# American Cinema Editors Awards 1966

The 16th American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards, which were presented on Sunday, March 27, 1966, at the Coconut Grove, honored the best editors in films and television. On January 24, 1966, president Gene Fowler announced the nominations. The five categories that were introduced were Best Performance by an Actor, Best Performance by an Actress, Outstanding Television Program of the Year, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Program, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Program. There were a total of ten awards, upped from six in the previous year. The award ceremony was hosted by actor George Jessel.
For a second year in a row, the award was broadcast live on television, moving from the Los Angeles affiliate station KABC-TV to KCOP-TV. It aired as an hour-special starting at 8 pm. The broadcast was directed by Bill Stierwalt and featured music by bandleader Dick Stabile. The opening song for the award ceremony was "The Song of A.C.E.", written by composer Earle Hagen

## Nominees

References:

### Film

| Best Edited Feature Film | Outstanding Picture of the Year |
| The Sound of Music – William Reynolds Dear Brigitte – Marjorie Fowler The Flight of the Phoenix – Michael Luciano A Thousand Clowns – Ralph Rosenblum Tokyo Olympiad – Yoshio Ebara | The Sound of Music Doctor Zhivago Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines A Thousand Clowns Tokyo Olympiad |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture |
| Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou Jack Lemmon – The Great Race Laurence Olivier – Othello Omar Sharif – Doctor Zhivago Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools | Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music Claire Bloom – The Spy Who Came in From The Cold Julie Christie – Darling Simone Signoret – Ship of Fools Vivien Leigh – Ship of Fools |
| Best Director in a Motion Picture ||
| Robert Wise – The Sound of Music Robert Aldrich – The Flight of the Phoenix David Lean – Doctor Zhivago Sidney Lumet – The Hill Mark Robson – Von Ryan's Express ||

### Television

| Best Edited Television Program | Outstanding Television Program of the Year |
| The Big Valley: "40 Rifles" – Sherman A. Rose A Slice of Sunday – Harry Coswick Rawhide: "Encounter at Boot Hill" – Gene Fowler Jr. I Spy: "The Loser" – Bud Molin Wagon Train: "Silver Lady" – Gene Palmer | Get Smart The Big Valley I Spy The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Wild Wild West |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Program | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Program |
| Bill Cosby – I Spy: "The Loser" Don Adams – Get Smart: "Aboard the Orient Express" Peter Breck – The Big Valley: "Night of the Wolf" Robert Conrad – The Wild Wild West: "The Night of the Howling Light" Roy Thinnes – The Long, Hot Summer: "A Time of Living" | Barbara Stanwyck – The Big Valley: "Boots With My Father's Name" Lucille Ball – The Lucy Show: "The Stuntman" Eartha Kitt – I Spy: "The Loser" Nancy Malone – The Long, Hot Summer: "Hiding Place" Inger Stevens – The Farmer's Daughter: "The Have and to Hold" |
| Best Director of a Television Program ||
| Virgil Vogel – Bonanza: "The Return" David Alexander – My Favorite Martian: "Goest West Young Man" Earl Bellamy – Gunsmoke: "Malachi" Sutton Roley – Rawhide: "Encounter at BootHill" Roy Thinnes – The Long, Hot Summer: "A Time of Living" ||