James Sweeney (film editor)

For others with the same name, see James Sweeney (disambiguation)

James Sweeney
Born	1901 Illinois, United States
Died	1957 (aged 55–56) United States
Occupation	Film editor

James Sweeney (1901–1957) was an American film editor.

Sweeney was born in Illinois and started his Hollywood career in 1929. After starting as a film editor for Columbia, including a number of Three Stooges short subjects, Sweeney spent most of the rest of his career on Columbia features and programmers. He was active through 1957, and worked on about 100 films and some early television series.

Filmography

• Shadow Ranch, 1930
• The Dawn Trail (1930)
• Woman Haters, 1934 (the first Three Stooges short)
• Three Little Pigskins, 1934 (Three Stooges short)
• Horses' Collars, 1935 (Three Stooges short)
• Hoi Polloi, 1935 (Three Stooges short)
• Pop Goes the Easel, 1935 (Three Stooges short)
• Pardon My Scotch, 1935 (Three Stooges short)
• Killer at Large (1936)
• Trapped by Television, 1936
• Venus Makes Trouble, 1937
• Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)
• So You Won't Talk, 1940
• Atlantic Convoy 1942
• Is Everybody Happy?, 1943
• Best Man Wins, 1948
• Mary Ryan, Detective, 1949
• The Blazing Sun, (1950)
• Flame of Stamboul (1951)
• Winning of the West, 1953
• Gun Fury, 1953
• The Incredible Petrified World, 1958

External links

• James Sweeney at IMDb