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Charles Craft (May 9, 1902 – September 19, 1968) was an English-born American film and television editor. Born in the county of Hampshire in England on May 9, 1902, Craft would enter the film industry in Hollywood in 1927. The first film he edited was the
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, ''Painting the Town''. Over the next 25 years, Craft would edit 90 feature-length films. In the early 1950s he would switch his focus to the small screen, his first show being ''
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'', from 1951 to 1953, for which he was the main editor, editing 93 of the 98 episodes. He would work on several other series during the 1950s, including ''
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'' (1954), ''
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'' (1955–56), and ''
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'' (1955–57). In the late 1950s and early 1960s he was one of the main editors on ''
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'', starring
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, editing over half of the episodes. His final film work would be editing ''
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'' (1964, the sequel to 1963's '' Flipper''. When the film was made into a
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, Craft would begin the editing duties on that show, editing the first 28 episodes before he retired in 1966. Craft died on September 19, 1968, in Los Angeles, California.


Filmography

(Per AFI database) * '' Painting the Town'' (1927) * '' A Hero for a Night'' (1927) * '' The Gate Crasher'' (1928) * '' Hot Heels'' (1928) * '' How to Handle Women'' (1928) * '' The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City'' (1929) * ''
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'' (1929) * '' Rich People'' (1929) * '' The Common Law'' (1931) * '' The Tip-Off'' (1931) * '' The Big Shot'' (1931) * ''
Lady with a Past ''Lady with a Past'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Constance Bennett as a shy and very proper young lady who decides to invent a scandalous past for herself to spice up her life. It is based on the ...
'' (1932) * ''
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'' (1932) * '' Panama Flo'' (1932) * '' The Silent Code'' (1935) * '' Down to the Sea'' (1936) * '' Bulldog Edition'' (1936) * '' The Gentleman from Louisiana'' (1936) * ''
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'' (1937) * '' I Cover the War'' (1937) * ''
Secret Valley ''Secret Valley'' is a children's television adventure series created by Terry Bourke and Roger Mirams. It was produced by the Grundy Organisation from Australia in association with Telecip from France and (TVE) from Spain. It was first air ...
'' (1937) * '' Idol of the Crowds'' (1937) * '' California Straight Ahead'' (1937) * ''
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'' (1937) * '' Outlaw Express'' (1938) * '' Western Trails'' (1938) * '' Air Devils'' (1938) * ''
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'' (1938) * ''
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'' (1938) * '' Border Wolves'' (1938) * '' The Last Stand'' (1938) * '' The Singing Outlaw'' (1938) * '' Friendly Neighbors'' (1940) * '' Barnyard Follies'' (1940) * '' Bad Man of Deadwood'' (1941) * '' Gauchos of Eldorado'' (1941) * '' In Old Cheyenne'' (1941) * '' Kansas Cyclone'' (1941) * '' A Man Betrayed'' (1941) * '' Mountain Moonlight'' (1941) * '' Robin Hood of the Pecos'' (1941) * '' Rookies on Parade'' (1941) * ''
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'' (1941) * '' Code of the Outlaw'' (1942) * '' Joan of Ozark'' (1942) * '' Raiders of the Range'' (1942) * '' Remember Pearl Harbor'' (1942) * '' Shepherd of the Ozarks'' (1942) * '' The Traitor Within'' (1942) * '' London Blackout Murders'' (1943) * '' Overland Mail Robbery'' (1943) * ''
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'' (1943) * '' Riders of the Rio Grande'' (1943) * '' Santa Fe Scouts'' (1943) * '' Wagon Tracks West'' (1943) * '' Beyond the Last Frontier'' (1943) * '' Cheyenne Wildcat'' (1944) * '' Marshal of Reno'' (1944) * '' Outlaws of Santa Fe'' (1944) * '' Pride of the Plains'' (1944) * '' Silver City Kid'' (1944) * '' Vigilantes of Dodge City'' (1944) * '' Beneath Western Skies'' (1944) * '' Bordertown Trail'' (1944) * ''
Sheriff of Las Vegas ''Sheriff of Las Vegas'' is a 1944 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder Costarring as Little Beaver, was actor ''(Bobby)'' Robert Blake (actor), Robert Blake. ...
'' (1944) * '' The Cherokee Flash'' (1945) * '' Colorado Pioneers'' (1945) * '' Corpus Christi Bandits'' (1945) * '' Don't Fence Me In'' (1945) * '' Great Stagecoach Robbery'' (1945) * '' Lone Texas Ranger'' (1945) * '' Marshal of Laredo'' (1945) * '' Phantom of the Plains'' (1945) * '' The Topeka Terror'' (1945) * ''
Wagon Wheels Westward ''Wagon Wheels Westward'' is a 1945 American Western film in the Red Ryder film series directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft and ...
'' (1945) * '' Alias Billy the Kid'' (1946) * ''
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'' (1946) * '' Conquest of Cheyenne'' (1946) * ''
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'' (1946) * '' Out California Way'' (1946) * '' Rainbow Over Texas'' (1946) * '' Sun Valley Cyclone'' (1946) * '' High Conquest'' (1947) * '' Homesteaders of Paradise Valley'' (1947) * '' Last Frontier Uprising'' (1947) * '' Trail to San Antone'' (1947) * '' 16 Fathoms Deep'' (1948) * '' Alaska Patrol'' (1949) * '' Young Daniel Boone'' (1950) * ''Home Town Girl'' (1951) * '' Underwater Warrior'' (1958) * ''
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'' (1964)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Craft, Charles 1902 births 1968 deaths American film editors English emigrants to the United States Mass media people from Hampshire