John Dunning | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1916-05-05)May 5, 1916 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Died | February 25, 1991(1991-02-25) (aged 74) Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film editor |
John D. Dunning (May 5, 1916 – February 25, 1991) was an Americanfilm editor who worked on several large-scaleHollywoodmovies from 1947 to 1970. He was an editor contracted toMGM Studios. While working with MGM, Dunning was picked by the famed directorFrank Capra to collorabate with him on aWorld War II series of seven patriotic films for the American public, collectively calledWhy We Fight, produced from 1942 to 1945. This early relation with Capra honed his skills with a talented director and brought him to the professional recognition in the film world.
This recognition proved fruitful when the low-budget war filmBattleground became asleeper hit in 1949, earning critical praise and severalOscar nominations, including one forBest Film Editing.
Dunning worked on theremake ofShow Boat (1951);Joseph L. Mankiewicz'sJulius Caesar, an adaptation ofShakespeare'splay (1953); and the Southern epicRaintree County (1957). In 1959 he won an Oscar for Best Film Editing, shared withRalph E. Winters, forBen-Hur.[1][2]
Dunning then moved to television, where he editedThe Man from U.N.C.L.E..
Dunning retired in 1970. He was married to Ruth Dunning (née Danson). Together they had three children, John Dunning, Robert Dunning and Barbara Dunning. After Dunning retired, he and son Robert ran a winery in Paso Robles, California, Dunning Vineyards, which Robert began on his father's property in Malibu. Barbara Dunning followed her father into the editing business, working as a freelance editor on films such asCocktail,Green Card andDie Hard 2.
At Dunning's funeral in 1991, Frank Capra and the senior staff of MGM were there to pay their respects.
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | This Time for Keeps | Richard Thorpe | |
| Cass Timberlane | George Sidney | First collaboration with George Sidney | |
| 1948 | Homecoming | Mervyn LeRoy | |
| Julia Misbehaves | Jack Conway | ||
| 1949 | Battleground | William A. Wellman | First collaboration with William A. Wellman |
| 1950 | The Next Voice You Hear... | Second collaboration with William A. Wellman | |
| The Happy Years | Third collaboration with William A. Wellman | ||
| 1951 | Show Boat | George Sidney | Second collaboration with George Sidney |
| Across the Wide Missouri | William A. Wellman | Fourth collaboration with William A. Wellman | |
| 1952 | The Wild North | Andrew Marton | |
| My Man and I | William A. Wellman | Fifth collaboration with William A. Wellman | |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | |
| Take the High Ground! | Richard Brooks | First collaboration with Richard Brooks | |
| 1954 | Rhapsody | Charles Vidor | First collaboration with Charles Vidor |
| Betrayed | Gottfried Reinhardt | ||
| The Last Time I Saw Paris | Richard Brooks | Second collaboration with Richard Brooks | |
| 1955 | Interrupted Melody | Curtis Bernhardt | |
| The Tender Trap | Charles Walters | ||
| It's a Dog's Life | Herman Hoffman | ||
| 1956 | The Swan | Charles Vidor | Second collaboration with Charles Vidor |
| 1957 | Raintree County | Edward Dmytryk | |
| 1958 | The Brothers Karamazov | Richard Brooks | Third collaboration with Richard Brooks |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Anthony Mann |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | The Spy with My Face | John Newland | Supervising film editor | Uncredited |
| 1966 | One of Our Spies Is Missing | E. Darrell Hallenbeck |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Jack Arnold | Editorial supervisor |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Mask of Sheba | David Lowell Rich |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Dream Wife | Don Taylor |
| 1966 | Meet Me in St. Louis |
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Father of the Bride | 1 episode |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | The Eleventh Hour | 1 episode |
| 1969−70 | Medical Center | 25 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | Supervising film editor | 12 episodes |
| 1961−62 | Cain's Hundred | 30 episodes | |
| 1962−63 | Sam Benedict | 26 episodes | |
| The Eleventh Hour |
| 20 episodes | |
| 1963−64 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Supervising film editor | 26 episodes |
| The Lieutenant | 29 episodes | ||
| 1963−65 | Mr. Novak | 60 episodes | |
| 1961−66 | Dr. Kildare | 191 episodes | |
| 1964−66 | Flipper |
| 59 episodes |
| 1965−66 | A Man Called Shenandoah |
| 29 episodes |
| 1966−67 | Jericho | Supervising film editor | 16 episodes |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. |
| 27 episodes | |
| 1965−67 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Supervising film editor | 58 episodes |
| 1967 | Hondo | Supervising editor | 17 episodes |
| 1964−68 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Supervising film editor | 105 episodes |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | 7 episodes | |
| Medical Center | 1 episode | ||
| 1969−70 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| 25 episodes |
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