# Robert Simpson (film editor)

Robert Laughlin Simpson, A.C.E. (July 31, 1910 – June 26, 1977), was an American film editor with more than 100 feature film credits.

## Biography

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Simpson began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1935. By the end of the decade, he had joined 20th Century Fox, where he remained for more than 35 years.
During a 55-year career, Simpson edited one hundred films, including Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Pride of St. Louis (1952), Call Me Madam (1953), The King and I (1956), South Pacific (1958), Fate is the Hunter (1964), and Tony Rome (1967). He collaborated with director George Seaton on several projects, including Miracle on 34th Street, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Apartment for Peggy, and Chicken Every Sunday. He also worked with John Ford, Sidney Lanfield, and Walter Lang.
Simpson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Grapes of Wrath.

## Partial filmography

Based on Simpson's filmography at the Internet Database.
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes | Other notes |
| 1935 | The Gay Deception | William Wyler | | |
| 1936 | Her Master's Voice | Joseph Santley | | |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Raoul Walsh | First collaboration with Raoul Walsh | |
| 1936 | Palm Springs | Aubrey Scotto | First collaboration with Aubrey Scotto | |
| 1936 | Spendthrift | Raoul Walsh | Second collaboration with Raoul Walsh | |
| 1936 | Follow Your Heart | Aubrey Scotto | Second collaboration with Aubrey Scotto | |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Phil Rosen | | |
| 1936 | One in a Million | Sidney Lanfield | First collaboration with Sidney Lanfield | |
| 1937 | Wake Up and Live | Sidney Lanfield | Second collaboration with Sidney Lanfield | |
| 1937 | Thin Ice | Sidney Lanfield | Third collaboration with Sidney Lanfield | |
| 1937 | Love and Hisses | Sidney Lanfield | Fourth collaboration with Sidney Lanfield | |
| 1938 | Josette | Allan Dwan | | |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye | Sidney Lanfield | Fifth collaboration with Sidney Lanfield | |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | John Ford | First collaboration with John Ford | |
| 1938 | Thanks for Everything | William A. Seiter | | |
| 1939 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sidney Lanfield | Sixth collaboration with Sidney Lanfield | |
| 1939 | Second Fiddle | Sidney Lanfield | Seventh collaboration with Sidney Lanfield | |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | John Ford | Second collaboration with John Ford | |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | John Ford | Third collaboration with John Ford | |
| 1940 | Star Dust | Walter Lang | First collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1940 | The Man I Married | Irving Pichel | First collaboration with Irving Pichel | |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Gregory Ratoff | First collaboration with Gregory Ratoff | |
| 1940 | Hudson's Bay | Irving Pichel | Second collaboration with Irving Pichel | |
| 1941 | The Great American Broadcast | Archie Mayo | | |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | Irving Cummings | First collaboration with Irving Cummings | |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming | H. Bruce Humberstone | First collaboration with H. Bruce Humberstone | |
| 1942 | Song of the Islands | Walter Lang | Second collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1942 | My Gal Sal | Irving Cummings | Second collaboration with Irving Cummings | |
| 1942 | Footlight Serenade | Gregory Ratoff | Second collaboration with Gregory Ratoff | |
| 1942 | Springtime in the Rockies | Irving Cummings | Third collaboration with Irving Cummings | |
| 1943 | Coney Island | Walter Lang | Third collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1943 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Irving Cummings | Fourth collaboration with Irving Cummings | |
| 1943 | Claudia | Edmund Goulding | First collaboration with Edmund Goulding | |
| 1944 | Pin Up Girl | H. Bruce Humberstone | Second collaboration with H. Bruce Humberstone | |
| 1944 | Greenwich Village | Walter Lang | Fourth collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1944 | Something for the Boys | Lewis Seiler | | |
| 1945 | Diamond Horseshoe | George Seaton | First collaboration with George Seaton | |
| 1945 | Junior Miss | George Seaton | Second collaboration with George Seaton | |
| 1946 | Claudia and David | Walter Lang | Fifth collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1946 | Do You Love Me | Gregory Ratoff | Third collaboration with Gregory Ratoff | |
| 1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | George Seaton | Third collaboration with George Seaton | |
| 1947 | The Homestretch | H. Bruce Humberstone | Third collaboration with H. Bruce Humberstone | |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street | George Seaton | Fourth collaboration with George Seaton | |
| 1948 | Fury at Furnace Creek | H. Bruce Humberstone | Fourth collaboration with H. Bruce Humberstone | |
| 1948 | Apartment for Peggy | George Seaton | Fifth collaboration with George Seaton | |
| 1949 | Chicken Every Sunday | George Seaton | Sixth collaboration with George Seaton | |
| 1949 | The Forbidden Street | Jean Negulesco | First collaboration with Jean Negulesco | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Slattery's Hurricane | Andre de Toth | | |
| 1950 | Wabash Avenue | Henry Koster | First collaboration with Henry Koster | |
| 1950 | The Big Lift | George Seaton | Seventh collaboration with George Seaton | |
| 1950 | American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Fritz Lang | | |
| 1950 | For Heaven's Sake | George Seaton | Eighth collaboration with George Seaton | |
| 1951 | Rawhide | Henry Hathaway | First collaboration with Henry Hathaway | |
| 1951 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Michael Gordon | First collaboration with Michael Gordon | |
| 1951 | As Young as You Feel | Harmon Jones | First collaboration with Harmon Jones | |
| 1951 | The Model and the Marriage Broker | George Cukor | First collaboration with George Cukor | |
| 1952 | The Pride of St. Louis | Harmon Jones | Second collaboration with Harmon Jones | |
| 1952 | My Wife's Best Friend | Richard Sale | First collaboration with Richard Sale | |
| 1953 | Treasure of the Golden Condor | Delmer Daves | | |
| 1953 | Call Me Madam | Walter Lang | Sixth collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1953 | The Girl Next Door | Richard Sale | Second collaboration with Richard Sale | |
| 1953 | Inferno | Roy Ward Baker | | |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant | Henry Hathaway | Second collaboration with Henry Hathaway | |
| 1954 | There's No Business Like Show Business | Walter Lang | Seventh collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1955 | A Man Called Peter | Henry Koster | Second collaboration with Henry Koster | |
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen | Henry Koster | Third collaboration with Henry Koster | |
| 1955 | The View from Pompey's Head | Philip Dunne | | |
| 1956 | The King and I | Walter Lang | Eighth collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1957 | The True Story of Jesse James | Nicholas Ray | | |
| 1957 | Desk Set | Walter Lang | Ninth collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1957 | Kiss Them for Me | Stanley Donen | | |
| 1958 | South Pacific | Joshua Logan | | |
| 1958 | Mardi Gras | Edmund Goulding | Second collaboration with Edmund Goulding | |
| 1959 | Woman Obsessed | Henry Hathaway | Third collaboration with Henry Hathaway | |
| 1959 | The Best of Everything | Jean Negulesco | Second collaboration with Jean Negulesco | |
| 1960 | Can-Can | Walter Lang | Tenth collaboration with Walter Lang | |
| 1960 | High Time | Blake Edwards | | |
| 1961 | Sanctuary | Tony Richardson | | |
| 1961 | Marines, Let's Go | Raoul Walsh | Third collaboration with Raoul Walsh | |
| 1962 | The Chapman Report | George Cukor | Second collaboration with George Cukor | |
| 1963 | The Stripper | Franklin J. Schaffner | | |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling | Michael Gordon | Second collaboration with Michael Gordon | |
| 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Ralph Nelson | | |
| 1965 | The Reward | Serge Bourguignon | | |
| 1965 | Do Not Disturb | Ralph Levy | | |
| 1966 | Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider | George Sherman | | |
| 1967 | Caprice | Frank Tashlin | | |
| 1967 | Tony Rome | Gordon Douglas | First collaboration with Gordon Douglas | |
| 1968 | The Detective | Gordon Douglas | Second collaboration with Gordon Douglas | |
| 1968 | Lady in Cement | Gordon Douglas | Third collaboration with Gordon Douglas | |
| 1969 | 100 Rifles | Tom Gries | | |
| 1969 | The Undefeated | Andrew V. McLaglen | First collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1970 | Chisum | Andrew V. McLaglen | Second collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1971 | One More Train to Rob | Andrew V. McLaglen | Third collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1971 | Fools' Parade | Andrew V. McLaglen | Fourth collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1971 | Something Big | Andrew V. McLaglen | Fifth collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal | Andrew V. McLaglen | Sixth collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1933 | It's Great to Be Alive | Alfred L. Werker | Editorial assistant | Uncredited |
Actor :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1936 | Lloyd's of London | Henry King | Captain | Uncredited |

### TV series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Hong Kong | 2 episodes |
| 1963−65 | Vacation Playhouse | 3 episodes |
| 1966 | Daniel Boone | 3 episodes |