# Frank Morriss

Frank E. Morriss (September 10, 1927 – July 3, 2013) was an American film and television editor with more than 50 credits dating from 1968. He had a notable collaboration with the director John Badham extending from 1974 to 2004. Morriss' editing of Charley Varrick (1973) was nominated for the BAFTA Award. He was honored at the 1974 Primetime Emmy Awards as "film editor of the year" for the television film The Execution of Private Slovik. Morriss was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing: for Blue Thunder (1983, with Edward M. Abroms) and for Romancing the Stone (1984, with Donn Cambern).
Morriss was a 1946 graduate of Beverly Hills High School, where he was a varsity letterman in three sports. In 1948, Morriss enrolled at Santa Monica College.

## Selected filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1973 | Charley Varrick | Don Siegel | |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Roland KibbeeBurt Lancaster | |
| 1976 | Ode to Billy Joe | Max Baer Jr. | First collaboration with Max Baer Jr. |
| 1977 | First Love | Joan Darling | |
| 1978 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Robert Zemeckis | First collaboration with Robert Zemeckis |
| 1978 | Youngblood | Noel Nosseck | |
| 1979 | Hometown U.S.A. | Max Baer Jr. | Second collaboration with Max Baer Jr. |
| 1980 | The Earthling | Peter Collinson | |
| 1980 | Inside Moves | Richard Donner | |
| 1981 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | John Badham | First collaboration with John Badham |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | John Badham | Second collaboration with John Badham |
| 1984 | Romancing the Stone | Robert Zemeckis | Second collaboration with Robert Zemeckis |
| 1985 | American Flyers | John Badham | Third collaboration with John Badham |
| 1986 | Short Circuit | John Badham | Fourth collaboration with John Badham |
| 1988 | Hot to Trot | Michael Dinner | |
| 1989 | Disorganized Crime | Jim Kouf | |
| 1990 | Short Time | Gregg Champion | |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | John Badham | Fifth collaboration with John Badham |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | John Badham | Sixth collaboration with John Badham |
| 1993 | Point of No Return | John Badham | Seventh collaboration with John Badham |
| 1993 | Another Stakeout | John Badham | Eighth collaboration with John Badham |
| 1994 | Drop Zone | John Badham | Ninth collaboration with John Badham |
| 1995 | Nick of Time | John Badham | Tenth collaboration with John Badham |
| 1997 | Incognito | John Badham | Eleventh collaboration with John Badham |
| 1997 | Cyclops, Baby | D. J. Caruso | |
| 2017 | Death of the Sheik | Vladislav Alex Kozlov | Second collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov |
| 2023 | Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black | Vladislav Alex Kozlov | Third collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov |
Actor :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | John Badham | F-16 Pilot | Uncredited |
| 1988 | Hot to Trot | Michael Dinner | Track Announcer | |
Shorts
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 2006 | Daydreams of Rudolph Valentino | Vladislav Alex KozlovMassimiliano Trevis | First collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov |
Producer :
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
| 2006 | Daydreams of Rudolph Valentino | Vladislav Alex KozlovMassimiliano Trevis | Co-producer |
TV movies
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1970 | The Movie Murderer | Boris Sagal |
| 1970 | Hauser's Memory | Boris Sagal |
| 1971 | Hitched | Boris Sagal |
| 1971 | The Harness | Boris Sagal |
| 1971 | Duel | Steven Spielberg |
| 1972 | Cutter | Richard Irving |
| 1972 | The Return of Charlie Chan | Daryl DukeLeslie H. Martinson |
| 1973 | Brock's Last Case | David Lowell Rich |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Russ Mayberry |
| 1974 | The Execution of Private Slovik | Lamont Johnson |
| 1974 | The Law | John Badham |
| 1974 | The Gun | John Badham |
| 1974 | The Godchild | John Badham |
| 1975 | A Cry for Help | Daryl Duke |
| 1977 | The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver | Gordon Hessler |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes | Robert Day |
| 1979 | Death Car on the Freeway | Hal Needham |
| 1979 | When She Was Bad... | Peter H. Hunt |
| 1980 | Escape | Robert Michael Lewis |
| 1992 | Secrets | Peter H. Hunt |
| 1998 | Floating Away | John Badham |
| 1999 | The Jack Bull | John Badham |
| 2000 | The Last Debate | John Badham |
| 2002 | Brother's Keeper | John Badham |
| 2002 | Obsessed | John Badham |
| 2003 | Footsteps | John Badham |
| 2004 | Evel Knievel | John Badham |
TV series
Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1964 | Destry | 2 episodes |
| 1966 | Laredo | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | 1 episode |
| 1968−69 | It Takes a Thief | 15 episodes |
| 1970−71 | The Name of the Game | 3 episodes |
| 1971 | Sarge | 1 episode |
| 1972 | McCloud | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Switch | 1 episode |
| 1976 | Family | 1 episode |