Robert F . Shugrue Robert F . Shugrue , ACE was a Hollywood film editor whose credits include the film , . Born in Santa Monica , California , Shugrue has over 70 film and television projects to his credit in a career spanning three decades . He died of heart failure in Los Angeles , California . Shugrue won an Emmy Award in Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special for Paramount Television ' s 1982 telefilm " A Woman Called Golda " , which starred " Star Trek III " actor and director Leonard Nimoy . Shugrue received additional Emmy nominations for his editing of the 1971 TV movie " The Neon Calling " ( featuring William Smithers ) and the mini - series " The Thorn Birds " ( 1983 , starring Philip Anglim , Antoinette Bower , Brett Cullen , John de Lancie , Richard Kiley , Christopher Plummer , Jean Simmons , and Meg Wyllie ) and Stephen King ' s " It " ( featuring Dennis Christopher ) . He also won Eddie Awards from American Cinema Editors for his work on " Thorn Birds " and " It " earned an Eddie nomination for " A Woman Called Golda " . In addition to " Star Trek III " , Shugrue has edited many other projects starring William Shatner . The first was the 1971 ABC Movie of the Week " Owen Marshall , Counsellor at Law " , which also featured Bruce Davison ( and which spawned a subsequent TV series ) . This was followed by the unsold 1974 pilot " Indict and Convict " ( featuring Susan Howard and Michael Pataki , with music by Jerry Goldsmith ) , the 1977 mini - series " Testimony of Two Men " ( directed by Leo Penn , co - starring Theodore Bikel , Jeff Corey , John de Lancie , and Logan Ramsey , with art direction by John E . Chilberg II and hair styling by Donna Barrett Gilbert ) , and the 1978 TV movie " The Bastard " ( also featuring Ian Abercrombie , Kim Cattrall , John Colicos , John de Lancie , Ike Eisenmann , James Gregory , Alex Henteloff , and James Whitmore , Jr . , with stunts by Fred Carson ) . Shugrue has also edited a number of TV projects for " Star Trek III " writer and producer Harve Bennett . Among these are the 1971 ABC Movie of the Week " The Birdmen " ( starring Rene Auberjonois ) , 1975 ' s " Guilty or Innocent : The Sam Sheppard Murder Case " ( starring John Crawford , Gene Dynarski , Paul Fix , Jerry Hardin , Paul Lambert , Stewart Moss , George Murdock , and William Windom ) , and 1984 ' s " The Jesse Owens Story " ( starring LeVar Burton , Ronny Cox , James B . Sikking , Vic Tayback , and Ben Vereen ) . Shugrue was also an editor on the 1978 mini - series " Centennial " , working with fellow " Trek " editor Howard Deane . Among the performers who worked on this program are Michael Ansara , Ed Bakey , Henry Darrow , Cliff DeYoung , Robert DoQui , Robert Easton , Alex Henteloff , Brian Keith , Sally Kellerman , Stephen McHattie , Nick Ramus , Clive Revill , Eric Server , James Sloyan , Morgan Woodward and Anthony Zerbe . Shugrue edited three films for director : 1986 ' s " 52 Pick - Up " ( starring John Glover , Alex Henteloff , and Clarence Williams III ) , 1989 ' s " Dead Bang " ( featuring Frank Military ) , and 1990 ' s " The Fourth War " . His editing credits also include such television shows as " The Virginian " , " Ironside " , and " Kojak " , the Leo Penn - directed 1978 mini - series " The Dark Secret of Harvest Home " ( starring Rene Auberjonois ) , and feature films like " Two Mules for Sister Sara " ( 1970 ) , " Raise the Titanic " ( 1980 , with cinematography by Matthew F . Leonetti ) , and " Street Fighter " ( 1994 ) .