James Sweeney (film editor)
American film editor (1901–57) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James R. Sweeney (February 27, 1901 – March 11, 1957) was an American film editor.[2]
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James Sweeney | |
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Born | (1901-02-27)February 27, 1901 Illinois, United States |
Died | March 11, 1957(1957-03-11) (aged 56)[1] Los Angeles, California, United States |
Occupation | Film editor |
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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.
On March 11, 1957, Sweeney died of a heart attack.[1]