17, as an editor on the 1918 silent film, Selfish Yates. During the silent film era, he would edit 15 films, including such notable movies as: The Jailbird (1920), directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas MacLean; the 1920 comedy Silk Hosiery, directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett;The Rookie's Return (1920), a comedy directed by Jack Nelson and starring Douglas MacLean; the 1928 Western, The Border Patrol, starring Harry Carey and directed by James P. Hogan; and Burning Bridges (1928), again starring Carey and directed by Hogan;
During the sound era, Marker worked on many notable films and with some very notable directors, including: William Wyler's 1929 romantic comedy, The Love Trap, starring Laura La Plante; the 1930 Wyler Western, Hell's Heroes, based on Peter B. Kyne's novel, The Three Godfathers; 1932's East Is West, starring Lupe Velez, Lew Ayres, and Edward G. Robinson; the 1936 version of The Last of the Mohicans, directed by George B. Seitz and starring Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, and Henry Wilcoxon; 1938's The Saint in New York, the first film appearance of Simon Templar, aka "The Saint"; and the 1939 melodrama Five Came Back, directed by John Farrow and starring Chester Morris and Lucille Ball.
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