Vanaf 1919 was hij werkzaam in de filmindustrie en was winner van 3 ‘Academy
Awards’ voor filmredactie:

         Film Editing 1935: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

         Film Editing 1936: ANTHONY ADVERSE

         Film Editing 1938: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

         Nominated for Film Editing 1954: THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY

Filmografie
1925   Lady of the Night
1927   If I Were Single    
1928   The Singing Fool  
1928   Tenderloin 
1929   The Desert Song  
1930   Big Boy       
1930   Outward Bound    
1930   Under a Texas Moon      
1931   LARCENY LANE/Blonde Crazy     
1931   The Mad Genius    
1932   High Pressure      
1932   Jewel Robbery      
1932   One Way Passage 
1932   Her Majesty, Love  
1933   High Pressure      
1935   Dr. Socrates        
1935   A Midsummer Night's Dream     
1936   Anthony Adverse 
1936   The Story of Louis Pasteur    
1936   Three Men on a Horse    
1937   Another Dawn      
1937   First Lady  
1937   The Prince and the Pauper       
1938   The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938   The Dawn Patrol  
1938   Four Daughters   
1939   Daughters Courageous  
1939   Four Wives 
1939   Yes, My Darling Daughter        
1940   Knute Rockne All American      
1940   'Til We Meet Again
1941   Four Mothers      
1941   The Great Lie       
1941   Manpower   
1942   George Washington Slept Here
1942   Kings Row   
1942   Larceny, Inc.        
1944   The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944   Experiment Perilous      
1944   Mr. Skeffington   
1945   The Spanish Main  
1946   Lady Luck   
1947   Ivy    
1947   Ride the Pink Horse        
1948   LIVE TODAY FOR TOMORROW/An Act of Murder        
1948   All My Sons
1949   Undertow   
1950   Deported    
1950   Harvey       
1950   Peggy  
1951   Sealed Cargo       
1952   A Girl in Every Port       
1952   The Lusty Men      
1953   Hondo        
1953   Island in the Sky 
1954   The High and the Mighty
1956   The Boss    
1956   Flight to Hong Kong