# Otho Lovering

Otho Lovering (December 1, 1892 – October 25, 1968) was an American filmmaker with about eighty editing credits on feature films and television programs.

## Biography

Born in 1892, he was the son of Frank Lovering, a stenographer, and Georgia Lovering. He worked for Vitagraph Studios as a film printing foreman, according to his 1917 World War I draft registration card.
A highlight of Lovering's career was his editing of director John Ford's classic Western film Stagecoach (1939). Lovering's co-editor was Dorothy Spencer, with whom Lovering had already edited several films starting in 1937. The pair were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the film. Over 20 years later, Ford picked Lovering as his editor again following the 1961 death of Jack Murray, who had edited most of Ford's films in the 1940s and 1950s. Lovering edited four films, from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) through Ford's last feature film, 7 Women (1966).

## Filmography

This filmography is based on the listing at the Internet Movie Database; credits are for editing unless indicated.
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes | Other notes |
| 1928 | Sporting Goods | Malcolm St. Clair | | |
| 1928 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Frank Tuttle | First collaboration with Frank Tuttle | |
| 1928 | Warming Up | Fred C. Newmeyer | | |
| 1928 | The Sawdust Paradise | Luther Reed | | |
| 1928 | Moran of the Marines | Frank R. Strayer | | |
| 1928 | Take Me Home | Marshall Neilan | | |
| 1929 | Redskin | Victor Schertzinger | First collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | |
| 1929 | The Wild Party | Dorothy Arzner | | Uncredited |
| 1929 | The Wheel of Life | Victor Schertzinger | Second collaboration with Victor Schertzinger | |
| 1929 | The Mighty | John Cromwell | First collaboration with John Cromwell | |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | John Cromwell | Second collaboration with John Cromwell | |
| 1930 | The Social Lion | A. Edward Sutherland | | Uncredited |
| 1930 | Manslaughter | George Abbott | | |
| 1930 | Anybody's War | Richard Wallace | | |
| 1930 | The Virtuous Sin | George CukorLouis J. Gasnier | | |
| 1931 | The Conquering Horde | Edward Sloman | | Uncredited |
| 1932 | Devil and the Deep | Marion Gering | | Uncredited |
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms | Frank Borzage | | Uncredited |
| 1932 | No Man of Her Own | Wesley Ruggles | First collaboration with Wesley Ruggles | Uncredited |
| 1933 | A Bedtime Story | Norman Taurog | | Uncredited |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Wesley Ruggles | Second collaboration with Wesley Ruggles | Uncredited |
| 1934 | All of Me | James Flood | First collaboration with James Flood | Uncredited |
| 1934 | You're Telling Me! | Erle C. Kenton | | Uncredited |
| 1934 | We Live Again | Rouben Mamoulian | | |
| 1935 | The Gilded Lily | Wesley Ruggles | Third collaboration with Wesley Ruggles | |
| 1935 | Stolen Harmony | Alfred L. Werker | | |
| 1935 | Shanghai | James Flood | Second collaboration with James Flood | |
| 1935 | Accent on Youth | Wesley Ruggles | Fourth collaboration with Wesley Ruggles | |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Wesley Ruggles | Fifth collaboration with Wesley Ruggles | |
| 1937 | I Met Him in Paris | Wesley Ruggles | Sixth collaboration with Wesley Ruggles | |
| 1937 | Vogues of 1938 | Irving Cummings | | |
| 1937 | Stand-In | Tay Garnett | First collaboration with Tay Garnett | |
| 1938 | I Met My Love Again | Joshua LoganArthur Ripley | | |
| 1938 | Blockade | William Dieterle | | |
| 1938 | Algiers | John Cromwell | Third collaboration with John Cromwell | |
| 1938 | Trade Winds | Tay Garnett | Second collaboration with Tay Garnett | |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | John Ford | First collaboration with John Ford | |
| 1939 | Winter Carnival | Charles Reisner | | |
| 1939 | Eternally Yours | Tay Garnett | Third collaboration with Tay Garnett | |
| 1942 | Jacaré | Charles E. Ford | | |
| 1947 | Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Reginald LeBorg | First collaboration with Reginald LeBorg | |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Jack Bernhard | | |
| 1948 | I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes | William Nigh | | |
| 1948 | Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Reginald LeBorg | Second collaboration with Reginald LeBorg | |
| 1948 | Smugglers' Cove | William Beaudine | Eighth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1949 | Joe Palooka in the Big Fight | Cy Endfield | | |
| 1949 | Fighting Fools | Reginald LeBorg | Fourth collaboration with Reginald LeBorg | |
| 1949 | Bomba, the Jungle Boy | Ford Beebe | First collaboration with Ford Beebe | |
| 1949 | Mississippi Rhythm | Derwin Abrahams | Second collaboration with Derwin Abrahams | |
| 1949 | Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch | Reginald LeBorg | Fifth collaboration with Reginald LeBorg | |
| 1949 | Bomba on Panther Island | Ford Beebe | Second collaboration with Ford Beebe | |
| 1950 | Blue Grass of Kentucky | William Beaudine | Tenth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Jean Yarbrough | Third collaboration with Jean Yarbrough | |
| 1950 | Young Daniel Boone | Reginald LeBorg | Sixth collaboration with Reginald LeBorg | |
| 1950 | The Lost Volcano | Ford Beebe | Third collaboration with Ford Beebe | |
| 1950 | Short Grass | Lesley Selander | Second collaboration with Lesley Selander | |
| 1951 | Navy Bound | Paul Landres | Second collaboration with Paul Landres | |
| 1951 | The Lion Hunters | Ford Beebe | Fourth collaboration with Ford Beebe | |
| 1951 | Disc Jockey | Will Jason | Second collaboration with Will Jason | |
| 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Jean Yarbrough | Third collaboration with Jean Yarbrough | |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | John Ford | Second collaboration with John Ford | |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef | John Ford | Third collaboration with John Ford | |
| 1963 | McLintock! | Andrew V. McLaglen | First collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless | William F. Claxton | | |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | John Ford | Fourth collaboration with John Ford | |
| 1965 | Shenandoah | Andrew V. McLaglen | Second collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1965 | 7 Women | John Ford | Fifth collaboration with John Ford | |
| 1966 | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Bernard McEveety | | |
| 1966 | The Last of the Secret Agents? | Norman Abbott | | |
| 1967 | The Way West | Andrew V. McLaglen | Third collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1967 | The Ballad of Josie | Andrew V. McLaglen | Fourth collaboration with Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1968 | The Green Berets | John WayneRay Kellogg | |
| 1969 | Young Billy Young | Burt Kennedy | First collaboration with Burt Kennedy | |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Burt Kennedy | Second collaboration with Burt Kennedy | Uncredited |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes | Other notes |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | John Ford | Supervising editor | | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | Tay Garnett | Supervising editor | Fourth collaboration with Tay Garnett | |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Alfred Hitchcock | Supervising editor | | |
| 1943 | The Outlaw | Howard Hughes | Supervising editor | | |
| 1945 | The Story of G.I. Joe | William A. Wellman | Supervising film editor | | |
| 1945 | Pardon My Past | Leslie Fenton | Supervising editor | | |
| 1946 | Abilene Town | Edwin L. Marin | Supervising editor | | |
| 1946 | Suspense | Frank Tuttle | Supervising editor | Second collaboration with Frank Tuttle | |
| 1947 | Hard Boiled Mahoney | William Beaudine | Supervising film editor | First collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1947 | News Hounds | William Beaudine | Supervising film editor | Second collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1947 | Black Gold | Phil Karlson | Supervising editor | | |
| 1947 | Bowery Buckaroos | William Beaudine | Supervising film editor | Third collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1948 | Song of My Heart | Benjamin Glazer | Supervising editor | | |
| 1948 | Panhandle | Lesley Selander | Supervising film editor | First collaboration with Lesley Selander | |
| 1948 | Angels' Alley | William Beaudine | Supervising editor | Fourth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1948 | Docks of New Orleans | Derwin Abrahams | Supervising editor | First collaboration with Derwin Abrahams | |
| 1948 | Campus Sleuth | Will Jason | Supervising editor | First collaboration with Will Jason | |
| 1948 | French Leave | Frank McDonald | Supervising editor | | |
| 1948 | Smart Woman | Edward A. Blatt | Supervising editor | | |
| 1948 | Jinx Money | William Beaudine | Supervising film editor | Fifth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1948 | Shanghai Chest | William Beaudine | Supervising editor | Sixth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1948 | Back Trail | Christy Cabanne | Supervising editor | | Uncredited |
| 1948 | The Golden Eye | William Beaudine | Supervising editor | Seventh collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1948 | Music Man | Will Jason | Supervising editor | Second collaboration with Will Jason | |
| 1948 | Trouble Makers | Reginald LeBorg | Supervising film editor | Third collaboration with Reginald LeBorg | |
| 1948 | Jiggs and Maggie in Court | William Beaudine | Supervising editor | Ninth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1948 | The Feathered Serpent | William Beaudine | Supervising editor | Tenth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1949 | Bad Boy | Kurt Neumann | Supervising editor | | |
| 1949 | Sky Dragon | Lesley Selander | Supervising editor | Second collaboration with Lesley Selander | |
| 1949 | Stampede | Lesley Selander | Supervising editor | Third collaboration with Lesley Selander | |
| 1949 | Across the Rio Grande | Oliver Drake | Supervising editor | | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Hold That Baby! | Reginald LeBorg | Supervising film editor | Fifth collaboration with Reginald LeBorg | |
| 1949 | Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters | William Beaudine | Supervising editor | Eleventh collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1949 | Angels in Disguise | Jean Yarbrough | Supervising film editor | First collaboration with Jean Yarbrough | |
| 1949 | Master Minds | Jean Yarbrough | Supervising film editor | Second collaboration with Jean Yarbrough | |
| 1950 | Blonde Dynamite | William Beaudine | Supervising film editor | Twelfth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1950 | Lucky Losers | William Beaudine | Supervising film editor | Thirteenth collaboration with William Beaudine | |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Jean Yarbrough | Supervising editor | Fourth collaboration with Jean Yarbrough | |
| 1950 | A Modern Marriage | Paul Landres | Editorial supervisor | Second collaboration with Paul Landres | |
| 1950 | Triple Trouble | Jean Yarbrough | Supervising film editor | Fourth collaboration with Jean Yarbrough | |
| 1950 | Bomba and the Hidden City | Ford Beebe | Supervising film editor | Fourth collaboration with Ford Beebe | |
Director :
| Year | Film |
| 1935 | Wanderer of the Wasteland |
| 1936 | Drift Fence |
| 1936 | The Sky Parade |
| 1936 | Border Flight |
Second unit or assistant director :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey | William A. Wellman | Second unit director |
Writer :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam | Gregory La Cava |

### Short documentaries

Director :
| Year | Film | Notes |
| 1944 | Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts | Uncredited |

### TV movies

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1958 | Jack the Ripper | David MacDonald | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Destination Nightmare | Paul Landres | |
| 1958 | The Veil | Herbert L. Strock | |

### TV pilots

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1960 | The Yank | Irvin Kershner |
| 1961 | Las Vegas Beat | Bernard L. Kowalski |

### TV series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1953 | I'm the Law | 10 episodes |
| 1954 | The Public Defender | 3 episodes |
| 1954 | Lassie | 1 episode |
| 1953−54 | The Abbott and Costello Show | 19 episodes |
| 1958 | The Veil | 7 episodes |
| 1960 | Mr. Garlund | 1 episode |
| 1959−61 | The Rebel | 42 episodes |
| 1962 | Bonanza | 2 episodes |
Editorial department :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952−53 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Supervising editor | 22 episodes |
| 1953 | I'm the Law | Supervising editor | 5 episodes |
| 1954−55 | The Public Defender | Supervising editorSupervising film editor | 67 episodes |