Samuel E. Beetley(1913-1988)

Production Manager
Editor
Editorial Department

Samuel E. Beetley was born on 23 November 1913 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was a production manager and editor, known for The Longest Day (1962), Out of the Past (1947) and Soylent Green (1973). He died on 15 September 1988 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 10 nominations total

Known for

Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)

The Longest Day

7.7

Editor

1962

Out of the Past

7.9

Editor

1947

Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Cotten, Chuck Connors, Richard Fleischer, Paula Kelly, Brock Peters, Walter Seltzer, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Russell Thacher in Soylent Green (1973)

Soylent Green

7.0

Editor

1973

Doctor Dolittle

6.2

Editor

1967

Credits

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Production Management

Incident on a Dark Street
5.1
TV Movie
- post-production supervisor
- 1973
Cade's County
7.1
TV Series
- post-production supervisor
- 1971–1972
Fireball Forward
6.1
TV Movie
- post-production supervisor
- 1972
Room 222
7.7
TV Series
- post-production supervisor
- 1969–1972
Nanny and the Professor
7.2
TV Series
- post-production supervisor
- 1970–1971
Arnie
7.0
TV Series
- post-production supervisor
- 1970–1971
Dead Men Tell No Tales
6.1
TV Movie
- post-production supervisor
- 1971
They Call It Murder
5.6
TV Movie
- post-production supervisor
- 1971
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
6.7
TV Movie
- post-production supervisor
- 1971
Paper Man
5.8
TV Movie
- post-production supervisor
- 1971
Julia
7.8
TV Series
- post-production supervisor
- 1968–1971
Bracken's World
6.9
TV Series
- post-production supervisor
- 1969–1970
The Tribe
7.3
- post-production supervisor
- 1970
Lancer
7.1
TV Series
- post-production supervisor
- 1968–1970
Daniel Boone
7.3
TV Series
- post-production supervisor
- 1968–1970

Editor

The Forsaken Westerns
8.0
TV Series
- film editor
- 2017
Matt Houston
6.5
TV Series
- Editor
- film editor
- 1982–1985
At Ease
5.7
TV Series
- Editor
- 1983
Safari 3000
4.7
- Editor
- 1982
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
7.0
TV Movie
- Editor
- 1982
Freebie and the Bean
5.8
TV Series
- Editor
- 1980
Jimmy B. & André
7.1
TV Movie
- Editor
- 1980
Jennifer: A Woman's Story
6.4
TV Movie
- Editor
- 1979
A Guide for the Married Woman
5.2
TV Movie
- Editor
- 1978
Lassie: A New Beginning
6.2
TV Movie
- Editor
- 1978
Five Days from Home
6.1
- Editor
- 1978
M*A*S*H
8.5
TV Series
- Editor
- 1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York
5.7
TV Movie
- Editor
- 1976
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
5.6
TV Movie
- Editor
- 1976
Medical Story
6.8
TV Series
- Editor
- 1975–1976

Editorial Department

Personal details

Alternative names
- Sam E. Beetley
Born
- November 23, 1913
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
Died
- September 15, 1988
- Santa Cruz, California, USA(undisclosed)

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Worked as editor at RKO from 1946 to 1952, then moving to 20th Century Fox, first as editor (1952-67), then as post-production supervisor. He latterly worked in television for Aaron Spelling Productions. Beetley won two Emmy Awards.