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Elmo Williams

Elmo Williams was born James Elmo Williams in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Orphaned at 16, he attended schools in Oklahoma and New Mexico before moving to Los Angeles. In 1933 he struck up a relationship with film editor Merrill G. White, who hired Williams as his assistant on a business trip to England. He learned the basics of film editing from White and soon gained a reputation as a first-rate editor... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1963 Cleopatra (uncredited)
 
1956 Blonde Bait
 
1954 The Cowboy (documentary)
 
1953 The Tall Texan
 
1952 Hellgate
 
1952 High Noon
 
1948 Bodyguard
 
1947 Design for Death (documentary)
 
1946 Nocturne
 
1945 Know Your Enemy - Japan (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1943 Forever and a Day (uncredited)
 
1941 Sunny
 
1940 No, No, Nanette
 
1940 Irene
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
1987 Ernest Goes to Camp (executive producer)
 
1983 Man, Woman and Child (producer)
 
1981 Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (producer)
 
1978 Caravans (producer)
 
1977 Sidewinder 1 (producer)
 
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! (producer)
 
1966 The Blue Max (executive producer)
 
1962 The Longest Day (associate producer)
 
1959-1960 Tales of the Vikings (TV series) (associate producer - 3 episodes)
The Hill of the Law (1960) (associate producer)
The Weapon (1959) (associate producer)
The Black Stone (1959) (associate producer)
 
1954 The Cowboy (documentary) (co-producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (8 titles)
1961 The Big Gamble (African action sequences)
 
1959 Tales of the Vikings (TV series)
The Weapon (1959)
Saracen's Gold (1959)
 
1957 Apache Warrior
 
1956 Blonde Bait
 
1954 The Cowboy (documentary)
 
1953 The Tall Texan
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (3 titles)
1958 The Vikings (editorial supervisor)
 
1938 Queen of Destiny (supervising editor)
 
1937 Victoria the Great (supervising editor - as James Elmo Williams)
 
1962 The Longest Day (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1958 The Vikings (second unit director)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1962 The Longest Day (coordinator of battle episodes)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
1954 The Cowboy (documentary)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2012 We Juke Up in Here (documentary)
Musician
 
2001 History vs. Hollywood (TV series documentary)
Himself
Tora! Tora! Tora! A Giant Awakes (2001) … Himself
The Longest Day: A Salute to Courage (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Himself
Tora! Tora! Tora! (2001) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2003 The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea' (video documentary)
Himself
 

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James Elmo Williams
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